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I am located in the Dallas/Ft Worth area of Texas and I am looking the have my truck re geared (I have 3:55LS with 35 tires and need or want 4:56s). I have called a couple of 4 wheel drive places, but, man do they want a lot of money ($1000 labor even if I provide parts) to do it. My question is, because I am new to having this done, does this seem standard or can someone steer me to a reputable shop that would be more reasonable (I'm not cheap, just poor). Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
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Im not sure but I think most places around here get between 1200 and 1500 installed, with them supplying the parts.
edit: That figure is for a 4x4 |
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I had the same issue as yourself. I purchased the gears and it still cost me a 975 to have the them put in. I will say though that the price was worth every dime!
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I was quoted $1200-1400 parts and labor from a reputable 4x4 shop. However, when I had my 3.73s put in the Stang I had the dealership do it, and got the "fist of fury"...$500 just for the install, I supplied the parts, even shims!
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I have performed a lot of differential repairs and gear swaps. I will tell you that it is worth EVERY dime you spend to have someone do it....even if it costs $1000. To do it with no knowledge is asking for a repeat repair....maybe even a couple times and having to buy new parts every time. It's a labor-intensive, almost exacting science to do it RIGHT.
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Welllll... it looks like I am gonna have to wait to get this done, maybe next year! My income tax money ain't gonna stretch that far this year (and with this economy) and I just bought a new gryphon with some new tunes (it's taken me a year to get the nerve to do that). I hope that the performance mods I have already (K&N 57 CAI, Flowmaster 44 series) along with the new programmer will be enough to compenstae for the loss of power with my gears! Thank all you guys for responding to my thread on this! Maybe some of these auto shops will start needing some business enough to lower some of thier prices (although I doubt it).....
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I'm with Cody on this one. Been there done it and got towed to the shop. Paid for another set of gears also. Let the experts do it so they can take the heat if something goes wrong.
Lars
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Welllll.... I just had a long converstation with the Ford dealerhip
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Its the same way here, they will lift them up and put bigger tires under them, but will not change the gearing. The downside to it is lost performance and mpg. But in the end if you have any drivetrain problems, then they will blame it on the bigger than stock tires to get out of warranty work probably.
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That is most likely what would happen if I went ahead with a gear change. I am definitely going to do with out a gear change until the warranty is expired. I talked with Bill today about it when I called him with my custom tune info and although a gear change would be better, it is not an essential. I am confident I can get better performance and mileage out of the gryphon ( I am already feeling some power just running canned 2). It will also save me almost $1400 (the quote on a gear change). May be I will put on some Extenda Flares from Bushwacker...what do you guys think? Black or Painted to match?
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