$200 to weld in sub frame connectors?!?!?!
 

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So, I have the 96 Trans Am and it is sad.
I got UMI boxed sub frame connectors for Xmas.

Genie was off today and offered to take the T/A to get the sub frames installed. I called a local place and they quoted me $200?!?!?!?!

BS!!!

Anyone wanna install them for me? :wink:

i know money is tight but that probably is not a bad price. most shops charge 60.00 to 80.00 hour labor now or maybe even a little more. there is a shop i have gone to and they charge 75.00 hour whether it is to weld a chassis or cut a sheet of aluminum. labor is expensive anywhere.

Really?
Damn.

When I got them installed on the bird, I also had a ran tech tq arm, poly tq arm mount, poly tranny mount and hall front shocks installed and I paid about $250.... granted.... this was several years ago.....

same place james? im gonna assume you called stage 1 but i dont know

Yup, i was shocked

Figure any competent shop with a lift could do it. I did both my 96 and 86, but certain members seen the method I used on the 3rd gen to get it in the air.... LOL.

Yeah but that was for v6 parts.... LMAO...:moon:

would u mind sharing that method please:wink:

It involved 2 forklifts ... that is all .. :)

mufflex charged me i think 90 bucks for mine, they were doing other stuff too, but the itemized part of the bill said 85 or 90 for the subframes....

:eek: I welded the Spohn SFC's in my fathers 2000 Z28 in about an hour. I could see 200 for a thridgen, but not a 4th based off of their design.

should be under 100 to weld in sfc

Don't LT1 fuel lines run along the channel you install the SFC's in? Wouldn't that add to the price over a V6 or LS1 install?

i wouldnt trust stage 1 anymore. they did such a horrible job on my headers, ill never go to them again. ESPECIALLY for welding. both O2 bungs they welded leak like sives. a 5yo with a stinger could have welded these better. not to mention they 'forgot' a band clamp...so that part also leaks.

yea, I took rags, soaked them in water and put them around the lines near where i was welding, and kept switching them to keep the heat off the lines

bahhhh just return em and get bolt in SFCs for now, then weld them in the future. i had my bolt ins on the car for 2 years and they never came loose :) and this is me we're talking about

hes got a point. At times I don't like this guy but hes got a point .... :mrgreen:

I bought the bolt ins for my car, havent hada problem yet, and its nice incase I have to change up something, plus jsut like ron said, you an weld them in later down the line if you wish to.

Yeah...but if you baby a car the way you do, they'll never come loose.:rofl:

I charge $180 to install 4th gen 2 point connectors. This includes, prepping and painting the surrounding floor. At my labor rate it equals 3 hours labor.. To do the job correctly it takes that long. The electric and rent has to get paid some how..

$90 at Mufflex for me too...

prepping and painting the surrounding floor ? LOL !

no one cares what the underbody looks like, as it will get covered in road grime soon enough.

i care, all this road salt on exposed metal underneath a car is asking for rot, ask me how i know?

.........

How do you know???

then you'd have to "prep & paint" the entire underbody, not just where the SFC's were welded in...

when you weld you have to grind down the surrounding areas to bare metal then after it's welded you have to paint the exposed metal so it doesn't rust.