Fair install pricing?

[JC7]

2k to install full steer smarts kit, lift with control arms and the parts and labor for new Dana gears. What do you guys think...?

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[plex]

I think it is fair, regear alone is a $1.5k-$2k job.

However just you know after you done all these swap, you pretty much can say bye bye to factory warranty for any suspension and drive train issue.

 

[JC7]

I think it is fair, regear alone is a $1.5k-$2k job.

However just you know after you done all these swap, you pretty much can say bye bye to factory warranty for any suspension and drive train issue.

IDGAF lol

Edit: I do care. Just not enough to prevent me from making the changes. I don’t want parts to fail, but I’m adding better, stronger components at the end of the day.

 

[allenn]

Seems fair to me like said above just had my gears changed it was 1600 for labor and oil ect not including parts.

 

[JC7]

Seems fair to me like said above just had my gears changed it was 1600 for labor and oil ect not including parts.

That seems very expensive.

What gears did you get?

 

[OffRoadWarehouse]

Thats a fair estimate for sure. You are getting genuine Dana gears, steering parts, and install which to my in head-calculations rounds to about 40% parts and 60% install.

Not that anyone is guilty in this thread so far, but I hope people realize that throwing out labor quotes is going to be relative to the area that you live in too. There are areas around ORW that are charging $150/hr on average, and there are places in different parts of the country where $60/hour is average.

A good shop should be at or slightly below the area average, and not be charging extra hours for easy stuff. A gear job should be a 3-4 hour charge at most per axle. If anyone is charging more hours than that, you know its a bad quote.

 

[JC7]

Thats a fair estimate for sure. You are getting genuine Dana gears, steering parts, and install which to my in head-calculations rounds to about 40% parts and 60% install.

Not that anyone is guilty in this thread so far, but I hope people realize that throwing out labor quotes is going to be relative to the area that you live in too. There are areas around ORW that are charging $150/hr on average, and there are places in different parts of the country where $60/hour is average.

A good shop should be at or slightly below the area average, and not be charging extra hours for easy stuff. A gear job should be a 3-4 hour charge at most per axle. If anyone is charging more hours than that, you know its a bad quote.

I appreciate the advice. My quote was jacked up.. My fault. It's much more expensive. Lol

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