Had a local repair shop (reputable) give me a quote for installing 3:73's on my '05. Parts and Labor for $975. Is that kinda' steep? Have no idea what it should cost.

 

thats a lot

 

very...
gears =around 200
install for me =about 180
so all in all it costed me around 450 (had to get shims and gear lube also)

 

tell him you will get the parts and see how much he wants just to do the install. then you can see where he was tryin to screw you over.

 

Vista_blueGT, How are those 3.73s treatin you? Do you feel a good diff? Do you have Auto or M5

 

i love the gears...i was debating the 4.10's but i was looking in mm&ff and most every new mustang that was in there that they told what gears they put in it was 3.73's, so thats what i got and couldnt be happier

oh...and i have an auto

 

That's a little steep but this is no easy job. What gears are they buying?

 

[quote]ORIGINAL: Vista_Blue_GT

I have the auto as well. Breaking them in now, but from what I can tell I'm gonna luv em. Had the Roush pulley upgrade done at the same time so it's hard to keep babying the gears for now.

I had a bad experience with the Motives I originally bought. I had expert installers, and they could not shim all of the noise out of them. I know, I know, Motives are fine, as long as they are installed properly. They thought so too. But this set just would not cooperate. We finally went with the FRPP's and called it a day. In my mind, why take a chance, just buy the FRPP's, especially if you are installing 3.73's. If you go to the FRPP site, you can see that they have a special machining called Face Hob for this particular gear. Apparantly, 3.73's are the toughest to get right.

Just my 2 centavos.

 

My install cost was $180. had 4.10's first then went to 3.73's, of course the install is labor only, just add the price of the gears and royal purple fluids and that's what I paid. Done at Mustang Magic, Deer Park NY

 

i was faced with the same problem but my shop was gonna charge me a grand for everything then i asked what it would cost if they just put them on for me and he was a dick and said he wouldn't even do it [>:]