Also could do with air conditioning refresh as well.
I asked one place and they wanted 800 CHF just for the coilsprings??? This strikes me as crazy!
Does anyone know of a reasonable place where I could replace the coilsprings with stock (which I have). Presuming the car needs to be rebalanced?
Sure the price is expensive compared to elsewhere, but in the same vein, the cost of living is expensive here too, we get salaries well above anything else in Europe. So the mechanic/garage who do your springs is just charging a price that allows him/them to live like other people elsewhere doing the same thing but in an economy that is less expensive then here.
What do you earn compared to where you come from in the UK, what is the amount of disposable income you have left over at the end of the month ?
Regardless of that, its simply replacing the coilsprings and rebalancing? I can't see it taking more than an hour or two? That's around 400 CHF an hour. I'm definitely not making that much.
How much are the parts ?
Go find a garage in Germany? ....somewhere like Singen, go shopping and restaurant too while you wait
My brake pads once disintegrated just outside Trieste, 100m from a VW dealer (we had a Ford)
A couple hours later, all was fine with a bill for EUR 140 or so!
Another time, we got a flat, also near Trieste. Bad valve. Found a guy down the street from our house, EUR 10 all in (he had to pull the tire to replace the valve)!
Tom
My local garage is CHF 80/hr, which is why I normally no longer do the cars (but nobody else touches my bikes!)
Tom
Had similar work done around Zurich, replaced the shock absorbers which required taking off the springs on my car. I supplied the parts(after market high performance) and they were able to do the labor for 500 CHF. Can send you the mechanic's info in PM if you want.
This was all during COVID lockdown so couldn't cross the border. If you don't care about the parts/looking for something cheaper, suggest maybe going with ATU over the border. On my car, they do front and rear coil spring replacement with alignment(parts & labor) for 250 Euros....