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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Paddy Flannery on 20 June 2011, 18:10:17
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Folks,
Your advice please ......... how much should I be looking to pay to have the rear anti roll bar links on a Mark 1 Focus replaced ?
Told it's a fairly quick job once the car is up on the ramp and that the parts are fairly cheap.
Local garage however has quoted £91. Highwaymen !
Thank you
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Don't know for certain but I would imagine it's probably under an hour + parts. When you consider that most independent garages are charging £50+ per hour that quote doesn't seem that unreasonable ;) ;)
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As above, by the time an hours labour is factored in (you won't get away with paying anything less on the first hour) then £91 sounds about right.
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Sounds ok to me. It's a job to get anything done for less than an hours labour these days ime. Not necessarily car related either.
Maybe find a garage with a cheaper labour rate if possible. :-/ it's not a hard job.
And source the parts yourself. Don't buy tat though or you'll be doing the same again sooner. Will give you an idea of prices of nothing else. ;)
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Sounds ok to me. It's a job to get anything done for less than an hours labour these days ime. Not necessarily car related either.
Maybe find a garage with a cheaper labour rate if possible. :-/ it's not a hard job.
And source the parts yourself. Don't buy tat though or you'll be doing the same again sooner. Will give you an idea of prices of nothing else. ;)
TBH, I'd guess that for £91 fitted they will be the cheapest aftermarket ones available ;) ;)
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Cheers for your replies gents.
Got the aftermarket parts at trade ( £12 for the pair ) and another local garage was happy to fit for £20 cash. Result.
The car was on the ramp for about 10 minutes.
Back to MOT tester for free re test and now got the passed MOT.