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[baggers]

Aren't you supposed to replace springs in pairs? That's a good price though, did the spring fail in Wales - he'll of a long way to go with a broken one .....

Not spending much time in sunny Lincs? Have we offended you?

You should do them as a pair, it can be dangerous not to.  If I'm asked to replace one side only I refuse, take the job somewhere else.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Upon replacing (all) the springs on the old girl a couple of years back I noted that the rear springs was of a different makes (and one was also 'lower/softer', so she was sitting low at one corner, by maybe 10mm (and both rear springs were clearly so tired the ride height actually went up when I put on the MV6 springs, but that's another story  )

[Webby the Bear]

Aren't you supposed to replace springs in pairs? That's a good price though, did the spring fail in Wales - he'll of a long way to go with a broken one .....

Not spending much time in sunny Lincs? Have we offended you?

That is the wisdom on the forum. When the other one goes in the next few months we will get an accurate price for the job back in the real world.

Incidentally the charge would have been very similar here. Breakdown as follows

Front coil spring £68.00
Fitting (1 hour)  £20.00

VAT at 21%      £00.00 ( we only pay VAT if we choose to but if you don't , you don't get a receipt

TOTAL              £88.80

20 notes per hour 

Wages are lower here plus so are business rates. The place will have been family owned forever. I think they make the money on overcharging for the parts. Having said that, motor factors deliver the parts same day , sometimes huge distances compared to uk. Our local opel dealer and suzuki dealer is just a man and his son. That is quite normal outside the big cities.

Sorry varche forgot you weren't in the uk 👍👍👍👍