The springs I ordered from RD Sport arrived at my dealer. They have never installed these before and have given me an estimate of $1500 just to install the springs. I thought it only takes a few hours to put the spirngs on. What do you guys thingk of this estimate?
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Sam Burg
Wide Open Until You See God, Then BRAKE!!!!!
2006 M5
2001 Porsche Turbo (sold)
1955 LT55 Replica (La Carrera Panamericana race car) Sold
2003 BMW K1200LT w/ Armec sidecar
2001 Harley CVO Custom
1985 BMW K100RT
2008 Land Rover LR2(daughters car for high school)
2007 Escalade ESV (wifes car)
2007 F430 Spider
That is really high assuming we're just talking about springs here (like Hartge or H&R springs). Evosport gave me an estimate of 6-8 hours, for about $800 or so in labor. My local dealer said that sounds about right, and estimated $700-900 total for them, plus the cost of alignment of $300 (Evosport had someone that would do alignment for $110). My SA had to clear it through the service manager since their policy here is to not normally do work for people with aftermarket parts, but for springs they didn't have an issue. If your $1500 doesn't include alignment, then they are completely ripping you off ($200/hour for labor?!?!)
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James
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Now driving my 1999 Toyota Landcruiser again.
Wife gets the 2007 Honda Odyssey.
Looking forward to my next M5.
2006 ///M5 SOLD :-(
2002 325i SOLD
1987 325i Conv. SOLD
My labor cost was $630, and included installation and alignment. The shop I used is very high quality, and typically a bit expensive. Your estimate sounds out of line.
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Mike
2006 E60 M5 Silverstone II/Silverstone/Aluminum, All Options, 35% tint, Aluminum Pedals, Valentine V1 and Passport 9500i Hardwired, Blinder Xtreme M40, Michelin PS2's on 20 inch BBS RS-GT's, Winter Pirelli Sottozeros on OEM 19 inch wheels, Resonator Delete, Charcoal Filters Removed, Eibach Springs and Spacers, Active Autowerks ECU, BMC Filters, RPI Air Intakes, Evosport Pulley. Retired from track duty 10/08. Dinan diff replaced with OEM at my cost due to failure at 56,000 miles.
I think that quote sounds kinda high; and if they have never done it before, they may be just guessing. Why don't you ask the board members to recommend a shop - someone may know a good one close to you.
That is a veru high estimate, but they are probably just covering their bases if they have not installed a set before. It shoudl take around 5-8 hours depending on how fast, careful you are. You can remove the springs without taking the rear parcel shelf apart saving an hour or so. Hope this helps.
I paid $450 for the install of H&R springs and that included an interim oil change at a local BMW racing shop. That price included a 15% discount because I guess I was the first M5 that shop had gotten to work on.
I know my shop has never installed springs before. I tried to have them contact RDSport but I think he is on vacation for a couple of weeks. I think I will wait until they are back in the shop and see what they have to say. I may just drive down and let them install the springs if it is several hundred dollars less. Can anyone recommend a shop in Santa Barabar or San Luis Obispo counties?
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Sam Burg
Wide Open Until You See God, Then BRAKE!!!!!
2006 M5
2001 Porsche Turbo (sold)
1955 LT55 Replica (La Carrera Panamericana race car) Sold
2003 BMW K1200LT w/ Armec sidecar
2001 Harley CVO Custom
1985 BMW K100RT
2008 Land Rover LR2(daughters car for high school)
2007 Escalade ESV (wifes car)
2007 F430 Spider
Anybody know of a good shop in the San Francisco or San Jose area to installl them
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Sam Burg
Wide Open Until You See God, Then BRAKE!!!!!
2006 M5
2001 Porsche Turbo (sold)
1955 LT55 Replica (La Carrera Panamericana race car) Sold
2003 BMW K1200LT w/ Armec sidecar
2001 Harley CVO Custom
1985 BMW K100RT
2008 Land Rover LR2(daughters car for high school)
2007 Escalade ESV (wifes car)
2007 F430 Spider
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