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€110 to fix these faults for NCT. Reasonable?

  • 24-04-2018 7:37pm
    #1
    Ahhhh for forks sake!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 143 ✭✭


    Fast Fit want €110 to fix the following things that failed NCT. Is it s reasonable price or will I book in elsewhere?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That price is for labour only?


  • #3
    projectgtr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭projectgtr


    Looks quite cheap to me , id be asking the same question as Colm is that just the labour?


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    You might get the front (broken) coil removed and replaced for €110 by an indie, that price is definitely not inclusive of labour and parts to fix the fails.


  • #5
    honda boi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭honda boi


    Ye I think I paid something like €30-40 for a coil spring for my car a few months ago.
    I can't see 110€ being for 3 springs and labour.


  • #6
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Supply & fit a front spring & 2x bump stops for €110?

    Too cheap.

    If one coil has broken, best practice to also change the other side for safety reasons (equal balance) and odds are that it will fail soon for the same reasons the first broke.

    2x springs, plus 2x pump stops, plus labour expect around €300 all in.


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  • #7
    Jimmy Dags
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 172 ✭✭Jimmy Dags


    George Dalton is you’re man.


  • #8
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    It all depands on a car really.

    IMO €110 might be right.
    Spring itself could cost €30-€40.
    Labour on changing it probably one hour.

    Bump stops might be only couple euros each, and 30 seconds to fit each.


  • #9
    Jimmy Dags
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 172 ✭✭Jimmy Dags


    30 seconds, wow were getting precise here.


  • #10
    khaldrogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭khaldrogo


    That price of 110e is 100% to supply and fit the spring. I know how they quote. On that nct sheet it says '4' beside the bump stop.......is this 4e? 4e for 2 bump stops? 4e for the pair? I'd be surprised if the full quote is 110e for everything. There may have been a misunderstanding.


  • #11
    Sam Quentin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,232 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    it's just an hrs labour €50.
    35 or so for spring and bump stops tenner each..
    Fair play to them.


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  • #12
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    I had same fail. Springs were 65 a piece. By the time labour, vat and a change of brake discs discovered during the spring fitting was done, the bill was 280


  • #13
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    OP, unless you're looking to scrap the car and just need it to get through the NCT, I'd do both sides.
    Had a spring break on me and a few weeks later the other side broke as well.
    Best to do both sides


  • #14
    barneygumble99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,318 ✭✭✭barneygumble99


    Depends on the suspension set up to be honest. What kind of car is it?? If it’s a Citroen C3 that is common for rear springs and bump stops, takes about 15 minutes to fit a spring and 10 max to fit the bumps stops.


  • #15
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »
    Fast Fit want €110 to fix the following things that failed NCT. Is it s reasonable price or will I book in elsewhere?

    If that's to repair/replace all the items on the NCT fail sheet then its very reasonable/cheap, maybe even too cheap. Did you even look what is needed or why do you think that its expensive???


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