Suspention – “No Bull”

[Ryder15]

hey all i went into pedders today to talk about get my ute lowered.. well.. i was handed with a pretty bad suprise

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L C/Gas Sealed Strut $194
R C/Gas Sealed Strut $194
Vron bearing Plate X2 $98
Commodore Strut BRGx2 $70
Sports Ryder Coil Springh RH $89.50
Sports Ryder Coil Springh LH $89.50
C/Dore H/Duty Linkpin kit $75
Bendix General CT brake Pads $80.70
Pedders Tie_Rod EndX2 $88
Commodore Caster Rod X2 $126
Comm frt Z Bar Bush 2pk $36
Power Steering Rack&Pinion $422
Comfort Gas ShockX2 $182
Sports Ryder Coil SpringX2 $181
Rybber Bump Stop (1Pk)X2 $72
Trim Arm AssemblyX2 $110
ADJ. PANHARD ROD $159
Wheel Alignment Front Only $65
Labour/Fitting/Nut & bolts $780

Total
3,111.70
Total Cash Price
2,500

Just want a see if these prices sound right or am i being ...R...ED again?

cheers

Matty

[Bravotwozero]

Yeah that sounds like Pedders!

[Ryder15]

lol so its to much or a good price???

say if i went to another shop?

[Bravotwozero]

Yeah I'd stay away from Pedders. They have a habit of saying things need replacing when they probably don't. Not saying don't use Pedders gear, (I have it in my car.) just don't get Pedders to install it.

[Zeussy]

lmao...

Does your ute have a front end on it at the moment?

Basically thats the price for a full, complete front end set-up, a lot of that stuff you probly don't "need" but looks like they want to do it anyway.
I'd find a trusted mechanic, or any one for that matter, tell him you want to lower your car, ask how all the rest of the bushes are under there too.

Don't get me wrong, it would feel completely like new, because, well, it is But I think they're going over the top with some of the items.

Does you rack leak/have any movement in it? any wobbles in the steering, noises clunks from the front end? Or is the ute in general, in good working conditon? (hit many gutters etc..)

[Ryder15]

well if you shake the steering wheen when the car is not running there is a clunking/knocking noise.
hit a bump there a slightly hard knock .

and yeah the car drives fine, does pull slightly to the left thats about it..

im in cairns and Pedders if the only one i really know about, only because i happened tto drive past it lol

[Reaper]

sounds like you are getting reamed to me.

Reaper

[Stretchomatic]

hit up GSL rallysport on this site and get a quote on brake pads and suspension kit...then ask a mechanic how much to replace your brake pads and suspension and check your bushes...then compare it to pedders...

[TI3VOM]

Pedders wanted to charge me $2068 to fix my suspension I took it to Jax and they replaced my front strut towers and radius rod bushes, I also got front and rear adjustable swaybars plus a strut brace all for $1930 that included a free wheel alignment and balance the car feels great nothing else needed fixing from what I can feel. I will never go back to a Pedders store again as to many places seem to be dodgy.

[RX25SE]

Pedders....all bull.

All that and they only do a 2 wheel align.........GFO.

At that sort of money I'd be looking at Koni. Better ride and handling IMO.

[bandit10]

Pedders....all bull.

All that and they only do a 2 wheel align.........GFO.

At that sort of money I'd be looking at Koni. Better ride and handling IMO.

nothing to adjust on the rear end of a live axle

[Zeussy]

nothing to adjust on the rear end of a live axle

Adj. Panhard rod?

[RX25SE]

nothing to adjust on the rear end of a live axle

Yes, nothing to adjust but thrust compensation should be checked. Will also pick up things like a bent axle.

99% of wheel aligns are nothing more than "toe and go".

[danja]

Typical bloody Pedders...

[slayer208]

If it was me, i'd rather spend the cash on a lowered king spring/monroe GT combination as advertised on ebay for around $550-$600 and use around another $1K on genuine nolathane bushings for the complete car. Give you a great ride combination and still have a whack of cash in your wallet if you do it yourself.

cheers!

[slayer208]

When I upgraded the all the nolothane bushes in my vn commodore that i used to own, I was quoted around $900 to get the lot replaced at Supercheap "SCA". I contacted nolathane, and brought everything as one complete kit for under $600 at the time. I'd suggest you do something like that rather than spend on pedders. IMO their springs aren't any better than kings, and the only thing that is better than the monroe GT gas shocks in the pedders sports ryder shocks, only due to them being oil filled as opposed to gas filled. Oil filled have a proven track record for longevity over gas filled shocks. If you wanted to save a packet, you could probably get gabriel ones even cheaper!. This is only a suggestion, not gospel.

Cheers!

[Ryder15]

wait, i never worded my first topic properly,

What happened was i went in there today and i was just asking about getting it lowered. they did there testing thig and came back and told me all that Bloody shit needed to be replaced before i can even look at getting it lowered.. since i know **** all about this shit. i asked you guys and now i actually realise how bloody stupid i was..

sorry for this

matty.

[Zeussy]

Don't be sorry, its good you asked instead of paying for it.

[gslrallysport]

Ah, give us a crack at it! (Our Prices)

L C/Gas Sealed Strut $194 (KYB Excel G Shortened Shocks $145)
R C/Gas Sealed Strut $194 (KYB Excel G Shortened Shocks $145)
Vron bearing Plate X2 $98 (Whiteline Strut Plate with bearing $139 for the pair)
Commodore Strut BRGx2 $70 (Included in above price)
Sports Ryder Coil Springh RH $89.50 (Kings $67.50 each)
Sports Ryder Coil Springh LH $89.50 (Kings $67.50 each)
C/Dore H/Duty Linkpin kit $75 (Whiteline Z Bar Link Inc Bushes $55)
Bendix General CT brake Pads $80.70 (If you want an equivalent pad to GCT, then QFM Super X, $49. Or if you want to step up to something decent, QFM HPX $79)
Pedders Tie_Rod EndX2 $88 ($19 each)
Commodore Caster Rod X2 $126 (Are they replacing the whole rod, or just the bushes???
Comm frt Z Bar Bush 2pk $36 (As Above)
Power Steering Rack&Pinion $422 (Normally $359, but as it's an exchange or rebuilt item, it's a bit hard to do...)
Comfort Gas ShockX2 $182 (KYB $85 each, big step up from Comfort Gas)
Sports Ryder Coil SpringX2 $181 (Kings $67.50 each)
Rybber Bump Stop (1Pk)X2 $72 (Shortened Bump Stops to suit Ute, $52 for the pair)
Trim Arm AssemblyX2 $110 (I'm guessing this is trailing arm. Is it just the bushes, or a complete replacement arm?
ADJ. PANHARD ROD $159 (Whiteline $149)

[Kurtp]

Yeah pedders is shocking, i emailed them asking for a quote on lowering, specifically stating i only care about getting the springs changed. And they still quoted me 1,500 with all this shit i really didnt want.

[wana s' charge stock vt]

lol, i'd be going elsewhere. cant say i've read one good thing about pedders yet.........

[wortus]

Took my old VN there for a 14 point safety check only because they were offering a free wheel alignment. Catch was if they found anything wrong they had to fix that first and needless to say the list of repairs was exrtensive and around $2000.00.
Given the car had just got a pink slip that day and they claim the things they lit are only if they will fail soon we had a bit of a discussion and they eventually agreed to do the whel alignment and didn't centre the steering wheel.
Interestingly I had the same check done by a different Pedders when I bought the car about 8 years before that and the same faulty parts were listed then! So much for no bull they just want to change a whoile heap of parts that are perfectly road worthy. Be careful!