My wife and I are going to be selling our house soon and downgrading. As such, I will have some money to spend, and I'm trying to decide whether I should keep building my 4Runner, or buy an FJ40. I'm trying to keep the emotional factor out of it (a 40 is my dream trail rig) and just work off of flat numbers/costs. That's where I need some help.
I'm pretty much a mechanical idiot. If I have a guide, I can take things apart and put them back together, but that's about it. So I'd be paying someone to do most of the heavy lifting for me. Can you guys help me get a feel for what labor costs might be like?
I'm looking for your best guess for labor costs at a typical off-road shop for the following things:
- SOA conversion, with turned knuckles and hy-steer
- install lockers (most likely aussies or detroits)
- install a crawler box (the Marlin site says it's pretty much bolt in)
- power steering conversion
- fab up a full cage
Thanks for the help fellas.
I'm pretty much a mechanical idiot. If I have a guide, I can take things apart and put them back together, but that's about it. So I'd be paying someone to do most of the heavy lifting for me. Can you guys help me get a feel for what labor costs might be like?
I'm looking for your best guess for labor costs at a typical off-road shop for the following things:
- SOA conversion, with turned knuckles and hy-steer
- install lockers (most likely aussies or detroits)
- install a crawler box (the Marlin site says it's pretty much bolt in)
- power steering conversion
- fab up a full cage
Thanks for the help fellas.