Final price was $932, and while it is a high price, I'm very happy with
their work and the truck... I drive about 20mi from work into the city
for school at night (highway / congested highway at rush hour) then
about 30-35mi from school back home which nearly all empty highway at
10pm. So I've put about 50mi on it tonight.
They used all Moog suspension parts and Monroe shocks (exact model is on
the bill, out in the truck),
The ride and drive is much improved, over what I already thought was
pretty good.
There's no more roll when getting off the highway, there's zero bounce
over most bumps and the whole suspension feels tighter (no more banging
& clanging over bumps either). @65-70mph it's straight as an arrow and
feels very nice...
Anyway, if you're willing to pay, seems like Sullivan Tire in Norwood
(on rt1/university ave) is decent, they were forthcoming, seem honest,
and the work appears to have been done correctly... I've been going
there for oil changes for over 4 years, it's always the same guy behind
the counter (Bill Sullivan) and most of the mechanics are regular, but
I've never actually used them as a mechanics (warantee on my Ford) until
now.
-Ethan
andy levy wrote:
>
> Gabriel A. Couriel wrote:
>
>> the price of the shocks should not be $300. i picked up a set of monroe
>> reflex shocks for $44.88 each ($96 total, including tax). also, there
>> shouldn't be a labor charge for doing the shocks, because the shocks
>> have to
>> come out anyways when they do the upper ball joints.
>
>
> He said all 4 shocks were shot. Depending on what shocks he gets, $300
> is very possible. My Edelbrocks ran $70 each ($280 for the set) and
> then you can figure in sales tax & labor for installation.
>
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