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    Cool Fitting Of springs and shocks how much am i looking at?

    just bought some kings and some monroe gt shocks for the ute cant wait to get them fitted just wondering though
    how much roughly am i looking at them to be fitted?
    has anyone in the newcastle are have any suggestions as to where to get it done?

    cheers

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    A fair price should be around $250 in my opinion including wheel alignment.

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    Be warned they may hit you up for new caster tops and bump stops while they are fitting the new ones, might be worth checking first, I think the caster tops are ~200+

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    Talk to Paul or bec at pbe dynotech at sandgate 49680088.
    They have done all my work on my wagon and always will from now on.
    TELLING IT HOW IT IS SINCE 1982

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    Quote Originally Posted by WallyBasher View Post
    Be warned they may hit you up for new caster tops and bump stops while they are fitting the new ones, might be worth checking first, I think the caster tops are ~200+
    by castor tops, are they strut bearings? cause ive got a set of them ordered as well

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    Quote Originally Posted by caz_sidi View Post
    are they hard to fit yourself?
    Fronts are standard and same as older models. Rears, well not so fun, getting the spring/strut out is a "$tch cos the control arm is the way. N u need a good set of tools

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    Yeah i agree with kizza there a pain to fit just get someone with the right tools to do the job :-)

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    Iv lowered many vehicles and by far I could say Ve was most effort, I had a mate put weight on the control arm and another pulling the disk /caliper towards the front of the car so I could pull the strut under the wheel arch and then out of the control arm, I'm going to be honest, I did this at home in my driveway on stands, and no air tools, the rears took me 3 hours and front 1.5 hours

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    just quoted $335 by bowers at mereweather :\
    wasnt expecting over the $300 mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gambel View Post
    Talk to Paul or bec at pbe dynotech at sandgate 49680088.
    They have done all my work on my wagon and always will from now on.
    just had a look at your wagon gambel, looks phat as dude
    have you been quoted for your coilovers yet?

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    done the same thing to my ve a while ago had ssl and made the ESP go mental turn on and off all the time ... also started to pull slightly to the left and had to get a castor kit fitted for around 100 bucks

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