I have a Pro Comp 6" lift for my truck and I called around looking for a shop to do the installation for me. One place I called quoted a flat at $1000 and possibly needed 3 days to do the installation. Another shop didn't want to install a lift they didn't order. (Idiots) If I ordered the lift from them it would of cost around $700 to install. Course I already saved a ton by buying the lift online and not from them. If I go with the $1000 install I still come out ahead of the other shop by nearly $500.


Anyways is $1000 too much? To me it seems too expensive but I don't have a lot of options here. I mean if pro comp says install is 4-6 hours that's an insane hourly rate. God I wish I could cloan myself in a time like this.

 

Yeah, sounds too high. I've been quoted 500-700 labor while shopping around.

 

No way would I pay $1000 to have a lift installed. $500-$600 max...

 

I charge 500-600 if kit is bought here and 800-900 if it's bought elsewhere. This is what more and more shops are starting to do to cut down on the online purchases. The 04+ F150 is one of the easiest kits to install that's not solid axle.

Edit: Funny story while I'm at it. Had a guy call me with a 05 Chevy 2500HD and I told him the price of $900 ($600 if bought here) because he bought it elsewhere and he thought it was too high and he took it somewhere else and they ended up putting the rear bump stop spacers and dropping the transfer case crossmember with them and cutting the fan shroud because now the engine and tranny were ****ed downwards because of what they did. He came here to have me fix it and I told him no because I won't be responsible for someone elses mess up. So whatever you do make sure you go to someone who knows what they're doing even if it costs a little bit more.

 

We can do it man. Rob and I will have a GTG and do it.
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Shane

 

Looks like we've got a Kansas party going on in here and didn't even notice.

 

Shane that sounds great! I have the weekend shift this month with tuesday-thursday off. But I am taking a few weeks off starting 1 June.

 

I paid $650 for my installation, but I did purchase the kit through the shop that did my install. I talked to the guy and asked if I ordered it online and had them do the install and he quoted me $700 for that. Only a $50 difference, but I didn't want to hassle with ordering everything so I just gave him all my business and I thought I got a pretty good deal. I only paid $150 more for the kit through him then I would have paid for it online.

 

So I am going to order a lift kit sometime soon. You guys say they are do-able to install if you have knowledge and the right equipment. My school's auto-academy department is pretty good and has some guys that really know what they are doing. I have a couple of friends in it that say if I get the lift kit that they would install for free in the auto-academy. Is this a job that you think would be simple enough to leave in their hands?

 

yea it's not terribly hard. You'll just want to get the front drive shaft rebalanced and a alignment done. There is some cutting and drilling envolved in most all lifts. But it's minor really.

Cuisi has a great installation process on his website at http://www.celesapoc.com/truck