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Is it this guy’s first day? Maybe still being trained.
Dude’s been my guy for 20 years. This is why I am perplexed.
This exactly. Indy shop just quoted $949 for a pair of front "struts" (parts only) - which they claim are OEM - saying they are 'quick struts' because they don't "want to take the labor" to disassemble the coilover & install the shock + compress the old spring. Said it's 'probably bad' - uh-huh, so they can tell that over the phone now... Front OEM shocks (PN 48510-80824) are about $163 on sale right now. Sigh... so charge me $500 for labor you don't want to do?
Going through this same quandary now, too.
It's running $5,900 to $6,900 for a full Old Man Emu kit installed (3 quotes) for the BP-51s ... Unless you call a shop like Slee or very specific places, no one else seems to want to call back for basic service to quote shock replacement. I just want shocks and to fix the squat after ~100k miles. Blank stares and silence on the phone...
This exactly. Indy shop just quoted $949 for a pair of front "struts" (parts only) - which they claim are OEM - saying they are 'quick struts' because they don't "want to take the labor" to disassemble the coilover & install the shock + compress the old spring. Said it's 'probably bad' - uh-huh, so they can tell that over the phone now... Front OEM shocks (PN 48510-80824) are about $163 on sale right now. Sigh... so charge me $500 for labor you don't want to do?
I cannot find a 'quick strut' pre-assembled coilover assembly. If someone can point the way, I'm all ears - I can't compress the springs myself.
Rears (PN 48530-69695) are $54 each. The same shop quoted $450 for two - parts only!
Two local Mr T dealers service won't return calls either - unless you're doing an oil change and buying overpriced wipers, they ignore and hope you'll go away, or maybe we can show you a brand new Land Cruiser, sir?
Those “quick strut” assemblies will be aftermarket and frankly, total s***.Going through this same quandary now, too.
It's running $5,900 to $6,900 for a full Old Man Emu kit installed (3 quotes) for the BP-51s ... Unless you call a shop like Slee or very specific places, no one else seems to want to call back for basic service to quote shock replacement. I just want shocks and to fix the squat after ~100k miles. Blank stares and silence on the phone...
This exactly. Indy shop just quoted $949 for a pair of front "struts" (parts only) - which they claim are OEM - saying they are 'quick struts' because they don't "want to take the labor" to disassemble the coilover & install the shock + compress the old spring. Said it's 'probably bad' - uh-huh, so they can tell that over the phone now... Front OEM shocks (PN 48510-80824) are about $163 on sale right now. Sigh... so charge me $500 for labor you don't want to do?
I cannot find a 'quick strut' pre-assembled coilover assembly. If someone can point the way, I'm all ears - I can't compress the springs myself.
Rears (PN 48530-69695) are $54 each. The same shop quoted $450 for two - parts only!
Two local Mr T dealers service won't return calls either - unless you're doing an oil change and buying overpriced wipers, they ignore and hope you'll go away, or maybe we can show you a brand new Land Cruiser, sir?
Great point, mine was probably too much of a blanket statement.
My guess is you’ve seen some stuff similar at work with situations that can result from auto parts stores spring compressors. I’m leery of this result and I actually looked into (briefly) getting a wall mounted unit. They’re several thousand a piece. And this was pre 2019 dollars.
