Well, I replaced my shocks this weekend and I'm still not getting how anybody could justify charging $200 or so for labor on this job. The rear seat removal and reinstallation added maybe 1 man-hour to the entire project, but shock removal and installation on a W126 is a pretty straight forward affair. In fact, I would think the entire job could be completed in under 2 hours on a lift. It took me 3, THREE hours from start to finish on the floor of my garage, using a floor jack and a bottle jack, removing the wheels without the benefit of an impact wrench (I have a pretty nice I-R 1/2-inch impact, but it seemed like a big pain in the butt to drag everything out for this job), and riding herd over my daughters and wife (our youngest was trying to have a battle royale with her mother and older sister).

$702.32 for this job??? That's just CRAZY.

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I'm wanted in four states, but it's all good. Got me a new driver's license and a sweet new pickup. V-8, Baby, five-hundred horsepower. Oh, and four of them mudflaps with the naked ladies on them. GRRRRRRRR, MAMASITA!!! And the best part is, it's all free!!! Yeah, well, for me at least!!!! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!