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      07-13-2015, 09:17 PM   #1
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Getting H&R Sports installed in a couple days

Ill be getting my H&R sports finally installed Wednesday after weeks of finding a shop. I went to a couple shops in town and they tried telling me this would take nearly $1000 for install. Another shop quoted me $240 and then after getting the car on the lift they stated this ws beyond their skill level to install. I would have loved to tackle this as a DIY but unfortunately I dont have the tools necessary and the gf thinks ill kill myself if I get under the car and work on it haha

So, anyways, is there anything I should let the shop know about in advance? They've worked on suspension's on corvettes and camaro's before but never a new model BMW. Im going to print out some of the DIY's I found on the forums with torque specs written and show it to them. My car is a 335i sportline with the 704 m sport suspension.
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What kind of shop is this that can't handle a simple spring install?
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What kind of shop is this that can't handle a simple spring install?
Local tire shop that was recommended to me by my mechanic. It's a big shop and they even state on their website they do suspension work on cars. I was surprised when I heard that.
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This was probably one of the easiest spring installs I've ever done. The rears take 20 min each at most. And the front is cake; you just need to be careful clearing the fender when removing the strut, 30-40 min each on the front.
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Well just got an awesome deal on some used bilstein B8's so pushed my appointment back
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very much approve on deciding to upgrade your shocks as well
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very much approve on deciding to upgrade your shocks as well
I was debating whether or not to upgrade. I've read about a few people with blown shocks with this setup but I'm a pretty careful driver so hopefully nothing happens
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Ill be getting my H&R sports finally installed Wednesday after weeks of finding a shop. I went to a couple shops in town and they tried telling me this would take nearly $1000 for install. Another shop quoted me $240 and then after getting the car on the lift they stated this ws beyond their skill level to install. I would have loved to tackle this as a DIY but unfortunately I dont have the tools necessary and the gf thinks ill kill myself if I get under the car and work on it haha

So, anyways, is there anything I should let the shop know about in advance? They've worked on suspension's on corvettes and camaro's before but never a new model BMW. Im going to print out some of the DIY's I found on the forums with torque specs written and show it to them. My car is a 335i sportline with the 704 m sport suspension.
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think you could make a DIY while watching the shop install the springs?
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Ill be getting my H&R sports finally installed Wednesday after weeks of finding a shop. I went to a couple shops in town and they tried telling me this would take nearly $1000 for install. Another shop quoted me $240 and then after getting the car on the lift they stated this ws beyond their skill level to install. I would have loved to tackle this as a DIY but unfortunately I dont have the tools necessary and the gf thinks ill kill myself if I get under the car and work on it haha

So, anyways, is there anything I should let the shop know about in advance? They've worked on suspension's on corvettes and camaro's before but never a new model BMW. Im going to print out some of the DIY's I found on the forums with torque specs written and show it to them. My car is a 335i sportline with the 704 m sport suspension.
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think you could make a DIY while watching the shop install the springs?
Apparently they won't allow me in the shop for safety reasons. I asked repeatedly and they won't let me watch :/
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