mondeo coil spring...

[Castiel]

A friend has just been quoted £140.00 to replace offside front coil spring on mk3 Mondeo. Considering the part costs about £40, does this sound a bit expensive?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Depends how long it takes - doing the job on my car requires the removal of half the interior so £100 is reaosnable.

 

[4T5]

In my opinion they are charging a hundred quid for the risk to whoever is using the spring clamp.

 

[chrislusty]

I think i paid around £100 but this was two years ago now though, so probably about right.

 

[Castiel]

Cheers I'll let him know he's not being ripped off.

 

[-westy-]

+1, sounds reasonable.

 

[Lopéz]

If the offside has gone the nearside won't be far behind it - on my Mk1 Mondeo they both failed at exactly the same time.

 

[4T5]

If the offside has gone the nearside won't be far behind it - on my Mk1 Mondeo they both failed at exactly the same time.

Not really designed for jumping hump back bridges Dukes of Hazard style are they.

 

[Lopéz]

Not really designed for jumping hump back bridges Dukes of Hazard style are they.

Evidently

 

[MikeHiow]

Can't say I'd pay £140. Autodata puts it down as 1.6 hours labour and it isn't a particularly difficult job.

The part cost me £30 trade for a KYB item but you can get cheaper ones for as little as £15!

 

[Fr0dders]

assuming £50 an hour labour rate, thats about £80 labour and £30 / £40 part cost.

Its not exactly cheap but he's not being ripped off either. Depends how convenient it is compared with the opposition.

 

[pat_1234]

were does he live in my garage i charge 90 all in with a kyb spring

 

[MOOGLEYS]

It takes about half hour to change a spring on a Mondeo. Ideally you would want to change them both as a pair.

£140 is a tad expensive but for a garage its probarbly about right.