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so i had some swifts put on my z today and brought 2 pairs of ichiba drs spacers with me. the shop thought they were DRM's when initially asked and

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Old 02-20-2013, 01:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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so i had some swifts put on my z today and brought 2 pairs of ichiba drs spacers with me. the shop thought they were DRM's when initially asked and said they would put them on for free... but when they saw i had DRS style spacers i was quoted 8 hours in labor. i am pretty car-retarded, but they said with DRS they must take apart many things compared to DRM. so i have a couple of questions:

1) does is it really take 8 hours to put DRS spacers on all four corners?
2) is DRS that much safer than DRM? enough to legitimize an extra 7 hours in labor cost? i hpde twice a year at infineon and don't want a flying wheel...

thank you very much.
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8 hours? If they plan to get drunk and have a picnic as well then it might take 8 hours.

Seriously though, it DOES NOT take 8 hours to replace your studs.
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it took me under an hour to do both sides. you take off the wheel, remove the caliper, hammer studs out, pull studs back through. done.
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thank you so much. i have had these guys install my led's, jdm tail lights, nismo s-tune wheels, and swift springs. for all i paid 4 hours labor. i don't understand why they would overstate something as simple sounding as 4 spacers. again, thank you for the help.
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Took my tech 1.5 or so with extended studs...8 hrs is insane.
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1) does is it really take 8 hours to put DRS spacers on all four corners?
yes, if they only have pliers.
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yessir! these guys in san bruno seem pretty cool. i'm gonna check them out STAT. thank you everybody.
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It takes 8 hrs to install headers not spacers.
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