I recently took my troopy to my local 4WD "specialist", where they supply and install a
well known brand of 4wd equipment, because i noticed that the shocky bushes were pretty much non existant.
I asked them to
check it over for me and booked a time for the next day.
About half hour after dropping it off got a call saying that the whole
suspension was 90% gone and would need replacing.
After nearly 6hrs they finally rang through a quote of nearly $2800.
I rang another place and got a quote of $2200.
Finally i rang my trusted mechanic, who also came in at $2200 for the stuff thats put on the 4wd firetrucks over here, and he didnt believe that the
suspension could have degraded that much since
easter.
I took it down to him to inspect and as he suspected, everything under there was fine. The only thing that he suggested that he would do was to replace the shockies =approx$500.
Apparently its been happening alot lately as there isnt much work going around, especially in the
suspension world, and they're trying to drum up bussiness.
So a word from the wise, get someone you trust to have a look at your
suspension if ur not sure, or get numerous people to look under the car.
Saved me alot of $, thats for sure.