Replacing a wishbone

no-oneknowsme

Asking this question for a friend (a female) .

How much would be an average price to have a front wishbone replaced on her car ? Its a peugeot 406 year 2001.

She asked a mechanic in a small but reputable garage for a quote and he has said £40 for the part and £30 for labour. Does this sound about right ?

Thanks

forgotmyname

Sounds about right to me.

ginger_manx

fair price........

Stigy

Sounds more than fair to me!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

buying the wish bone herself in a small motor factors maybe a 5-6 quid cheaper, but the labour is more than fair.

paddedjohn

Rip his arm off, i wouldnt get my tools out if i could get someone else to do it for that price.

C_Mababejive

Sounds way too cheap to me..hopefully he wont rip her off/do a crap job.

Jackinbox99

Thats cheap. The actual part costs about 25quid per wishbone - you get the wishbone with all the bushes in it and the ball joint as a kit. Ive done them on several cars, incl a peugeot.

It is a straight forward job, and id say you could do it in 45minutes providing you dont hit any problems, but id expect to take a good hour to do one side. Garages would charge 50quid an hour plus VAT, so if its only costing £30 then thats a bargain!

properjob70

Go for it! That's a very good price.

mcjordi

yeah its a good price.. cost for the wishbone sounds about right too.. factors wont be that much cheaper.. let him source the parts that way anything goes wrong you go back to him

no-oneknowsme

Ok , thanks to everyone who took the time to reply.

My friend has just been on the phone to me . She left her car in at 7.30am this morning and has just been to pick it up , the repair has been done , car is going a treat and she happily paid the £70.

However , although the mechanic told her yesterday that the car needed a new drivers side wishbone , when she picked it up today and read the receipt it says he fitted a new front suspension arm....

Is this the same thing but just called a different name ? Sorry