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Old 05-22-2009, 05:31 AM
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Hotchkis installed...but

I went to the local shop and installed them for 150.

When I drove back to my home, I heard noise from front and rear.

And then when I took OEM sways and old bushings from my trunk, I realized that the new grease (from hotchkis) was there. I check the sway bar and I see no grease.

I am sure that the noise or squeeze sound (really loud) is comming from the sway bar.

Do I need to pay them for greasing? It was mechanic's fault who did not read the instruction. So I will call them tomorrow and complain them to grease them with no charge.

I will be so pisssssed if it damage the new bushing which came from Hotchkis!!
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 04:09 PM
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Greasing the new bushings should be automatic. You shouldn't have to pay extra for it. Take it back and make them fix it.
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 06:17 PM
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damn 150 for install???
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 06:19 PM
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wow 150 is alot ..imo
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 07:23 PM
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The labor was 92 per hour and other shop quote me 200 as well.
I went to the shop in this morning and they fixed it for me with no charge.
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:52 PM
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expensive shops man, should have hit up temple city auto repair or amplified motorsports
 
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Old 05-23-2009, 07:04 AM
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if you brought it here to my shop I would have done it for some food man.
sorry to hear about what happened but glad it got taken care of.
 
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Old 05-23-2009, 10:45 AM
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you could have installed them yourself, sways are simple.
 
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Old 05-23-2009, 01:27 PM
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My friends tried to kill me with that price...haha

I will think as a lesson. Their Labor was 92 per hour.

Even Dealer charge 60 per hour. I did not know that after my friend told me!

Learned a good lesson.
 
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