It should take one person approx 5hrs. And two ppl 4hrs max.

ONly way 10hrs makes sense is if two techs are working 5hrs each. Even then you shouldn't be charged labor for a second person for a basic task.

Sent you a PM...come on over and we will slap em on.

I could do it all in 3 in my garage on jackstands. 10 is way too much. However, I've done about 10 - 15 spring installs on G35/350z/370z, so I've pretty much got it down.

me n my bro installed my hks coils, eibach spacers, hotchikis sways n mxp exhaust in about 4 hours. thats including the time it took to adjust the ride height n taco lunch break...n big-o did my alignment in 35mins, afterwards.

what kind of tacos you have?:icon17:

taco truck tacos...good only while they're hot :tup:

Now I want tacos..

Anyhow, are there any national chains that could do this kind of work (and do decent work)? I didn't know if this is something I could ask a place like Pep Boys to do or not. (I know I could call them, but I don't know if they're any good.)

Nurseryboy, What part of SC are you in? I'm outside of Charleston. I have everything needed to do this and i'm more than happy to help you out. Send me a pm.

oh ****!..those are my favorite!:icon17:

1.6 alignment
1.5 spacers
2.4 to remove springs from struts 1 for strut removal
1 for rear springs

thats 7.5 from what i can remember from working at a shop. It'll take the tech maybe 2-3 hours tops.

itll take u about 6-8 in ur driveway with impact tools and a jack and a good spring compressor if its ur first time by yourself. maybe 5-6 if u have someone help you that knows what they are doing.

Id personally say you should do it. It give u experiance and you can tell people that you did it. Always my fav thing to say at a car show :)

Thanks for all your input everyone.

Today I talked with another shop (they're an UpRev dealer/tuner) that, at least looking at their website and according to them, does a lot of Z and G stuff, and they told me it would take 11 hours! I was quite surprised, coming from a place that's familiar with our cars. But, I think I found out why the number is so out there. The guy I spoke to told me he gets his numbers from a program called AllDataPro, which I guess tells him how long certain things should take. Obviously, AllDataPro has no idea what's involved, and it was telling him 2.4 hours for JUST the rear springs alone. Obviously waaaay off.

I was hoping to find a place that was local that would give me a realistic number, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Thanks to a few of you, though, I've gotten some offers to help do the work if I drive a little bit to meet up. the370z.com community FTW!

^^dont forget the tacos while your at it..

your clue should have been when they said to you "we'll have to do some research to see how long it would take".:rolleyes:
I had new springs installed on a jetta, it took them around 4hrs.

that's ludicrous! should never take more than 4 hours for springs/spacer install.

Not sure if the quesition was answered, but what type of spacers are these? Are they the pro style that require all of the OEM studs to be extracted, and the new studs carefully drawn back in? Or are we talking bolt on style.

We wouldn't even charge for the bolt in style, if we were doing the spring install.

Either way, 10hrs is too much....how much too much depends on the spacer style.