[njleeson]

Just picked up some lowering springs from ECS, they are the ECS brand. I contacted local shops and they quoted me at 650-700 dollars! I understand european cars are expensive to work on however i had springs on my old 02 330 and my 07 gti, and they were done for 75$ and 200$ respectively. Anyone know any shops in the bay area that arnt so harsh on there labor/install prices? or even a knowledgeable person who could do it in there backyard or something? lol

EDIT & FYI;

Called alot of shops in the local area here are my results;

Livermore Big o (900$)
Livermore Eurotech (750$)
Fremont Swat Customs (280$)
San Jose Tech3 (480$)
Livermore CJ's (580.60$)
Pleasnton Performance Tech (wont touch)
Livermore Auto center (585$)
Dublin Jeffs performance (wont touch)
Hayward A-1 springs (300$)
Pleasnton B&S (wont touch)
Pleasnton Autotech (220$)
Dublin Edge (Wont get back to me)

[njleeson]

uhhhhhp.

[EuroKar]

I'll install them for you $400 including an alignment

[JChiang29]

i did my h&r's myself

[edirtaynine]

lol 6-700. what a joke. if you're even semi-mechanically-inclined, just do it yourself. it's really easy and should take about 2 hrs... took me i think 4hrs my first time? cant quite remember.

otherwise just call around.. shops should charge about $200-250 for install only

[JChiang29]

Originally Posted by edirtaynine

lol 6-700. what a joke. if you're even semi-mechanically-inclined, just do it yourself. it's really easy and should take about 2 hrs... took me i think 4hrs my first time? cant quite remember.

otherwise just call around.. shops should charge about $200-250 for install only

Yea ur right, 6-700 is a bank robbery... i got quoted 300 and decided to do it myself. took me like 8 hours coz i had to borrow those retarded spring compressors from o'reilys, but to be honest the diys on this forum do a really good job

[hongsc]

Take it to a tuner shop. You got quoted shop time. I paid $175.

[njleeson]

yeah, its a new car. so im not super familiar with it yet. plus when i did my old pos integra it ended up taking me all day. thanks for the advice tho.

[JChiang29]

Originally Posted by njleeson

yeah, its a new car. so im not super familiar with it yet. plus when i did my old pos integra it ended up taking me all day. thanks for the advice tho.

where r u located in the east bay? could probably help you out

[E90_831]

$700 is steep.

-follow the DIY guide
-find yourself a spring compressor
-grab some beer and have fun
-make sure to get an alignment right after

[njleeson]

Originally Posted by E90_831

$700 is steep.

-follow the DIY guide
-find yourself a spring compressor
-grab some beer and have fun
-make sure to get an alignment right after

Yes, way to steep. Like if that was at all a fair price i would pay it but i was just making sure that i wasnt crazy.

I have a couple other things i need to have put on as well, went a little mod crazy when i bought the beast...

Livermore is not the place to do anything to with a bmw; aside from buying wheels at APEX Im thinking about Edge in dublin. But i way just go with DIY.

[ECSTuning]

You should find the video embedded below useful if you choose to DIY your spring install.

[njleeson]

Nice Video, I think this is definitely the way to go. I actually purchased the set up from you guys.




I called Big-O and they said it would be about 900 for the install and 800 without a alignment... I was like really? and they said that the front alone is a 4 hour job...

i said no thanks...


There has to be a shop somewhere in the bay that doesn't rape people, or if they do at least will give you a reach around...