I replace both front air struts. Took me about an hour on each side pretty easy. Tools 22mm, 17mm 18mmsockets, 12mm wrench to loose the air hose and a floor jack. If you kinda handy you can do it. The way you take off the old just put the new one back the same way. 3 lugnuts 17mm on the hood area, 2 screws 22mm holding your front disk and 1 lugnut 18mm holding your sway bar. 12mm wrench to unscrew the air hose. The new air strut you just insert the air hose you dont have to screw it back so is way easier.
Cost to replace one front strut
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You could do it that way, but there is no need to remove the rotor or sway bar links.
Just get the front end in the air. Pull the tires. Loosen air fitting to depressurize. Unbolt top and bottom bolts. Remove strut.
Connect air fitting to new strut. Put new strut in place. Bolt in place at the top. Use pry bar to line of lower control arm and strut bottom. Tighten top and bottom bolts on new strut. Reinstall wheel.
I speak from experience. Just did it last weekend in my driveway to install my Proud Rhino strut spacers.
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Highway robbery
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$1,032 for the air spring is about $150 more than even the MSRP from the dealership: https://landrovermerriamparts.com/p...iteid=215719&vehicleid=378928&diagram=7117295
You'd think they'd cut you a break for having them do the work, but they cut themselves a break instead. Maybe the service manager has a boat payment coming up.
Wonder how many hours they billed for that job? Even at $250 an hour, there's no way it would have taken $652 in time to do that job.
You'd think they'd cut you a break for having them do the work, but they cut themselves a break instead. Maybe the service manager has a boat payment coming up.
Wonder how many hours they billed for that job? Even at $250 an hour, there's no way it would have taken $652 in time to do that job.
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Reconfirms why i never go to the dealer
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not quite, have you done this job?
No prybar is needed for any of this so I'm not sure what that was for. What did you use it on?3x 15mm nuts, not "bolts" for the top of strut to mount
1x large through bolt at bottom of damper has a 24mm nut and 21mm bolt head, the nut requires either deep socket or box wrench. Air makes quick work of this one.
Not sure where your 12mm bolt is but the air line nut is 12mm and is best done with a line wrench and patience as you can screw these up very easily.
The back nut of the upper 3 is not really hard at all with the right tools. To make it super easy use a 1/4 drive long flex head with stubby socket. The flex head allows you to make nice long sweeps in an arc shape to follow allowable clearance under the plastic fender liner.
For 100% remove and replace with new complete strut, I don't think even the best shop can do it in under an hour. This is because care must be taken at the air line and it's not the quickest thing to remove and replace that one aspect while the reat really is pretty quick. Once front corner is lifted, you also should first "deflate corners" which in itself takes about 5 minutes to locate elec tool and find on menu and complete. The strut is almost impossible to remove easily without being deflated.
The time from go pull the car in to take the car back out is definitely over an hour. I would bet the dealer charges at least 2hrs.
not quite, have you done this job?
3x 15mm nuts, not "bolts" for the top of strut to mount
1x large through bolt at bottom of damper has a 24mm nut and 21mm bolt head, the nut requires either deep socket or box wrench. Air makes quick work of this one.
Not sure where your 12mm bolt is but the air line nut is 12mm and is best done with a line wrench and patience as you can screw these up very easily.
The back nut of the upper 3 is not really hard at all with the right tools. To make it super easy use a 1/4 drive long flex head with stubby socket. The flex head allows you to make nice long sweeps in an arc shape to follow allowable clearance under the plastic fender liner.
For 100% remove and replace with new complete strut, I don't think even the best shop can do it in under an hour. This is because care must be taken at the air line and it's not the quickest thing to remove and replace that one aspect while the reat really is pretty quick. Once front corner is lifted, you also should first "deflate corners" which in itself takes about 5 minutes to locate elec tool and find on menu and complete. The strut is almost impossible to remove easily without being deflated.
The time from go pull the car in to take the car back out is definitely over an hour. I would bet the dealer charges at least 2hrs.
Probably used the pry bar to help line up the bottom through bolt. I used an extension and a wrench as pry tools to line that up because that's what was close to me on the garage floor. Just needed a little leverage to help squish and wiggle that eye up into the right spot.
