(16-03-2015, 04:21 PM)Eeyore Wrote:(16-03-2015, 03:27 PM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote:(16-03-2015, 03:26 PM)Toms306 Wrote: I don't find 306s that cheap to mod tbh! Depends what you can do yourself though I guess, you could buy a full set of springs, a remap and decat pipe for a Mk4 Golf for less than a garage beam lowering on a Pug lol. I find new parts for 306s are expensive as well...look at Eibach springs or Bilstein shocks, no cheaper than for other makes! Its just that people on here buy used/worn out/broken stuff so it appears cheap.
Comparing buying parts to something that is considered an in-depth or specialist job...try again Tom.
yeh youre paying for someones labour... if you had to buy springs and pay for the labour fitting them then it ends up about the same price?
But the point is you can chuck a pair of springs on the back of a Golf without any special tools or fighting rusty seized splines etc... Only need a jack and an hour Its a job most people could do at home. Lowering a beam isn't. Also garage labour is probably 3 hours for a beam on average (depends how seized it is), so way more than a pair of springs even if you did have the garage do it.
At the end of the day it depends what you can do yourself and what tools and time you have. In my experience, it was much cheaper to mod a Golf than it was a 306 having done both. People that have access to garage equipment and spare time may have a different experience. You don't have to agree with me lol.