Tbf in this weather I really am not feeling it, anyone know what kind of price it would cost to get it done at a garage?

£200-ish at a proper garage. £275 at a Skoda dealer.

If it goes to plan it's not much of a job for a garage,I would say £60-80 cash job

What kind of garage charges that? I'd rather pay that than have the stress, I figured it would be around £200 like the guy above said?

Very variable depending on region. My local VAG-specialist independent charges £65+VAT/hr, and the nearest VAG dealership £99+VAT/hr! Not sure how many hours work there is in what you want, but I'd be surprised if it's less than 2.

Just phone two or three local garages in your area and compare their quotes.  

I'd charge £100 cash and I'm not a business with many overheads. Can't see any firm charging £60 and turning a profit.

Think book time is about 3.5 hours for a full suspension change.

I'd charge £100 cash and I'm not a business with many overheads. Can't see any firm charging £60 and turning a profit.

Think book time is about 3.5 hours for a full suspension change.

Which would be about £150 including Clueless George's Gouge around where I live.

Lol at the book time,you could do it with a open ended spanner in less time than that!

A garage using power/air tools wouldn't take much over a hour if they went at it.

I could do it in two hours with my trolley jack on the drive

I'd charge £100 cash and I'm not a business with many overheads. Can't see any firm charging £60 and turning a profit.

Think book time is about 3.5 hours for a full suspension change.

Where do you live? haha

Where do you live? haha

Big hints as to Tech1e's locale in the community fora.

Lol at the book time,you could do it with a open ended spanner in less time than that!

A garage using power/air tools wouldn't take much over a hour if they went at it.

I could do it in two hours with my trolley jack on the drive

Warranty/Book times are not created with air tools in mind. Warranty times are created using hand tools and the correct workshop equipment. It may well be less than that but from memory that is somewhere close I think.

Warranty/Book times are not created with air tools in mind. Warranty times are created using hand tools and the correct workshop equipment. It may well be less than that but from memory that is somewhere close I think.

Hence it's pointless quoting them in the real world

I don't agree. Most amateurs won't have air tools, and most will take longer than fully trained techs to do most jobs, IMO.

So a book time is a useful guideline, especially for people who may be thinking of getting a garage to do the work. If nothing else, as a reason not to take it to a garage.

I think you can get the nearside strut out without compressors but you might need them for the farside. Obviously you will need them to get the struts in unless they are already built.

I have an Ibiza 6L which as far as i know is the same.

 

Took me a fairly long day,maybe 6hrs total doing the fronts but i'm not that experienced with car work!

Edited 8 January, 201610 yr by corndog