difficulty fitting coilovers?

[GeorgeHale92]

Hi Isit hard to fit coilovers

I have a friend who is a mechanic fitting mine and he has just said it's being a nightmare and is gonna be another 200£ because he will have to replace ball joints ...?

[SNH]

Piece of pi55 with the right tools, couple hours max if that.

[GeorgeHale92]

Anyone willing to do it on here

[Turbobell]

Piece of pi55 with the right tools, couple hours max if that.

What he said [emoji106]

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[GeorgeHale92]

£180 from the garage up from my work gonna be fitting the new alloys aswell so pics to follow

[cheezemonkhai]

To be fair on older cars if you take out the wishbones and replace the bushes those ball joint bolts tend to fail.

Ditto if your drop links are old and the ball joints on them shot or rusted. About £80 for the wishbone bushes drop links and lower ball joints. Maybe 30 to 40 more for the top mounts and bearings.

Rear is prey easy though.

[GeorgeHale92]

2008 ? I'd hope they didn't need replacing that soon :/

[cheezemonkhai]

Bushes and top mounts will need doing I would say.

The problem with the lower ball joints is the three bolts are part of the ball joint fitting not lose. When you undo or do them up after they tend to shear off writing off the ball joint.

Drop links, yeah it's about right time too.

[BlacklineMRM]

Another £200 !!!!!! Some friend

Give us a run down of what he is changing and the additional parts that are now needed

Mike

[cheezemonkhai]

I'd agree on wanting to see the parts list.

1 hour per wheel average is what I seem to remember as garage time.

[GeorgeHale92]

He wanted 200£ extra incase the bolts snapped for the ball joints. But he wanted it as upfront payment on them to do them even if they didn't go ...

[Toxicvrs]

He wanted 200£ extra incase the bolts snapped for the ball joints. But he wanted it as upfront payment on them to do them even if they didn't go ...

That's ridiculous some mate!

[GeorgeHale92]

Yeah .. He has had the car three times to do it aswell each time somink different crops up iv been waiting to get them done since jan 25th

[Toxicvrs]

Mate I'd just save yourself the hassle and discretely get it done elsewhere!

[GeorgeHale92]

Well this time is come back and has a realy load rattle and I got this message

"That will be the anti roll bar drop link mate, I didn't think it would knock but it must be mate, the anti roll bar is seized it undone a tiny bit then just seized, it will either need a new one mate or I will have another go a at tighten it abit more"

Don't you think he shoulda told me that??

[cheezemonkhai]

Ok that sounds like he did a half job. They are 10 each and you can DIY them in no time.

I'd take it elsewhere to check the work.

Sorry

[GeorgeHale92]

You won't belive this he has lost the sleeve on the front shock .. Can't get them on there own !! Il gonna have to go but a secound brand new set of coilovers ...

[GeorgeHale92]

Sorry for spelling gonna have to go buy a new set. ... So so fuc" angry .. And he did naker my ball joint

[dainott]

Bloody hell he sounds like a nightmare mechanic! What sleeve are you talking about is it the dust shield on the strut itself? Also trying to add £200 as he thought it would be a difficult job is unreal. Its a simple job as is 99% of suspension changes (just takes a bit of time) and ball joints are peanuts to buy along with droplinks and top mounts.

He is a muppet!

[dainott]

You won't belive this he has lost the sleeve on the front shock .. Can't get them on there own !! Il gonna have to go but a secound brand new set of coilovers ...

What coilovers are they mate?

[GeorgeHale92]

Jom blueline

[cheezemonkhai]

You'll be able to get as leave. Just call the maker.

[GeorgeHale92]

JOM coilovers uk said they don't sell them separately :/ & I can't find any details for them direct from Germany

[GeorgeHale92]

And contacting who I bought them off I got this back

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[dainott]

The piece your missing is to stop dust getting down into the internals of the strut so have a look on eBay and see if you can get one which looks very similar or tbh as long as it will fit inside the spring, as it will do the job

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