1996 Infiniti I30: Replacing shocks/struts

[AofD4me]

Can anyone give me a ballpark expected cost if I had my local mechanic replace these?

If not, I've got a good friend who does quite a bit of his own maintenance who'd probably be up for the task.

If I went that route, any recommendations on parts? I.E. brand/manufacturer?

[D I R T Y I 3 0]

I was going to take a jump and go for Eibach street lowering kit. Its not extreme but it does give results apparantley. If not for those, i guesss i would go for stock manufacturing struts and shocks.

[bwbags]

I changed mine, (front) myself. Only the cost of the struts & strut mounts. My labor was free It's probably about 2-3 hours of labor plus your parts. I don't know what the labor rates are in your area but it only takes a few phone calls to find out. Compare a few shops via the phone. I got my parts at autozone - all stock replacements. the struts were around $40 each I think and the strut mounts about $12 each. You might not need new strut mounts but I did. Oh if you do it your self you can borrow the spring compressor from autozone too.

Good luck.

[bossbrakes]

have you done the change yet?

If you intend to keep the car for long time it is worthwhile to put the good parts into it.
For that matter I had a set of german Bilsteins made to fit my car. I think the cost was around $2000 about 5 years ago, but worth every penny......
And i just bought a Q45 and parked the I30.
So they are up for sale.

[monroeh]

Are these still for sale?