DiscoStu Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 99 Legacy OBW 150K+ How much should it cost for a set (all 4) of struts installed? The quote from Tuffy was $975. Does that seem reasonable? Two other quotes were in that zone, too. What makes it that expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 That seems pretty steep to me. They must be getting you on the strut price AND the install price. I've seen NIB sets of KYB struts all over ebay for ~$250 (yes the whole set of 4). Also I believe http://www.tirerack.com has the KYBs for under $100 each. See if you can get a breakdown of the strut price and labour price estimates. I know I was looking into stuffing Outback struts under my 94 wagon and I found that Napa and Carquest had STUPID prices for struts: as high as $250 EACH. Nearly dealer-stupid prices. If the shop is getting struts from a supplier with prices like that it would be easy for the price to hit near $1000 for the whole job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Here's a set for $250 on ebay. There is no way it should take more than 3 hours, probably less than 2 with air tools and a bench mounted spring compressor. At 3 hours of labor it's about $250 to install at a shop. Add an alignment and shipping and you're at about $600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkster58 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Les swabbie quoted me around $800 installed...for KYB GR-2's on my 93 wagon spark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Sounds high to me. Four hours labor at the going shop rate plus a reasonable cost for the parts should be around $700; $75/hr.= $300 labor plus $100 (or less) per strut=$400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSOD2600 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Sounds high to me. Four hours labor at the going shop rate plus a reasonable cost for the parts should be around $700; $75/hr.= $300 labor plus $100 (or less) per strut=$400. You forgot about sales tax ;-). I got a full set of new KYB GR-2's for $200 from a Subaru guy online. I decided to install them myself and it took me ~3 hours. Took it down to Les Schwab for an alignment and other minor things they found for ~$120. I initially was just going to try and get a shop to install the KYB's but most wouldn't. Those that would, were quoting me an additional $550-700. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStu Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Our local Meineke is willing to install my parts for $455 which includes an alignment. I can get these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KYB-GR-2-GR2-STRUTS-SHOCKS-SUBARU-LEGACY-OUTBACK-95-99_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33590QQitemZ160094137214 for $285 shipped. The ebay listing says "excluding air suspension". What does that mean? How do I know if I have that? Can they be had for cheaper than that? Has anyone dealt with this ebayer with success? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 You dont have it, dont worry about it. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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