Re: Installation costs?!?

[Peter Loron <peterl@cnw.com>]

I think they're high. The local VW speed shop didn't charge me anywhere
near that much, and never mentioned anything about lowering the subframe.
I had the stressbar put in for $37.50. I think they were gonna charge me
about $30 or $40 a pop to put the swaybars in but I elected to wait and do
it myself.

-Pete
97 GLX

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 Talitmon@aol.com wrote:

> Help me out my fellow VW buddies!!,
> 
> I just recently purchased Autotechs front and rear swaybars, as
> well as the upper front stress bar.  Looking at the instructions
> it just seems a little too difficult for me to work out, and I don't have
> all the tools necessary to do the install. 
> 
> I took the front/rear swaybar, and the stressbar to a ma and pop
> shop that deals only with VW's and they quoted to me that it would
> cost about $300.00 in labor to do the install.  They said that they
> would have to lower the front subframe to install the front swaybar
> and the entire job would take most of the day.  Needless to say
> the excitement of my first upgrades went up in flames!! 8-()
> 
> So tell me my friends, are ma & pop smoking crack behind closed
> doors?  Does it really cost around that much to do a job like that?
> I only want to take my car to someone that seems trust worthy
> and know what the heck they are doing.  They told me that if they
> don't lower the subframe, that they have seen too many broken
> subframe bolts.
> 
> Thanks for all of the input......
> Talat
> 97 GLX
> Blk/Blk
> 

Peter Loron                                                  peterl@cnw.com
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