Lowering spring installation
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Lowering spring installation
Hi guys,
what is a "normal" price for installing other springs including alignment?
Got and price of R650 @ Koenic and R750 @ SupaQuick
Thanks
what is a "normal" price for installing other springs including alignment?
Got and price of R650 @ Koenic and R750 @ SupaQuick
Thanks
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Re: Lowering spring installation
Thats about right. I paid R750 at SupaQuick in Sandton.
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Re: Lowering spring installation
Why not wait till you need to replace your shocks then its for free
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Re: Lowering spring installation
**** me! R750 to swop springs The Koni guys wanted to charge me R500 to swop my stock GLS suspension for coiles, without alignment, but still...
...take it to Salo
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Re: Lowering spring installation
@Wakie - good idea.
Well Steve asks R600 and that includes aliment & also he is close to me, so will take to them.
Thanks for input, just thought that some of the other guys were bit over top.
Well Steve asks R600 and that includes aliment & also he is close to me, so will take to them.
Thanks for input, just thought that some of the other guys were bit over top.
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Settled then, and tell him to return my e-mailscrawler wrote:Well Steve asks R600 and that includes aliment & also he is close to me, so will take to them.
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Re: Lowering spring installation
Free..... if you do it yourself.
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Re: Lowering spring installation
The 9N3 Polo front shocks need LOTS of effort to be removed. Then you will need the spring compressors to remove the springs from the strut. Then you need to do alignment...MacMan wrote:Free..... if you do it yourself.
The rear's are easy.
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Don't bring your Itai lazy gheyness here, grab a wrench and get dirty like the Allies did to win WWIIMeanTdi wrote:The 9N3 Polo front shocks need LOTS of effort to be removed. Then you will need the spring compressors to remove the springs from the strut. Then you need to do alignment...MacMan wrote:Free..... if you do it yourself.
The rear's are easy.
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Thx macman, rather let this one go and take to someone can do bit faster than myself. lol
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Re: Lowering spring installation
It looks the same as a MK4. Single pinch-bolt holding the front strut into the wheel bearing housing. Loosen the bolt, expand the slit in the wheel bearing housing with a cold chisel, loosen the drop-link to lower control arm bolt and push the lower control arm down until the strut is free of the wheel bearing housing.MeanTdi wrote:The 9N3 Polo front shocks need LOTS of effort to be removed. Then you will need the spring compressors to remove the springs from the strut. Then you need to do alignment...MacMan wrote:Free..... if you do it yourself.
The rear's are easy.
Yes a spring compressor will be needed to remove the spring from the strut, but wheel alignment shouldn't be affected because you are not loosening the subframe bolts, lower balljoint bolts or tie-rod ends.
But yes, it is a LOT of effort to do... took me the whole day to do on my .:R.
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Neuk wrote:Don't bring your Itai lazy gheyness here, grab a wrench and get dirty like the Allies did to win WWII
My hands are for loving, not working on cars.
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I watched them change my springs and LCA bushes - I am more than happy to pay for it, again if need be @ R600 or even R750.MacMan wrote:It looks the same as a MK4. Single pinch-bolt holding the front strut into the wheel bearing housing. Loosen the bolt, expand the slit in the wheel bearing housing with a cold chisel, loosen the drop-link to lower control arm bolt and push the lower control arm down until the strut is free of the wheel bearing housing.
Yes a spring compressor will be needed to remove the spring from the strut, but wheel alignment shouldn't be affected because you are not loosening the subframe bolts, lower balljoint bolts or tie-rod ends.
Time is money.MacMan wrote:But yes, it is a LOT of effort to do... took me the whole day to do on my .:R.
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Get some friends too help you. DIY FTW.
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Its not hard at all, dont even need to drop the control arm. Remove bottom bolt, separate it and the shock will come out. Spring compressors will be required for the stock springs but for the lowered ones you can get away with it by using some power. Rears will take ten min without even taking off the wheel.
As for alignment, the camber will become negative, and the alignment places will tell you that they need to bend the shock to fix that. I was against that bcos when/if you go back to stock then you will have + camber. The camber will be -1deg 30' or so.
As for alignment, the camber will become negative, and the alignment places will tell you that they need to bend the shock to fix that. I was against that bcos when/if you go back to stock then you will have + camber. The camber will be -1deg 30' or so.
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Supaquik in Sandton is R350 with alignment, you can try them, no issues at all n been going there for a good couple years now
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How come you got a better price? That is cheap.aZZ_kIkN_vELO wrote:Supaquik in Sandton is R350 with alignment, you can try them, no issues at all n been going there for a good couple years now
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my bud uses them alot hence the low price. lol
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I know this is almost 2 years later, but I got quoted R 1200 incl W/A @ Supa Quick, R 850 @ Hi-Q & R1000 @ Polokwane Springs.
The guys here are just freekin insane with their prices. I paid R1000 to get my LCA Bushes fitted by VW & they were the cheapest.
They must be smoking undies or something.
The guys here are just freekin insane with their prices. I paid R1000 to get my LCA Bushes fitted by VW & they were the cheapest.
They must be smoking undies or something.
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Re: Lowering spring installation
Interesting to bring this thread up!
I will be taking front shocks off this weekend to do shock mount replacements on the Polo. I have a spring compressor now (Thanks Brendan! ) and will get to work Saturday.
Everyone is telling me I will need to redo my alignment - this true?
I will be taking front shocks off this weekend to do shock mount replacements on the Polo. I have a spring compressor now (Thanks Brendan! ) and will get to work Saturday.
Everyone is telling me I will need to redo my alignment - this true?
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