Lowering spring install prices?

[02'MineralGT]

Got some lowering springs, just wondering aprox. how much will it be to have them installed? and are you talking american $$? by the way I have BBK 1.5'' drop springs.
thanks.

 

[Seraphitia102]

I went to Chicane Sport Tuning to get them installed, and it was 3 hours of labor at $70/hour. That would make a total of $210 in labor, plus a wheel alignment at $49.

 

[JLstang351]

Do it yourself. Takes a whole hour. And with only hand tools. I just lowered my 5th mustang. Trust me anyone can do it!

 

[DisposableHero]

i ended up doing it myself like everyone said and boy was it a bitch!

the old springs came out easily... but most people said the lower springs would fit easily since they are smaller and boy was that not the case for my eibach pro-kit

it took so much moving it around and kicking it.. took me a good whole day going from about 11 till 7 or so

and yes this was my first time doing it and my brother was around to help whenever i called

 

[98MACH1R]

go to mustangworld.com and they have a write up on spring install use this as a reference

 

[JLstang351]

go to mustangworld.com and they have a write up on spring install use this as a reference

DO NOT go by these instructions. Who ever did it was a moron. You do not need to take the whole strut assembly out. For the front you take off the caliper and move it out of the way. Remove the two bolts holding the fron struts in place they are located right behind the rotor. Remove the sway bar bolt on the bottom. While doing all of this put a jack under the A arm. Once everything is removed lower the jack to take all the tension off of the springs. then get a crow bar and pry the spring out. Put the isolators back on the new springs and reverse the order. For the rear all you have to do is romve two bolts. The one for the quad shock and another for the regular shock. remove with a pry bar and Voila your done!!

 

[CaliLifeStyle]

I paid $170.

 

[clarkjr]

$150-200 and you can do it yourself but it will take some time and you will need a good, large floor jack and jackstands. The other tools are pretty basic and an air gun would help but is not mandatory (depending on how large your arms are). If you have never done this before, I'd set aside most of the day.

 

[BooWFO]

DO NOT go by these instructions. Who ever did it was a moron. You do not need to take the whole strut assembly out. For the front you take off the caliper and move it out of the way. Remove the two bolts holding the fron struts in place they are located right behind the rotor. Remove the sway bar bolt on the bottom. While doing all of this put a jack under the A arm. Once everything is removed lower the jack to take all the tension off of the springs. then get a crow bar and pry the spring out. Put the isolators back on the new springs and reverse the order. For the rear all you have to do is romve two bolts. The one for the quad shock and another for the regular shock. remove with a pry bar and Voila your done!!

Yeapers that is how I did it. I looked at those and was like WTF remove the whole strut why I'm not replacing it yet. It honestly took longer for the paint to dry on my calipers than to do the sprig install.
But for original poster I would figure a shop would charge 3-4 hours for the job so whatever the local shop rate is you can figure it up. Plus you will need an alignment afterwards. Now if you do CC plates figure another hour or so on top of the spring install.

 

[Torinalth]

i did springs on my RSX before i sold it and it took about 3 hours of work considering there was no guide when i did it. after reading the guides for the GT i think it will take me close to 2 hours at most to do the springs and dampers (HR race and bilsteins) at the same time. also, JLstang is referring to the second of the 3 guides that i have read in the past few days and i am inclined to agree with him. JL, if you can track down the guide again i think it would be a good benafit to let the thread starter see how simple it will be. I especially love the part when he uses the foot-wrench for the rear springs

i've heard 100-200 american for spring installs... personally i would do it myself to learn for one, and to have a bit of contrats that i have no lost my mechanical ability I'd set aaside 4-5 hours just to be safe, but i dont think you would use that much time.

Torinalth

 

[forpit2000gt]

DO NOT go by these instructions. Who ever did it was a moron. You do not need to take the whole strut assembly out. For the front you take off the caliper and move it out of the way. Remove the two bolts holding the fron struts in place they are located right behind the rotor. Remove the sway bar bolt on the bottom. While doing all of this put a jack under the A arm. Once everything is removed lower the jack to take all the tension off of the springs. then get a crow bar and pry the spring out. Put the isolators back on the new springs and reverse the order. For the rear all you have to do is romve two bolts. The one for the quad shock and another for the regular shock. remove with a pry bar and Voila your done!!

it can be done this way but is way more dangerous, especially if someone hasn't done it before. If there is to much pressure still on spring and it shoots out....

 

[JLstang351]

it can be done this way but is way more dangerous, especially if someone hasn't done it before. If there is to much pressure still on spring and it shoots out....

Shouldnt be no pressure at all on the spring by this time. Just lower the jack down slowly and all the tensions is gone.