$375 to install Billstein 5100's?

Just had mine done for 125 with allighment

 

Look in the Colorado bs thread, or Colorado trading post. Itll help you out alot

 

wow.. i got quoted 375 for my entire lift.

since i posted... anyone anywhere between SD and St. Paul got the tools and willing to help with the install?

 

That right there should be a signal to not do any more business with them unless you have nowhere else to go.

 

The writing is on the wall. Tomorrow I wil be contacting another Dealership. Part of the whole process is the convience of not needing to go to two shops and spend time twice to have the work done. I wil pay more for that convience. However not $200 more.

 

One thing I've learned over the years: a dealer or large repair shop cannot be trusted to do multiple jobs in one session. They will always forget something. Unless there's a big labor saving (the proverbial timing belt and water pump), go to separate shops or at least make separate appointments.

 

Op. I will do it for 100.00. I have lifted several of the members trucks some of which are posting on this thread. Contact any of them and they will tell you about the work I do. Sean266, Hoyle, blacktacoma23, Geotaco, TRDBandit, are a few of them. Let me know.

 

Excellent advice. I will probaby end up going that route. I always try to be as greedy with my time as I can. I will most likely let them do the TSB and have my usual shop do the shocks

 

That sounds great. I appreciate the help. I will send you my phone #

 

If you want to come down to Pueblo on a Sunday around noon I'll help ya put em on for free. It's super easy to do and we should be done in a couple hours.

 

I did mine in front of my apartment Never done it before but there were some great write-ups on this site that helped walk me through it. I did piss off my neighbors a lil bit using my impact gun on the spring compressor that I rented from Autozone... noisy You will still need to have your front end aligned which is the only bummer. I thought that when Toyota did the TSB on the rears they had to perform an alignment the front end anyways? (they did on mine). Might save you a few bucks if you install the billy's first and then have the TSB on the rear done.

 

just get some tools and jacks. DO yourself not very hard.

 

I would like to see you do this in 30 min.

 

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If they're doing the TSB the alignment should be on them as that is part of the TSB anyway. At any rate they are still way over priced. I had a local mechanic do mine both front and rear and he charged me $110. I than drove my truck from his shop to the dealer for them to do the alignment, which was $60 for a four wheel alignment. So in total I was in $170.
I did the four wheel alignment only because it cost the same to do all four corners as just the front. I did stop at a Firestone by the house and they quoted me $395 without the alignment. After choking I said no thanks.

 

I've hired 4 lawyers in my lifetime...none of which charged anything near $109/hour!

 

Lawyers aren't dealer service departments. $109/hr is actually a little lower than the average rate around here. Alot depends on geography.

 

Oh, I know that is about right (unfortunately). Regardless, it always startles the hell out of me when I think of it.

 

A lot of people bash the dealer for what they charge, and you all seem to be able to do it your self. But, how many of you have a 100k alignment rack, a building or the proper tools to do the work? I'm sure I have more tools than most of you (about 15k) and I buy more all the time. The truth is just because you can figure it it doesn't make you a mechanic and your post count is not a reflection of your automotive intelligence.

 

Dealership won't budge on their price. I am letting them do the TSB and that will be the last time I am there. (I am only letting them do that much because they already ordered the parts.) My usual shop is doing the work for $120, 4 wheel alignment included. Thanks to those of you who offered to do the work for/with me. If I wasn't a chef and working like nuts right now I would take advantage of your more than generous offers. Hopefully I will have a chance to get together with you guys in the near future.