I'm shortly going to place an order for
Koni FSD dampers (
MiniMania gave me a very competitive quote for mail order, cheers guys - we'll follow up on that soon!) for my Mini One. I've seen a few links about MINI2 for self-installation, like
k-huevo's post where he suggested a
NAM D.I.Y. guide to suspension installations. Unfortunately, I'm simply not up to a D.I.Y. installation after I've had several bad D.I.Y. mishaps (usually involving fire, great expense, and personal injury through self-electrocution) - I'd probably end up dropping the car on my head or something.
I'm currently shopping around for competitive quotes for a professional installation of the dampers (to be used in conjunction with OEM springs) and I've got a few numbers for local garages (near Glasgow, Scotland) as well as having fired off a few e-mails to some others. I'm also going to ask the BMW dealerships in Glasgow, but I'm not too hopeful of this as an option as I've had some bad experiences with them in the past. Also, I think they will be overpriced as well as reluctant to fit non-BMW components.
So, my questions are:
- What sort of price range do you think is reasonable to pay for a professional installation of a full set of dampers? MiniMania do an installation for £150.00 but it looks like their garage is too far away from Glasgow (5 hour, 40 minute drive each way) to make this a viable option.
- Are there any questions I should particularly ask the local mechanics?
- Is there anything I should be aware of?
Many thanks,
Andrew.
