Can somebody give me a ball park figure for spring installation by dealer versus regular autoshops, and any warranty issues that come with it, thanks...
happy scioning...

i believe if you have a dealer install aftermarket springs that are not trd, they may void your warranty. and it is for sure that if you have them installed at a local shop it will be cheaper than at the dealership. look to spend $70

dealer quoted me $730.00 to install trd shocks and springs.They said it would take 7 hours labor :rofl: .took it to a local shop they installed the parts for $75.00 and it took about 30 minutes.

Just do it yourself and spend the money on tools instead of labor. No one will treat your car like you will...

these are way easier than honduhs

no aftermarket shop should charge more than $100
w/o alignment

uh oh someone is gonna get a warning...no images in the sig...

~wC

oops
i din't know
i'll change it now

will it void the whole warranty on the car or just on the spring and shocks?

i work at a dealer ( not Toyota though)
kinda depends on the dealer
we would not cover the aftermarket components and realted items (shocks/struts)
if they wanna beal real jerks they could not cover wheel bearings, axles and possibly tranny because you have altered the axle angle and "put more stress on the inner CVJ's" and forget about EVER complaining about noises or rattles
they shouldn't screw with you on the brakes but ????
I never use my warranty anyway, i am a mechanic
i know that is less than helpful for you though

you could always ASK the service dept
i get questions like this from customers every week
we like fair warning, if we get a car in with broken parts and THEN find aftermarket components were the cause, it's gonna be expensive

remember that the dealer has to find your parts the cause of the damage
they cannot guess just because they are not factory parts
they must prove the parts did the damage and it would not have occured with factory parts. some dealers where i live want to try this route and it is wrong
if you have problems look up SEMA for backup
but you better be right if your gonna call the big guns

wow this was pretty long, sorry :blah: :blah: :blah:

hotbox05 (Darren) will installed springs for $50. He's up here in NorCal (Sacramento), but if coming up here for ExpreSCION, i'm sure you guys could arrange something. I've got my springs installed by him twice, and once w/ new shocks too. Great guy. Definitely would recommend him, esp at that price!

Thanks for the plug Jeremy , Thats right I am out for hire.

about warranty, the "Magnussen Moss Warranty Act" states that no warrant can be void due to aftermarket part unless it is teh aftermarket part that does teh damaga. AKA they say you dont get tranny fixed cuz you swapped intake, sue them!

I would think that the dealer would try to make their customers happy anyway. I whole thing about Scoin is to get the youth buyer and keep them as a dedicated Toyota customer forever. They have nothing to gain if they get the customers upset. Yes if the mods you do cause the damage they I would agree but not to use it as an excuse to deny warrenty work. Toyota pays the dealer for the work anyway.

I am changing my springs out and I am not worried. The dealer has been increadable so far.

So far the best price I came up with is $200 here in Michigan. Another quote at a spring shop was $280.

Wish the weather was a little better up here so I could do it myself. No fun trying to do this in the snow. :nope:

I was told $130 from a certain shop.
I was looking more at $100 for installation.
Too much for $130?
I just don't want any problems after a few miles ya know.

I think spring installs are pretty easy to do. If you take a look at the DIY in the tech section, you'll see just how easy it is. There are even pictures.

yes, Do It Yourself! :clap:

yes, Do It Yourself! :clap:

Ohh, so that what it stood for. I never knew

yes, Do It Yourself! :clap:


A 6pack of corona and a mini meet makes the ime pass with the install.

Post this up in the Pacific South forum and see if anyone is willing to help you. Two peeps can get it done in less than an hour.

Want to do it myself, it is just very cold up here in Michigan and if it does warm up a little then the snow mets and the driveway is very wet.

Come on spring!

about warranty, the "Magnussen Moss Warranty Act" states that no warrant can be void due to aftermarket part unless it is teh aftermarket part that does teh damaga. AKA they say you dont get tranny fixed cuz you swapped intake, sue them!

Truth. Local Chevy dealer tried the void the warranty on my engine (failed due to a TSB replaced part) because I had changed my muffler. Told me it was going to be $3600 for a new engine and labor. I went over to get my garage door opener later that day, left a copy of the Magnusson Moss in my passenger seat. Later that day, they decided it was a warranty issue and they would be happy to take care of the warranty work for me.

I'll play it cool with the Scion dealer, as they've been good to me so far. With the availability of parts FROM the dealer for the Scions, it's nice to think that they will continue to be cool about mods.

Well the snow continues to fall here in Michigan and it looks like it is going to stay cold for a while. Looks like I will not be doing this in my driveway soon.

I tried to get some prices for the the spring install again. One for $440 for for the fronts and $220 for the rears. Another for $450 for everything. :no: :no: :no:

One place said that he would do it for an hourly rate but I have to leave the car all day. Yea right like he is going to say it took an hour when he quoted $660, I wonder? :nope:

Guess I am going to have to wait for warmer weather or find a garage I can use. Anyone from the Detroit area that has done this or can recommend a place to have it done?

you could just wait for warmer weather and DIY...

~wC

I don't even trust myself to DIY.
I had a lil trouble taking my injen engine cover. :doh:

fly me out to florida and i will do a shist load of work for free

Haha. :P

you could just wait for warmer weather and DIY...

~wC

I could but the ride quality is getting to my back with all the roads getting so torn up.

I get $50 for a spring install. I have heard some dealers quoting 8 hours labor.
I did lower an xB for a case of twinkies the other day though :silly:

Sa-weet.

randode - by any chance, do vinyl for the hood holder thing? thanks.