MrPack91

I was told that on my 91 Mustang GT that the shocks are bad, and that the ball joints are too. Does anybody know how much is reasonable to have a mechanic fix these?

They wanted $780 for the shocks, and I don't have the paper with me and forget for ball joints.

Just wondering what is a fair price as I look at local mechanics?

AdderMk2

$129 each for the front shocks
$62 each for the rears
$200 labor

$41 each for the balljoints
$230 labor.

86 newbie

lol you can do the shocks yourself and its honestly pretty easy like a 2 hour job. you could buy some good shocks for about 200 bucks. as far as the ball joints go im not sure. i noticed u live in ohio, where abouts? i live there too lol

86 newbie

the around 200 was for the front

86 newbie

ball joints; http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-BJ-0327/

shocks front; http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LAK-40511/
back; http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LAK-40301/

MrPack91

Thank you!

MrPack91

A friend at work tells me he will never do shocks again beacuse they suck so bad to do lol. I live in Delaware (a little north of Lewis center, Westerville, Powell area)

MrPack91

Also, before I forget do you guys know if it's disc or drum brakes in the front of a 91 GT? I think if it's disc I could replace them myself but not drum

mjr46

disc^^

mustangGT86_05

Drum fronts faded out ages ago, I don't know of a car that still had them in the 80s and were gone for sure by the 90s. Also as far as shocks, some do suck, others are a cake walk, so don't give up based on one friends bad experience