LiQiCE

Was at Pohanka Acura today looking at RSX Type-S's with a friend of mine, so I decided to stop in to ask how much it would cost to install headers, springs, sways, and an icebox. The price I was quoted was outrageous! ... $980 for the install! The mechanic said it would take 1.5 Hours per spring, 1.5 hours for the sways, 1 hour per header (there's a front and rear header pipe) and about 1.5 hours for the icebox ...

Does this sound right to you or is his off the top of his head estimate really off?

Is there anywhere else I can take it that would cost less? I'm thinking about calling them back up and talking to Jerry Soriano since I heard he has been giving lower price quotes, but that still sounds crazy to me.

Nashua_Night_Hawk

for 4 hrs you can drop a whole engine to the floor and another 4 hrs to put one back... Acura only credit 4 hrs for such work!!!

So that is total BS!

Zapata

That's pretty good pricing for all those things. I paid about that much when i got my work done at PAA. It took pretty much the whole day. 4 hours my ass..................

Shawn S

I agree to a point, but 980 still sounds a bit high.

Headers, Springs & Sways would be 600 in labor at Park Avenue.
It’s not on their price sheet yet, but I can’t imagine the Icebox would be more then 50 additional.

Shawn S

Zapata

807 is what i came up with on the PAA website.

Shawn S

Headers = $255.00
Springs = $ 255.00
Sways = $ 90.00

Unless my calculator is broke, that's 600

darrinb

paa has good rate on spring install maybe i should drive 10 hrs to get my springs installed when i get em

Nicky Pass

Just have a speed shop put them on!

sidemarker

go to sears buy yourself $300 worth of craftsman tools and do it yourself!

sidemarker

bryanz3.0cl

pohanka quoted my brother just under $1000 for his springs to be installed when he asked them about a year and a half ago. we decided to try and put them on ourselves, and since then we've installed everything else on our cars.

CL SLeePeR

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sidemarker
[B]go to sears buy yourself $300 worth of craftsman tools and do it yourself!

Word!!!

Try to borrow a torque wrench from someone...

Bluto

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CL SLeePeR
[B]I have my own -- Always re-torque your lugs after a rotation and balance.

blackmagiCL_S

That is a bit high IMO. I had my springs and sways done for $400 labor. The headers only take 1 hour total to do, and the icebox takes about 2 hours. I would think that around $700-$800 is more like it. You ARE having a lot done and it will take a big chunk of time. They are quoting you times "by the book". You might be able to talk them down.

chikai

you might have that backwards. I helped Smitty do his headers...there is absolutely no way you can unbolt the old heads and throw on the CTs in an hour. And we were using air compression tools the entire time.

acur8ly

iTrader: (1)

Try Chevy Chase Acura. They are new, opened about a year ago. They will install Headers for $180. I cant say anything about ther service staff, never used them. I always go to Rosenthal, they wont touch aftermarket stuff so forget them.

Zapata

parkaveacura.com

AEM $85.00 install
springs $ 255.00
sways $ 90.00
alignment $ 79.95
headers $255.00
exhaust $ 72.00
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total= $827

plus tax

Shawn S

Well, he didn’t say he was getting the Exhaust and I forgot the Alignment so we were BOTH wrong.

Shawn S

Cl2TLS

i went to pohanka, you have to talk to Jerry Soriano, he did my headers for like 175, do the intake install yourself (come on now, easy to do), springs i got done at quality tire in woodbridge for 125, sways dont know about but people are telling me 90, exhaust dont know but lets say 80, and alignment is 60 bucks at karen radley soooo with that in mind.....


$530 which is still a boat load for that

LiQiCE

$500 is roughly what I was expecting to pay for installation. So that sounds pretty reasonable ... Close to $1000 sounded a little bit expensive. And I don't mind doing the intake myself, but I thought it might be easy for them to do while they have the car apart already for the headers.

I'll have to call and talk to Jerry Soriano and see what he has to say. I appreciate everyone's help, the information has been really useful!!!!