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What would you expect a shop to charge for motor mount swap

Old 05-26-2010, 07:28 PM
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Default What would you expect a shop to charge for motor mount swap

My y pipe seems to be rubbing a bit after I got it tucked up and welded at the exhaust shop today. I realize I should have done it at the time of my header install, but I didn't. I have more money than I do desire to do it myself (to a point), so I was wondering what I should expect to pay for a shop to do it if I provide the motor mounts? If the labor costs become too prohibitive, I'll suck it up and do it at some point myself, but I have no desire to loosen those headers back up after just completing the install last weekend. I called the shop I normally take my cars to today and their computers were down and couldn't give me an estimate until tomorrow. I must know now!

It couldn't be more than what, 3-4 hours of labor tops?
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You dont want to do it? Its actually quite the experience, takes a day. Four years ago when i asked for a header and motor mount swap the avergae i got was 4 bills. f that.
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I would guess $400 to be on the low side of a shop charge.
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you dont have to pull the headers to do the motor mounts. do solids, alot less of a hassle. it wont take more than an hour.
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Labor time for both sides is 3.2 hours total.
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I'd say that it didnt cost me much to get motor mount installed...3-4 hours max if I remember correctly. There is something about inverting one of the bolt so next time the job will be easier..
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Originally Posted by masterz28
You dont want to do it?
nope...not if I can pay somebody else a couple hundred bucks to do it.


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