MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: nezquick on May 07, 2012, 10:44:21 am
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How much would i be looking at to have springs fitted? and just springs from a v.food reputable garage
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i was quoted £150 when i got mine but i did it myself in the end. its not very hard and there are a load of how too's floating around :smiley:
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did you not get tracking ect done afterwards?
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yeh i also changed my steering wheel and put on some new 19" wheels at the same time to make sure everything was straight and true :D
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How long did it.take you? I looked at on thread and have all the tools but no one to help/experienced in doing it ill have a good long think and haggle with the mechanic
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Matt, just PM'd u :happy2:
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:smiley:
cheers bud
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How long did it.take you? I looked at on thread and have all the tools but no one to help/experienced in doing it ill have a good long think and haggle with the mechanic
um a few hours and some elbow grease haha had dad helping he's got experience in vehicles which helped
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Is it a good idea to have the springs fitted then wheel alignment done straight after, or should you wait for a couple of weeks or so for the springs to settle in and then have the alignment done?
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Is it a good idea to have the springs fitted then wheel alignment done straight after, or should you wait for a couple of weeks or so for the springs to settle in and then have the alignment done?
i was told to take the car for a drive for roughly half an hour to let them settle after that it should be fine and they've been fine since, no tracking issues :smiley:
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As a guide we will be charging around £80 to fit springs when our unit opens in October with a further £40ish if you want the tracking doing at the same time.
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As a guide we will be charging around £80 to fit springs when our unit opens in October with a further £40ish if you want the tracking doing at the same time.
Thats a good price!
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As a guide we will be charging around £80 to fit springs when our unit opens in October with a further £40ish if you want the tracking doing at the same time.
Thats a good price!
too right i got quoted 150 by my nearest spring place haha gracefully declined... :signLOL:
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I paid a fellow forum member and will be doing a write up for him tomurro but thanks everone who chipped in :drinking:
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I paid a fellow forum member and will be doing a write up for him tomurro but thanks everone who chipped in :drinking:
Hope you took before and afters....
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Subcribed!
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I was quoted £100 cash by a local garage but would have had to get the 4 wheel alignment done after (around £30) but in the end a good mate offered to do it... The fronts weren't completely straight forward as it took a while to get the bottom of the shock out of the hub but the rears took about 10 mins per side (if that)!
My rears were miles out once it was lowered though so make sure you get a proper 4-wheel alignment done (not just a tracking adjustment at your tyre centre)!
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I paid a fellow forum member and will be doing a write up for him tomurro but thanks everone who chipped in :drinking:
Did you ever do that write up? Just been quoted £260 by my local garage (4hrs labour +VAT)
Mines a Seat Leon Cupra 2008, but I believe the fitting guide is the same??
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I paid a fellow forum member and will be doing a write up for him tomurro but thanks everone who chipped in :drinking:
Did you ever do that write up? Just been quoted £260 by my local garage (4hrs labour +VAT)
Mines a Seat Leon Cupra 2008, but I believe the fitting guide is the same??
£65 an hour labour!
I feel bad paying £50 an hour
£80 for fitting from GNJ is an absolute bargin, I wish there were garages like that up here