Hello guys and gals, I'm looking to get the RRM motor mounts (front and rear) installed in my 2003 OZ rally, as it's too much of a PITA for me to do with my bad back. My shop quoted me $220 to do both, does this sound reasonable? That's just for labor...


Thanks for the input!

 

That price actually sounds on the low side. Are you sure they're doing the back one too?

 

o.0 how much is labor an hour? sounds lil pricey to me

 

My shop's labor rate is $105 an hour. I'm located in NJ which may be a little higher than some areas. That means they're charging just over two hours labor, and that time has to include getting the car in the parking lot, putting it on the lift, doing the work, filling out paperwork for it, and putting it outside. If that price is legit jump on it because you're getting a deal.

 

A local shop around here did my rear mount for 50$. It took them under an hour, they're really good people though. AND my friends and I give them alot of business lol. I guess it all just depends :[

 

florida labor hour is $65 o.0 but i do my own work so its free lol

 

When I did my mounts on my old Lancer, the front one was a breeze. I attempted the rear, but it did work. I forget what I ended up paying, but I had my mechanic do the rear mount.

 

they said the rear was 1.5 hours, and the front was about an hour as far as labor goes.

Just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting boned. I've actually had horror stories from other cars taking them to get cheap work done (broke my fan shroud and radiator brackets replacing the engine mounts in an '80 chevy malibu).

I haven't had them do anything extensive to one of my vehicles in a while, they did a custom dual exhaust on my malibu back in the day. I figure they can't mess up engine mount installations too much. *crosses fingers*

If I wasn't such a fat bastard, or had a full hydraulic lift, I'd do it myself. But it's definitely a little tight under the car when you're 280lbs and 6'1"

Thanks for the input.

 

hey im a big guy to thats why god invented car rims and jacks lol

 

yeah, but it's a total PITA when you have to jack up and jackstand all 4 points on the vehicle when you're doing anything other than simple stuff. One of these days I'll have a nice high-ceiling garage and invest in a $1300 lift. I like to work on my cars too much.

Plus, my car's getting up there in mileage, so I get nervous about anything I haven't touched before, as I've run into seized bolts, rounding off bolts, breaking studs off at the nuts, etc. Whenever I work on something, I always put it back together with an anti-seize compound.

So I figure if a shop does it and something goes wrong, they'll be able to handle any snafus...like if I had to heat anything up. I can get under the car with my MIG torch just fine, but an acetelyne torch...I'm all set

I'm just getting tired of my exhaust taking a beating from the engine shake during startup, not to mention my CAI clunking during startup. My Intake manifold also moves quite a bit, and has hit my strut bar a few times...makes me nervous.

 

Why don't you do the front and have them to the rear. It would save you some money. The front one isn't that bad. The rear one is a pain the in the buttocks though. It took me forever on my friend's car and many times I felt like throwing something at the car b/c of how frustrated I got.

 

i like having a lift!

 

i paid RRM to do it, and they reused the old nuts... so guess what the nut and bolt came off after a couple days.

 

Are you talking about the bottom 2 mounts? If so its so easy to do. Don't be scuurd.

 

exactly... I did mine it took some time , and all of my extentions bit it got done..