ginobetterfly

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Just called the service dept. to get a quote for a spring install... The guy gave me a "rough" estimate of about $700 as it would be a 6 hr job, and he was sure to add that this is BEFORE the alignment...

I said, "WOW, that is REALLY rough!" and hung up..

The funny thing is, this is after i got a quote for $190 for the install from another shop and thought that was too much and decided to call WCN...

What the heck is happening with this place????

Jay'Z

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They will prob post and say that was a mistake.. But it is a stealership..

buffmanjeff

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6 hours? ha.

chowder

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Send Rick at Status a PM. He did mine originally for a lot cheaper than that. Was in and out of Status in an hour.

9kFever

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the manual that all the shops use states its a 6 hour job. My friend owns a body shop and we did my s2000 springs there once (for free). I called him to ask if we could do the same to the Z and he looked it up in the book and it stated 6 hours. He looked up the s2000 and it stated 2 hrs. Dont know why they say 6 hrs for the Z because it was basically the same exact thing.

Skidfive805

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There is a good "Do it Yourself" guide on here. Did mine myself and saved.

First rear side took an hour, the second took 20 minutes.

First front side took 2 1/2 hours, second side took 40 minutes.


On topic, WCN quoted me 400 when I asked a month ago

Sensi09

WCN is cool, but dealership prices nonetheless.

What happened when that other shop called WCN?

onedirtyz

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go to ed at precision z.

eod nhoj

had mine done @ performance nissan,springs and rear camber kit along with alignment a couple of weeks ago for $386 and took about 6 hours

Myfirst06350Z

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Damn even $386 is too much. Do them yourself and keep the money for other mods.

Nato

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swaping the springs on the z is a piece of cake

TimeAttkZ

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haha yea they are a great dealership but there install prices are outta this world.

I called to get a quote on installing Nismo LSD (you dont need the axle stubs, its a direct swap) on my base model and they wanted some ungodly amount.

ginobetterfly

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i dont have a spring compressor... and dont want to buy/rent one really

8inchworm

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Spring compresors are usually a free rental at most auto shops, like kragen and auto zone ect. and it's a real easy thing to do. but I'f you dont want to hassle with the compresors, (which you only need in the front) you can take the whole spring/shock assembly off and take them to a mechanic, and have him swap out the springs, it takes no time. and just do a simple install.

World Famous Z

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all dealerships base labor rates off of what the warranty book pays.
6 hrs should also include an alignment though, but this is common with all dealerships including us at Riverside Infiniti. Some things are not worth getting done at a dealership, even though you get the certified and trained techs. Other things are really ideal.

Myfirst06350Z

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Where did you hear this? For the nismo diff only the ones that come with the VLSD have 1 matching stub but you still need one of them. For the Base you need both stubs to put them in. Trust me I had the nismo installed in my base. The quaife and carbonetics however are direct swaps into the base model.

dikspiel

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call Performance Nissan. I think i payed $150 while ago.

terrorist22

I went to Corner 3 Garage in Lake Forest and they charged me for around 2.5 hours for my coilovers even though it took them around 4 or 5

ZU L8R

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Wow, that's more than the ridiculous quotes I got for the Viper. Ended up doing it myself and going back to the dealership and letting them know that I did it in less time on jackstands and with hand tools than they said it takes with a lift and air tools.

ZU L8R

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I went down the street to a local tire place and they swapped the springs on the shocks for $20 each with the spring compressor.