price of fitting manifold?!?!?!?

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garage is tryin to charge £140 to fit raceland 4-2-1 manifold. labour is only £50 which is what i was willing to pay, but they sayin i need to pay for 'heli-coiling' as they pulled the bolts out the head and ruined the thread. is this jus a ploy to get more money and shud i tel em to stick it??? ggrr

[rushy_23]

I dont have a clue mate but me personally paying somebody to do it I would
expect more than £50.

Sure somebody will know a rough guide.

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Depends on where you go as there is no set in stone prices for anything these days but say anywhere between £50-£100 depending on hourly rate of however is doing the job.

You could attempt this yourself as its only the four bolts holding the manifold on and then whatever is connecting the manifold to the cat or exhaust.

If you do attempt make sure you soak the bolts in WD40 over night and make sure you have a spare few nuts just incase after all they are going from hot to cold to hot to cold. A extra pair of hands would be worth their weight in Gold as working from above and below is much easier as one can support the weight while the other does up or undoes

[Ryan]

hang on they fucked the head so its up to them to fix it FOC mate imo!

[Predator_R32]

tell them your not payinf for it they did the damage they pay for it not your fault they messed up

if they start arguing just tell them your going to phone trading standards

[Borat]

They're just trying it on, I paid £60 to have one fitted to my old fez which requires taking gearbox mounts off to get access. Surely its only a d.i.y on a saxo with the manifiold at front?

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Get a famliy member say you dad or family friend to go in with you and have it out with them again. They damaged the car its upto them to pickup the bill it wasnt your fault after all

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i would of done it maself wiv a mate as we did it on a vtr, bt fort id get it done propa cus ma car is alot newer dont wanna mess up. yer i went in and told em im not payin for the mistakes they made and they cudnt really say owt else and dropped £60 which was price for the extra work they did. so not too bad. maybe i shuda sed about tradin standards too lol pred got more off. cheers for advise.

[Gabbastard]

Quite how they fucked the threads on manifolds studs I dont know. Unless they are retards who dont know when they are cross threading.

[CampDavid]

Quite how they fucked the threads on manifolds studs I dont know. Unless they are retards who dont know when they are cross threading.

That would be belivable if they fucked 1 up.

Sounds like they just yanked the studs out??