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[Paddy Flannery]

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

[Lazydocker]

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

[Martian]

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.

[feeutfo]

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. 

[Lazydocker]

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

[Paddy Flannery]

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.