:shakes head: yah, at least the guy made effort to be nice on a difficult situation for both parties.

Yeah, when the guy told me he had the special tool that makes labor less than 1/3 of the book price and doesn't require removing suspension parts, I was like yes please. Much rather that tool be used by someone whose done this work numerous times before than me with a saw-all only sorta knowing what I'm doing and having to remove a lot more pieces of the suspension :icon17:

i can fix it but it will only be $1000, plus tax and tip.



:ugh:

yah i cant remember if the diy here mentioned removing suspension bits, but i think part of the braces have to come off, part of the exhaust to make room, then obviously the drive shaft, axles, then the diff.

then finally you can start the work.. :ugh2: the agonizing cutting and cutting and pulling and pushing and.. :eekdance:

no thanks. :icon17:

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Yeah roof work is definitely not in my skill set. My buddy (who is really good with cars and home construction) did his roof a few years ago after hail damage. He managed to put like $7K in his pocket from the insurance check after all his costs, and still was like "fvck that!" In hindsight he said he would have rather paid someone else the entire check to do the work instead.

:tup: dayam!! but yah, that's got to be a lot of work. :D hahaha

Yeah there is a lot of suspension $hit to be removed. I think his tool just requires unbolting the drive shaft, then removing the differential :tup:

also plumbing work. i hate plumbing :ugh2:

ive already had the ejector pump and water heater go bad in my house... obviously paid a guy do do it. :D

oh i c.

that's cool. :tup: i hate removing sus bits cause it usually screws up the alignment.

It was probably closer to $10K actual money because he included some $$$ for a decent portion of his time along with the actual materials. Still not worth it he said :icon17:

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its $7k for the work + bout $3K for pizza and beer. :yum:

I have 5 year alignment plan, so I should be able to get back in alignment without cost other than some of my time. But suspension stuff is kinda foreign to me. I'd rather tear up the main harness and rewire it in a full wire tuck in the engine bay than work on the suspension. Which is stupid, because I know the suspension stuff is pretty straightforward. I just haven't done it before, so it's intimidating without someone else to help guide me through it when I run into problems.

dang ive not aligned my z once yet. :icon17: hahaha

yah, we all have our expertise, i think. even car techs can do all the work, but they still have their strengths/interests in a particular area of the car. :D

some folks are into decals... :icon08: