I'd say this is close to a fair price. Cost of gears and install kits is under $500 for a shop. I'd say $250 an axle no lockers is fair and $350 with lockers seems to be reasonable.

If you're quoted over $1500, you are really just getting ripped off. Maybe if you're in a high rent area where the shop has to pay a fortune in rent and taxes, you'll get hosed. That's when you drive a few hours and go somewhere reasonable. Shoot, for $3k, it would be cheaper to drop the axles and ship to EVO and back.

 

I have found Rebel's prices to be fair in general... Have bought other items there also and usually same or cheaper than other stores.

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My regear from 3.23 to 4.88 was 2200 out the door. That included gears for the front and rear and new G2 cover for the front and rear. That comes with a 10 years warranty on parts and labor and a free inspection after 500 miles of the install. Best mod I've done so far. Completely new beast while driving. Plus my mpg increased on the long drives. Gained about 2.5 mpg. Not to mention that I can roast the tires on takeoff.

 

plus it doesn't mess with the factory warranty since the dealer has been involved with all the install of all the mods.

 

Very true. In the northeast we get much higher pricing. Anyone in the Philadelphia area get under 2k for a regear and are satisfied with the quality of work (no grubby back yard garages please)? If so where?

 

$950. $500 Yukon 5.38's with the rebuild kit from Northridge 4x4(F/R). Local guy who I used several times $450 labor total. It's crazy how much some have had to pay.

 

$600 for Yukon 5.38 front and rear complete with Master instal kits from Marcus at RCO. +!3 bottles of Lucus oil.
Did the instal myself.

 

$1100 out the door for motive gear 4.88's, master overhaul and labor on my rubicon. One of the perks of living out west

 

Seems that down south the prices are higher. Not sure, I've been doing mechanic work for over 15 years. I'm just burnt out working on stuff since I've gotten older. Lol. I didn't mind paying the young guy. Lol

 

If I could pay 1k and guarantee the job was done to my expectations I would have no problem with that price. If it includes gears, fluids, seals, etc..... Problem is I'm already ocd and being an aircraft mechanic has not done anything but make my ocd worse. Doing gears is not rocket science but it does require a certain level of knowledge and attention to detail. Most mechanics I have met can't comprehend how a .001" difference in a shim thickness can affect the quality of the job significantly. I recently met a mechanic that works for a very well known vehicle modifying business and they customize some amazing jeeps. This guy also happens to do all of the gear work when it is required. I was picking his brain about how he approaches changing the pattern after his initial reading when setting up a new gear set. His response to me was that he just puts the factory pinion shim back in every time, sets the backlash, and lets it go. If it's making any noise or whining it doesn't matter because by the time they put the huge mud tires on you cant hear it over the tire noise. This is why I put the stock tires back on for a while every time I fiddle around with my gears and I tell other people to do that as well so you can really hear if something is going on.