On an oil change at the GM dealer they told me my rear air shocks had a slow but critical fluid leak and quoted me $600 to replace them. I see no leakage in my driveway and feel no shock weakness, so Nahhhh to dealer. I came home and searched for rear air shocks. It seems Monroes will do fine (?) and a pair goes for around $70. So I called a nearby reputable garage and they quoted me $270 for Monroes installed. Quite the difference. But still I'm sure they can buy them for no more than I'd pay. Right? So it looks like they want $200 labor. Is that normal? Should I keep looking?

p.* The dealer also said my ATF was dirty brown, $190 to clean and replace. The local garage said $60. Hmmmm.

shops usually charge in the ballpark of 60 bucks an hour so..Sometimes they have a set price on the specific job.But the price they quoted could be on thier average time of the job or like said just a set price it never does harm to look around to find the best price..

Rear shocks are a 1 hour job. IIRC, the proper flat rate time for them is 1.2hrs for the pair.

Had mine done a Sears 2 years ago and only cost me $80 for labor

DYI job if you take your time you should be able to get them done in no job

Responded to your pm. Holler at me tonight if you can.

Man order u a set from ROckauto, takes less than an hr with basic hand tools. torque specs are included.

If you don't know by now... (DEALERSHIP = STEALERSHIP)

Also, you get a better price online anyway. They will either be pulling shocks from inventory, or they will be getting them from your local parts store <AutoZone, O'Reillys, Napa, etc>. If you want a better idea for their price, look at the stores.

ME personally id charge like 40-50 bucks for that job