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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Sugar79 on 01 September 2005, 12:39

Title: places to fit me springs
Post by: Sugar79 on 01 September 2005, 12:39
Grrrr iam having real probs finding somewhere that will fit my lowering springs for under £100!! is this right??

My boyfriends "mate" garage want £120!!! WTF i was even thinking about kwik-fit even tho i hate that place with a passion, but i dont think they do susspension do they??  :undecided:
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: Horney on 01 September 2005, 12:43
Get some spring compressers and get your Boyf to do it! It's tricky and will take the best part of a day but a few cups of tea and some grateful nookie will be cheaper than a garage!

Nick
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: Sugar79 on 01 September 2005, 12:48
He hates my car and wont touch it anymore  :sad: and besides he knows as much as me when it comes to things like this lol
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: GTI EDITION (aka LTD) on 01 September 2005, 12:57
Don't forget that you'll need to get the steering geometry checked/adjusted after they are fitted it or was that included in the quote .If it is then the quotes not bad IMO  :undecided:
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: Sugar79 on 01 September 2005, 13:00
yes they did say that, but i didnt know what they meant  :sad: oh bugger
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: GazB on 02 September 2005, 20:38
About the cheapest you will find to get em fitted is £20 a corner, add a geometry setup to that at about £20-£25 and theres your £100.

IMO you wont get em fitted and set up for less than that :wink:
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: Sugar79 on 03 September 2005, 10:32
well i dont mind £100, but i didnt wanna go above that really.
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: cmp1378 on 03 September 2005, 13:40
I did mine myself one afternoon(with a little help from my little bro').Took me 4 1/2 hours,it's really quite easy,just read the section in the haynes manual a few times!
I havn't had the steering geometry checked yet though,but it feels ok!
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: gibby on 06 September 2005, 15:10
Quote from: cmp1378 on 03 September 2005, 13:40
I havn't had the steering geometry checked yet though,but it feels ok!

So take off the price of a couple of tyres then as you'll need two front ones in a couple of months time.

I got charged £80 to lower mine but then it cost me two new front tyres because I didn't get the tracking and camber checked straight away, then had the cost of tracking and camber after the new tryes were put on, so it ended up costing me a lot more than £120. Ask exactly what the garage are doing for your £120 and if they are doing more than just fitting the springs then the price looks pretty good to me.
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: cmp1378 on 06 September 2005, 20:32
I do intend getting to steering geometry checked,just bit busy at work at the moment.Is it likely to be out by much? and how costly?
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: GazB on 06 September 2005, 20:47
hard to tell how much it will be out by, will cost you about £20 to get it set up :wink:
Title: Re: places to fit me springs
Post by: richy on 09 September 2005, 17:52
I got mine done at a local audi specialist for £150 ish, including tracking / geometry.