How much for a clutch is reasonable?

I paid £310 for a clutch change on an old Almera Gti and was told that was above average.

Depends on the labour time really as the clutch itself will be less than £100 at a guess.
 
helpimcrap said:
I know - it just seemed high.

I'm not lazy, just forget to do it work and they're shut when i ring lol.
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Apologies if my post sounded a bit rude. Reading it back now it kind of does. I know its a fair amount of work but don't know a ballpark figure myself. Thought that would be the best thing to see if one is trying to pull a fast one.

Know what its like trying to get time to make calls at work :(
 
Well lets say you go for the cheapest you can get at ECP, which is some crappy sounding Transmech clutch kit which would be £66.

A garage would get further discount, so lets say £45-50. Excluding anything else that may need to be picked up such as pivot bushes / fork etc - most don't bother, so I'm not going to here.

That leaves £400 for at worst a 4-5 hour job.

£80 an hour isn't really acceptable to me.
 
I think the clutch on the 1.4 is the same as the mk1 1.6? If so, I've had 2 clutches replaced on both mk1 focus' that I owned and each time I paid less than £200.
 
It depends on a manner of things. My car needed two new drive shaft seals which were £30 a pop from Nissan. Bumping the cost up £60 there and then. I paid in the region of £400 for a 2.0 Primera 3 years back. I could have gone to Mr Clutch but I was worried they would bodge it. I would be looking for a good mechanic rather than one that is cheap.
 
Cheers guys. Got a quote of £230 from 1 garage and £250-300 from another. These are more resonable and to be expected and compare with you guys. :) The £450 one was on something then....
 
Make absolutely sure that the clutch slave gets replaced at the same time. It's foolish to risk re-using the old one as if/when it fails (and it's not uncommon for them to fail) you have to do most of the job again.

Biohazard said:
Well lets say you go for the cheapest you can get at ECP, which is some crappy sounding Transmech clutch kit which would be £66.

A garage would get further discount, so lets say £45-50. Excluding anything else that may need to be picked up such as pivot bushes / fork etc - most don't bother, so I'm not going to here.

That leaves £400 for at worst a 4-5 hour job.

£80 an hour isn't really acceptable to me.
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How do you know his original quote was for the cheapest and nastiest pattern part they could find? :confused:
 
Dogbreath said:
How do you know his original quote was for the cheapest and nastiest pattern part they could find? :confused:
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I don't, but to guesstimate the cost I have to start somewhere and I would hazard a guess that most garages out there will want to increase their profit margins.

Even going for something more appropriate £100-150 that's still labour @ £60-70ph.
 
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