Funk that price dude, that is gouging, for a 3 inch kit no more than 5 hours tops. And that would be not knowing and stumbling through on the phone with the company. Screw that, the price quote is way high.

 

The shop that is doing my RE long arm kit is charging me 10hrs @ $90 per. I would have done it myself it it were a bolt on kit. But I am not comfortable welding on suspension brackets just yet. So I would buy a set of tools if you mechanically inclined OR Find another shop.

My .02 I would spend the money I was going to pay for a shop to do the work on a nice set of tools.

 

That's way too much. The shop I went to did my Clayton lift and drive shafts and that was $500. I sold my old tires and wheels so the work was basically free.

 

1200 for install?????!!!!!! $crew that!

Here...lets work this out...and these are very liberal prices...I'm SURE you can find better deals...
$80.00 for a half decent Torque Wrench
$75.00 for some deep impact sockets (metric and imperial set)
$50.00 for a decent 3/8" drive wrench/socket set
$20.00 for a strong arm 1/2" drive to go with your impact socket set
$15.00 for a couple decent large crescent wrenches
$50.00 for a couple jack stands
$5.00 for a few blocks of wood
a decent days worth of work (took me 8+ hours for my 3" lift by myself)
...what are we up to...maybe $300.00? Plus now you have the tools to keep and use whenever you need to continue working on your Jeep yourself...lot better than 1200.00 ridiculous dollars!

 

i have found a shop that will install a 4"superlift, labor, tax,
out the door for $1472.. I asked if i could buy my own lift and
have them put it on, he said they could do that for $600...
these sound fair, huh? Just need to decide on a company and pull the trigger... any suggestions? im really leaning towards teraflex

 

There are allot of good ones here. I went with Clayton, but Teraflex was on my short list.

 

I did the wifes myself, took me around 8hrs, 3" bds coil lift. The place I bought it from wanted 400. Very reasonable.

I used 2 jack stands, jack, torque wrench, 1/2, 3/8, ratchet, metric size sockets,

You should be able to beg, borrow, or steal the tools. My wife helped a little, she stood on the rotor to push it down so I could get the spring on.

 

ya man, I'm tellin ya, if your remotely comfortable turning a wrench and know which way to loosen and tighten a bolt you can install your own lift....but that's just my two cents....it's up to you, but I highly reccomend you get yourself some tools and read over the write ups in here

 

I am with the purchase some tools crowd! I have been turning my own wrenches since I was a kid, and who knows how much money I have saved over the years by doing so... Spend an afternoon getting to know your JK installing your own lift; she will love you for it, and you will have tools for future mods.

Heck, for the money the first shop you talked to about a lift install is wanting to charge, you could pick up a portable scissor lift like mine and really make life easier for future mods... I have owned it for 5 years now, and the fact that you can roll it out of the garage on nice days and wrench outside is a nice bonus. That and it makes power washing the underbody a breeze after a day of wheeling. And you can even do some urban flexing for fun!