Shops are making their profits on a combo of parts and labor. When you come in with your own parts, they lose that potential..that was my point. Many shops don't allow this practice for that reason and also to ensure parts fit/warranty/etc. Your cost for this was v. good - no need to be concerned that you got hosed.
Front strut replacement charge check
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That is part of the problem, the shop making 30% on parts that simply pass through the work bay.
If I supply new parts still in the box and I accept responsibility for fitment, somebody will take the labor money.
I think those prices are really decent and I would not hesitate to use a shop in my area that charge that amount for that job if I need it.
Yeah but part of the 30% profit that they're making on parts covers the cost for redoing the job for free if those parts fail in a short amount of time. And nowadays with all the knockoff cheap parts that are out there that happens more often then it used to.
Clearly the OP doesn't live in Northern Virginia at those prices.
Exactly. AM parts are not that great lol We have to warranty out stuff all of the time.
Don't worry, the shop jacked up either their hourly rate or the time it took for the job to make up for it. They are pre-assembled struts so how long can it take to replace? Two bolts at the knuckle, three nuts at the top. Half hour a side tops, and that includes lifting the car and pulling the wheels.
No he doesn't, and he has been campaigning for years to give everything North of Stafford to Maryland, where it belongs.
and they get the metal recycling money from my old parts, maybe not much but I'm sure it adds up over a weeks worth of jobs. They have a metal recycler truck that comes and picks up a full metal parts dumpster every Saturday morning at 0600, in a residential neighborhood with the backup alarm and everything, along with banging the empty dumpster back onto the pavement.
Thats cheap
Well the bottom line is if you have a shop that you think is questionable call about 3 other shops and check prices. If a phone call saves you a few hundred dollars go for it.
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Think you got off with a very fair price and much cheaper than any Stealership for sure would have charged. I always prefer local and private owned shops since I can not do much of my own work anymore. Yeah. Real fair charges I think to do the work and 4 wheel alignment after. I always had to remind my dad when he would flip and complain about costs of things.... "Dad, these people dont work for free, they have overhead..... employee wages, insurance" ...... etc
Looks like a good deal.
This thread was a troll from the start...
My used $400 OTC strut tamer paid for itself on the first job.
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