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Cost of replacing front coil spring on Grand Picasso
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Blader1611   
Sun Aug 16 2020, 09:35am
Member No: #32131
Joined: Aug 18 2013
Location: Leeds
 2010 Grand Picasso has failed MOT due to broken coil spring on drivers side. Halfords have said its £213 to replace but thst seems excessive. The coil Spring is £30-£40 i believe so i was wondering what the expected labour time should be. Any advice gratefully received.
routemaster1   
Sun Aug 16 2020, 10:07am
Member No: #574
Joined: Jul 08 2007
Location: Dorset
Blader1611 wrote ...

2010 Grand Picasso has failed MOT due to broken coil spring on drivers side. Halfords have said its £213 to replace but thst seems excessive. The coil Spring is £30-£40 i believe so i was wondering what the expected labour time should be. Any advice gratefully received.


Don't know about the cost, but really you should replace both sides at the same time.
Magistrate   
Mon Aug 17 2020, 12:29am
Member No: #1731
Joined: Dec 15 2007
Location: Walsall West Midlands
 £213 is typical of Halfords prices, scandulous. I had a broken spring on my 2008 VTR and had both springs replaced at a local garage for £180 including labour.Its half hour labour each side.
trev h   
Mon Aug 17 2020, 02:43am
Member No: #10864
Joined: Sep 11 2009
Location: kent/se london
 To do the springs you have to take off the wipers & the scuttle panel to get to the top mounts which are set back under the windscreen, thats about the longest part of the job, any decent mechanic or DIY'r could do it, as above replace both springs & would be a good idea to replace the top mounts as well.
vexorg   
Mon Aug 17 2020, 06:42am
Member No: #48843
Joined: Jul 06 2017
Location: Scotland
 And wheel alignment too after.

I'd expect more that that, give the poor condition of the threads on mine when they were done.
DeuxChevaux   
Mon Aug 17 2020, 11:05am
Member No: #16472
Joined: Nov 21 2010
Location: North Norfolk UK
 My son used Halfrauds for a 'free' mot on his C4 - it failed on rear spring broken - it cost him £160 for a fix and was done in less than an hour since they told him it failed. I did the other side - spring cost £15 and half an hour labour. Front springs are harder to do but 1 to 1.5 hours labour is all I would expect and maybe £30? ish for the spring. I agree that it would be much better to do both at the same time - if you can afford
 

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