As per title,

Been quoted £180 just for fitting and thought that might be a little high? I may be wrong as I've just started looking into it.

I paid a mechanic at a local garage £80.00

 

Then drove it to another garage for a hunter alignment at £50.00

 

£130.00 all in.  More than the springs themselves cost me

Cheers for that Spark :-)

Does an alignment need to be done?

Cheers for that Spark :-)

Does an alignment need to be done?

Yup. I would say it's very "advisable" after fitting any new suspension components. 

 

Mine was out.

Fitting the springs alters the steering geometry since the whole front strut is removed from the car.

Excellent thanks for all of the replies! Cleared that up so now I know what to expect. Better get some springs ordered :-)

If the £180 includes alignment then thats a good price.

 

I fitted my Octy Mk2 suspension myself and to be honest, it was an a*se of a job for a driveway mechanic. I ended up buying a grinder to deal with a previously damaged ARB link bolt, a breaker bar and quite a few unusual size sockets to get the job done. If I'd been able to foresee the d*ckdance involved I'd have gladly paid someone £180 to do it, although once you've got all the seized bolts freed it's actually straightforward.

 

Alignment is absolutely essential, I get mine re-aligned every year because UK roads these days appear to have been mortar bombed and the alignment just gets bashed about. The alloy refurbisher I know repairs 5-10 wheels a week that have been smashed due to potholes.

£20 labour & £30 alignment for me

That's cheap! Where from?

£20 labour,  

i love those with an hourly rate below £10 an hour, they obviously are unlikely to be VAT registered with their annual income.

Makes you wonder how they can feed them shelves.

I'd dare say £30 alignment doesn't buy much either.

I like the option that doesn't count vaguely straight as a result!

.....ignore all of the above if mates rates at a decent garage with the right kit!

It was Indeed mates rate. All done at a Audi garage by my mate

£180?? I had two cars done at the same time for less than that at Demon Tweeks.

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Rears are 1 bolt & a jack to push the arm back up. Maybe 15m a side tops if you are dawdling.

Fronts are about 40m-60m a side depending on what tools you have & how many shortcuts you've worked out.