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what price are we looking at for a auto shop to repair lower ball joint on my mustang You'll get a lot of answers here... none may reflect what you will see in your area.... If you want a price quote, ask the guys that will be doing the work.... FWIW, IMHO, drywall should be at 50 cent a sheet and taping should be two bucks a room.... I have no takers.... Eight bucks worth of 3000 MPa concrete cost me two thousand bucks.... a.shole suppliers just didn't agree with what Joe Blow thought.... Yes, I'm a dink in real life, too... > what price are we looking at for a auto shop to repair lower ball joint on > my mustang > You'll get a lot of answers here... none may reflect what you will see in > your area.... If you want a price quote, ask the guys that will be doing [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Yes, I'm a dink in real life, too... Heh... Jim, you rock. Kate Does that mean you'll come and drywall my spare room? I'll pay a buck a sheet if you do it "au naturel" 8^) (Oh my God.... who let the dirty old man out????). >> You'll get a lot of answers here... none may reflect what you will see in >> your area.... If you want a price quote, ask the guys that will be doing [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Kate > Does that mean you'll come and drywall my spare room? I'll pay a buck a > sheet if you do it "au naturel" 8^) (Oh my God.... who let the dirty old > man out????). LMFAO! I just love dirty old men, they have lost all of their sense in search of ... well you KNOW what they're in search of. Jim, If I did it nekkid, you'd go blind. Dontcha know, nekkid fat girls ain't purty to look at. Besides, I'm not getting between ANY kind of sheets for a buck. LOL But I'm pretty damn good with finishing sheetrock! > what price are we looking at for a auto shop to repair lower ball joint on > my mustang 200-300 for almost anything. Why not do most of the grunt work yourself, then take itn to have it aligned? > what price are we looking at for a auto shop to repair lower ball joint on > my mustang Just a word of caution, Kate.... A lot of DIYers don't think hard enough about what they are doing. I've been presented with too many cars where "thats' good enough" was a real theme. I can't speak for any other shops but I can not bring myself to release a car that I think is unsafe. I think it great that many motorists will take the plunge and get dirty to save money.... Too many times, common sense takes a holiday and it can take the monet save and then some to get things back into equilibrium. A 50 dollar wheel alignment can only encompass so much labour before it becomes unprofitable and, like any other business, profit is what keeps the wheels turning. > Why not do most of the grunt work yourself, then take itn to have it > aligned? > >> what price are we looking at for a auto shop to repair lower ball joint >> on >> my mustang Good points all of them. Advice that would be well heeded by an amateur. At my age I would likely have it done, not DIY. Back when I could climb up and sit in the engine compartment it was no biggie. Too often I forget that not everyne has my automotive background and doubt that many have been lucky enough to have husbands as mechanical as mine. (two of them anyway *snikker*) Kate > Just a word of caution, Kate.... A lot of DIYers don't think hard enough > about what they are doing. I've been presented with too many cars where [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>> on >>> my mustang > Just a word of caution, Kate.... A lot of DIYers don't think hard > enough about what they are doing. I've been presented with too many > cars where "thats' good enough" was a real theme. I can't speak for > any other shops but I can not bring myself to release a car that I > think is unsafe My kid just spent bought a nice 93 Bird (140,000 mi) for 200 bucks, it had fallen on its nose and he assumed the problem was the ball joint went. Turns out when he got it in his drive and jacked up, the BJ nut had come off a recently installed part. Parts to fix: about 4 bucks. But worrisome if some shop had installed it.  SignatureYeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price you pay..DEAL with it! |
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