Hello,
This is my first post here. I bought a 90 gt for my wife about 6 months ago and have been salivating at the chance to work on it. She says, step one is suspension. It has a hack job lowering on it right now and things rub. So I decided on the koni sport suspension kit with maximum motorsports castor camber plates and spring cups, or the maximum motorsports starter box. The car was in an accient and fixed in a hurry, so I wanted to get the frame all straightened out first before I tackle the suspension. I went to a body shop my wife reccomended and they quoted me $1200!!!
5.5 hours remove and install bumper
3 hours remove and install fenders
1.5 hours straightend and primer inner fender liner. (the metal that is tacked to the firewall and that the fenders bolt on to.)
9 hours frame rack set up and straightening.
@60 an hour.
Is this right. It took a shop less than an hour to straighten the frame on my truck. I was figuring a unibody would cost more but not 14 times more.
I went to every other shop in town and that one turned out to be the cheapest.
There was a guy working out of his garage that said if I took the fenders and bumper off and put them back on myself, he would do it for "about" $600.
Do you guys have any suggestions. I am tempted to sell it and start over with a straight one, but it has so many goodies on it. Plus bottom line, my wife loves this car.
Also as an aside what do you guys think of my suspension choices?
Thanks in advance,
Jason
This is my first post here. I bought a 90 gt for my wife about 6 months ago and have been salivating at the chance to work on it. She says, step one is suspension. It has a hack job lowering on it right now and things rub. So I decided on the koni sport suspension kit with maximum motorsports castor camber plates and spring cups, or the maximum motorsports starter box. The car was in an accient and fixed in a hurry, so I wanted to get the frame all straightened out first before I tackle the suspension. I went to a body shop my wife reccomended and they quoted me $1200!!!
5.5 hours remove and install bumper
3 hours remove and install fenders
1.5 hours straightend and primer inner fender liner. (the metal that is tacked to the firewall and that the fenders bolt on to.)
9 hours frame rack set up and straightening.
@60 an hour.
Is this right. It took a shop less than an hour to straighten the frame on my truck. I was figuring a unibody would cost more but not 14 times more.
I went to every other shop in town and that one turned out to be the cheapest.
There was a guy working out of his garage that said if I took the fenders and bumper off and put them back on myself, he would do it for "about" $600.
Do you guys have any suggestions. I am tempted to sell it and start over with a straight one, but it has so many goodies on it. Plus bottom line, my wife loves this car.
Also as an aside what do you guys think of my suspension choices?
Thanks in advance,
Jason