SUSPENSION HELP, Opinions needed
Hello Solaraguy community, my name is jon, i am an old member first time poster. I wanted to any lowered guys or guys that know suspension real well on a very urgent problem of mine. Some background info, my car is a 99, lowered and thats all, i live in northern california, san jose area. So a couple days ago i brought my car into a suspension shop to check on my suspension because i've noticed my rear has sagged much lower than before (can barely put in 2 fingers between wheel gap). The mechanic diagnosed that my rear struts are blown and my fronts are leaking, and that my eibachs were heated with a blow torch when lowered and not compressed (basically a botched up installation when i first did, it was cheap..) and my sway bar bushings which came with the TRD RSB is v noisy, but didn't tell me what exactly the problem was with it. He gave me a total figure for JUST labor to fix all of that for 450$. i am guessing in parts i would need around 500, so a total repair cost of around 900. My question is do you guys know anyone or any shops that can do the labor for less but are reputable and good quality, because when i lowered it first, i got basically screwed. And secondly, do you guys think repairing it is imperative to vehicle safety and operation... the mechanic told me i could drive it like this for 100 yrs and it'd be fine, but i have some doubts.... ANY opinion, help on a shop or just this situation would be greatly appreciated,
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- jon015
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