Hi All,
I'm a relatively new owner of a 2002 Outback. I recently had a rear control arm detach at the frame end, and when I took it to the shop, found out that I've got some serious rust in the rear end of the car. This wasn't surprising, since it's an east coast car. What was surprising was the first quote I got to have it fixed.
I need a new crossmember assembly and both suspensions, and the place I took it quoted me $1100 for parts and $1100 for labour. I've already found the parts at roughly half of that price, so I'm wondering if I should trust the labour quote. I called another frame shop and they said that for rusty frame work, 12 hours at $95/hour sounds about right.
Anybody have advice here? The car has less than 200,000km on it, so everything under the hood is in relatively good shape. I'm a complete amateur with minimal equipment, but is this something I could dare try myself? Or is it perhaps something that a backyard mechanic might be able to tackle?
I'm a relatively new owner of a 2002 Outback. I recently had a rear control arm detach at the frame end, and when I took it to the shop, found out that I've got some serious rust in the rear end of the car. This wasn't surprising, since it's an east coast car. What was surprising was the first quote I got to have it fixed.
I need a new crossmember assembly and both suspensions, and the place I took it quoted me $1100 for parts and $1100 for labour. I've already found the parts at roughly half of that price, so I'm wondering if I should trust the labour quote. I called another frame shop and they said that for rusty frame work, 12 hours at $95/hour sounds about right.
Anybody have advice here? The car has less than 200,000km on it, so everything under the hood is in relatively good shape. I'm a complete amateur with minimal equipment, but is this something I could dare try myself? Or is it perhaps something that a backyard mechanic might be able to tackle?
