Cost to repair coil springs?

mattyprice4004

Front or rear makes a difference, as does suspension design - comparing your bill to someone else's makes little sense, as yours may have been a lot easier or more difficult.

As above, scratch the tyres from your bill as they're irrelevant - they'd have been needed MOT or not.

kmb500

I watched a youtube video the other day where 2 guys put coilovers on all corners in 15 minutes flat.

Ebe_Scrooge

kmb500 wrote: »

I watched a youtube video the other day where 2 guys put coilovers on all corners in 15 minutes flat.

Oh dear, are the schools not back yet ?


It's not a particularly difficult job if you know what you're doing, have the right tools, and everything goes perfectly by the book. But 4 corners in 15 minutes is a tad optimistic.


Still, if it's on t'interweb it must be true.

kittennose

AdrianC wrote: »

Fair enough. Seems strange to include them in the MOT bill that you're "gutted" about, then.

The tyres cost £100 the MOT invoice was £800...

kmb500

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Oh dear, are the schools not back yet ?


It's not a particularly difficult job if you know what you're doing, have the right tools, and everything goes perfectly by the book. But 4 corners in 15 minutes is a tad optimistic.


Still, if it's on t'interweb it must be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8H5tNVE_sY


I was just joking by the way...

AdrianC

kittennose wrote: »

The tyres cost £100 the MOT invoice was £800...

I read your original post as £800 including the tyres.

Now, about which springs and whether the rear wheels on your A3 are driven or not - because that makes a BIG difference to the amount of work involved.

Robisere

Did you get an Invoice, with a costs breakdown? Labour at £300 could well be (£30/hour x 10 hours.) What is not generally known, is that a "Labour Charge" is not strictly just the labour of the mechanics and therefore their wages, but also includes workshop overheads. The actual charge per hour, is a closely guarded secret in most garages. Think about it: if a competitor knows what one garage charges, they can undercut.

This is a lesson: if a customer needs work which requires possible high expense, the customer is entitled to request a written quote. NOT an 'estimate' - a quote.

Mercdriver

kmb500 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8H5tNVE_sY


I was just joking by the way...

Is that in case your parents catch you watching it?

AdrianC

Robisere wrote: »

Did you get an Invoice, with a costs breakdown? Labour at £300 could well be (£30/hour x 10 hours.)

5 hours at £60, inc VAT, is far more likely.

What is not generally known, is that a "Labour Charge" is not strictly just the labour of the mechanics and therefore their wages, but also includes workshop overheads.

I think most people bar the terminally clueless are perfectly well aware of that.

The actual charge per hour, is a closely guarded secret in most garages.

No, it's clearly on almost every invoice.

owen_money

Trade discounts can be massive. Peugeot 207 clutch kit from euro car parts -Valeo £190, I got a trade discount on a Sachs kit (better quality) and got it for £72. Trade can get up to 40%+ on parts