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Old 04-04-2006, 09:06 PM
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Default so yea, things these days are quie expensive

$145 for 4 tires and rims to be mounted and aligned

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$97.50 to get a cutout welded in

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$125 to get the tail panel painted


sounds like a rip off anyone?? comments please, u can vent for how ridiculous that is too
Old 04-04-2006, 09:37 PM
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i don't think this is the correct place for this but... a 100 bucks for an alignment is decent i guess and that means about 11 bucks for mount and balance which is also pretty common

then i am assuming its a standard cutout welded into the i pipe of the y pipe which means you got ripped should have been around 20 bucks next

125 for a sand and paint job for what i'm assuming you wanted the berger panel then isn't bad at all specially if it looks really good (no peel or anything)

so end the end not overally ripped if my assumptions are correct atleast your not as bad as this
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WTF

That is insane!! pleace tell me you told them no?

I think round here it was 40 bucks? to get tire swaped off and put on another set of rims and no more then 20 to get a cut out welded in.
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Originally Posted by 97BBlackZ
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That is insane!! pleace tell me you told them no?

I think round here it was 40 bucks? to get tire swaped off and put on another set of rims and no more then 20 to get a cut out welded in.

he also got his car aligned thats what i thought too.
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around here its about $10 per wheel mounted and balanced and $50 for an alignment. Thats way to much.
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yeah that is rediculous for an alignment, and cutout i got mine welded in for 35 bucks and the berger panel i just made myself only cost me about 12 bucks in supplies and it came out great.
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no i didnt get any of that stufff done, the berger panel yes but it was worth it
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$145 for mounting and alignment? Dont go to the big chains.
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i just swaped shock on the front of my car with bilstien hd's and it was 90 bucks with a alignment and it was at a suspention and alignment shop.
so i say that shop is a rip off and a tire mount and ballance is about 40-60 bucks
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Originally Posted by waiting2bl33d
i don't think this is the correct place for this but... a 100 bucks for an alignment is decent i guess and that means about 11 bucks for mount and balance which is also pretty common

then i am assuming its a standard cutout welded into the i pipe of the y pipe which means you got ripped should have been around 20 bucks next

125 for a sand and paint job for what i'm assuming you wanted the berger panel then isn't bad at all specially if it looks really good (no peel or anything)

so end the end not overally ripped if my assumptions are correct atleast your not as bad as this

wow yea ive seen that before, i do web design on the side and i see a fwe of those bills for some people lucky enough i have unmetered bandwidth as long as i dont host **** :-p

and i live in central florida and those prices are a little over the top even for here...
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Originally Posted by shaun
i just swaped shock on the front of my car with bilstien hd's and it was 90 bucks with a alignment and it was at a suspention and alignment shop.
so i say that shop is a rip off and a tire mount and ballance is about 40-60 bucks
Yo dood you got ripped also because I beleive that it is not nessesary to do an alignment after front struts are installed unless you did a drop kit also.
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i need to get 4 tires mounted on to 4 rims that need to get mounted onto the car, their 2 18x9.5's and 2 18x10.5's
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20 bucks to get my cutout welded in. by a mieneke. Living in bucks county, pa
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It cost me $100+tax to get my tires mounted and balanced. Some places were even quoting me $200.
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Good lord what a ripoff!! I got all 4 of my tires mounted/balanced for $65.


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