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Author Does £250 sound a lot
Steve
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26th Mar 03 at 09:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to lower my car, torsion beam rear and springs up front. I could get my m8 to do it for like £80 but he cant do it til nxt week and iv got the day off today so i wanted to have it dun today. Only place will offer me is £250 do u think this is way over the top.
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26th Mar 03 at 09:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Are they providing top notch springs and dampers for you at that price?
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26th Mar 03 at 09:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no iv got the springs
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thats fukin ridiculous
Phil Hall
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I know there is more work involved in resetting the torsion abr at the rear but that sstill way over the top. If it were me id simply change the fronts myself then get a garage to do the rear. That way it shouldnt cost any more than £50 max, and Id still be pissed off at paying that.

Apart from the rear its a piss easy job, bout 40mins will do it.
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26th Mar 03 at 10:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£50 for me to get a whole sus kit put on my car when i provided it, £250 is a joke for labour only!
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26th Mar 03 at 10:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
torsion bar lowering is run of the mill at £150 just for the bar.
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are you minted or something, wait till next week and get your mate t do it
Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by jay@ffwd
torsion bar lowering is run of the mill at £150 just for the bar.


thats rediculous, mate had his clio done and r-tec, xtreme, rpm etc.. all charged 80 quid
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26th Mar 03 at 10:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol im impatient hehe
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lol im impatient hehe
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Yeah but they are all about 200 miles from where he lives....
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I've heard from a few places to get the rear torsion bar n saxos done is around 200 quid
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there is a place in sheffield that specialises in lowering saxos and 106's, cant remember the name of it off the top of my head, if thats anywhere nearer
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keep phonin about steve, think you will find you will end up with roughly that price.
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Jay> What exactly needs done to it. Is it just a case of acetaline burning gear needed to heat up and bend the tb slightly? If it is then id do it myself.
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no, got to have a weighted slide hammer to pull the bar out, they heat it to make it easier to pull out... then needs adjusting correctly to match the front.
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26th Mar 03 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I suppose Id pay to get that done then, more difficult than I thought.
What happens if you go too far with it and the rear sits really low, can you reset it again?
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yeah but u have to pull the bar out and start again...
We used to have fitting here years ago, and lowering things like ax gt's was a pain, cause the bar seizes in place over the years etc.
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26th Mar 03 at 10:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes. way too much. what about shocks
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quote:
Originally posted by jay@ffwd
Yeah but they are all about 200 miles from where he lives....


Be cheaper in petrol to drive the distance tho!!

£250 is alot!
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26th Mar 03 at 10:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shox r coming nxt month
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im going up to a garage now il let u know the outcome
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went to the garage down the road, £100+vat only prob is they cant fit me in til fri still looking
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none cares hmmph

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