This is an installation of a Monroe® Quick-Strut® assembly on a 2002 Dodge Neon. This particular installation was completed in less than 5 minutes. No need t…
How To Install A Monroe Quick-Strut Assembly 2002 Dodge Neon
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Wow a 600 dollars set of struts on a 2,000 dollar neon? Did anyone else
think about this? Your engine is going to crap out before you can even
break those struts in. Bahhahaha. Anyways Bilsteins are not that much more
why wouldnt you just…
That’s par for the course with side mount struts but those are getting less
common due to security issues. Most common type has the base of the strut
resting inside the steering knuckle instead of bolted to its side. And
those take A LOT more than 2 minutes to replace. Most difficult part is
pulling the base of the strut out of the knuckle, requires lots of
lubrication, hammering, prying and swearing. Putting the new one back in is
almost just as hard.
Buy a Honda Civic and you wont have to change struts after seven years.
Just a thought. The price of those struts could buy me a 2002 neon with
100k miles. NO JOKE. not that I would drive one.
Very informative video. Thanks for posting as this helps a bunch .
@mystiqueman366 I know right? Im doing mine on my 95 buick regal and uhhhh
ive been at it fora few hours now. He made that look easy. My car doesnt
let me freely move the arm though eeeek!
I’m getting these for my 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix, I cant wait to install
them. Gonna be a nice weekend project!
Hum well hate to tell you this, but yes a 100% mark up on parts is normal
for most shops, and its known as 50% margin in the business, and your
right, buy the insert and boots and such are cheaper, but most of the time
the spring isn’t changed. When I can, I will sell a quick strut so the
spring is changed and I can charge less labour to the customer. and your
wrong on the pure profit part, Shop owner has to pat the bills too, techs
get $25-30 per hour in our shop, hydro, rent, phone and taxes!!
Thank you!!
Yes, an alignment after replacing the strut assemblies is pretty much
mandatory. I took my Grand Prix to the local USA Muffler & Brake for a four
wheel alignment, I think they charged me $85 or so, that was 3 years ago so
I’m not sure exactly. The fronts went pretty much exactly like in this
video, the rears took longer because the 3 strut mounting bolts are in the
trunk and difficult to get a tool on. But overall, this is a very doable
job for a DIY’r.
Amazing! I’ve gotten more than one quote for over $1,000 to do the struts
for a 97 Maxima. Clearly this can be done for around $400 in less than an
hour by your self!!! I’m sold
I just finished installing both front Monroe front strut assembys on a 2000
dodge neon and it went pretty much like this video explained. Piece of cake
but I am sure it is different installing this product on other makes and
models. Great product – car rides like new. Now I need to get and alignment
and I will be good to go.
hmmm tempting, but the guy in the video has likely done this thousands of
times and could do so in his sleep, though the comments seem like some guys
have done this without experience. I love these videos.
I NEED 2 IN THE REAR FOR MY 2001
You are of course absolutley right that the shop has expenses to pay, and
that the shop must realise a profit for any incentive to stay in business.
However, just because the 100% markup on parts is commonplace doesnt make
it right. I suspect that if you told your customers at the moment you
handed them the bill that you charged them double for their parts because
you have bills to pay, they wouldnt come back. The sad fact (for them) is
that most people are simply ignorant of the true cost.
450 is not bad if it includes the alignment and all new parts (spring) like
in the monroe quick strut
Just ordered two new ones for the front. I was quoted from a mechanic for
450 whole job. I decided to save about 150 and do it myself ordering these.
Thanks.
I just purchased the Moroe quickstruts for my 02 Grand Prix online for $503
for all four. A co-worker of mine has an 03 Grand Prix that uses the same
parts (I checked the Monroe website). The place he took it to wanted $1700
to do all four. Now, what is a reasonable labor charge? This guy did 1
front corner in less than 5 min! So lets be generous an give them 2 full
hours to do all four. At $100 an hour for labor, that puts us at 503 plus
200 for a total of $703. The rest is pure profit!
yup and that’s the whole point of a quick strut.
that was fast nice job man!!
if only quick struts were available for all vehicles…. cheapest i can
find the parts for a 96 celica is $860 for all four wheels with springs and
then they still need to be installed 🙁 btw my mechanic is aces as far as
parts he lets me either bring in my own parts or he’ll order them for me at
no additional cost just straight labor by the book
dont forget, monroe has rebates and boy, do u want to catch that mf rebate
& store, pricematch, if u have all four to install. Sadly, im learning
about car savings & pricematching while fighting some mechanics/shadetree
bfriend. Major benefits of letting me buy the part vs. a speedy fix using
walk-in autostore purchase. jeeze, i need to take an auto class so i can
repair my car without moron hassles! Ex: i PM truck rotors down to $27.98
(each) vs. $108 and a lifetime warranty!! yeah!
I’ll be doing this soon on my battered ’98 Chevy Prizm (rebadged Toyota
Corolla). It’s got 225k miles and has seen more than its share of
hit-and-run accidents. Anyway, I would leave it as is but my struts are so
worn that the car feels like it’s free floating on the springs right now. I
bought a set of generic quick struts (not Monroe) that won’t be great but
will be better than nothing. My goal is to get her to 300k before I sell it
to a high school kid for a few hundred bucks.
Midas-the Mcdonalds of mufflers,parts probably desighned to disinigrate
right after warranty-torque specs on strut towers? WOW-wonder how many
youngsters in the bays at budget mech are skipping that one-add a little
rust on that minivan and Walla, broke down again
You forgot to take off the tags! We’re installing a new set in the front of
our vintage ’92 Camry, I’ll comment again with how it goes!
Thank you This is very helpful on educating me and the rest of the public
on how easy this is to do.
My 2002 Dodge Neon SE front is very close to the ground and continuously
receives hits on bumps. Does anyone know if is there a solution to this..?
Like replacing them with others that are interchangeable? I have seen PT
cruisers with higher ground clearance in the front. Are they
interchangeable?
First off, I know that all cars are not the same, and that quickstruts are
not available on all cars, remember I said I checked the Monroe website. As
far as expense, you cannot buy all of the individual components (upper and
lower spring isolators, mount, bearing, jounce bumper, strut, and spring)
for less than the cost of the quickstrut. Go ahead and check. Also, my
friends quote did not include alignment. My comments are not inaccurate on
my example. A 100% markup on parts is inexcusable.
a wheel alignment is needed after this? it makes sense and that would add
to the cost for sure.
i need all 4
@b22ri22an thats the way it should be… I took my car to midas and they
wanted $400 for a rear proportion valve and told me 4 hours labor at $60 an
hour… I bough for $8 at a junk yard and installed in 30minutes including
cutting off the old one. I guess midas mechanics are REALLY slow.
Pav how much did your struts cost you?
@ramirezjohnp i’m about to put the quick struts in mine tomorrow..I’m
really glad I didnt pay the shop because this is easy..I got the napa quick
struts, so cheap
This is a great video and I thank you. Shops do mark these things up to
cover a varied amount of cost. My advice, know your mechanic better, you
might not mind why he is charging what he is. After that and you don’t like
it, lose him, by the part yourself and teach yourself how to do. I don’t
see the need to insert the whole “if you teach a man to fish etc etc but
it’s a great point.
I did this today, it was not as easy as in this clip (for me there’s a
tricky screw on the side of the quick-strut and 2 screws for abs wiring,
but this clip really motivated me to do it and I did it (in 2 hours,
actually), but I saved me 300 bucks! Thank you very much!
I agree 2 minute strut/spring install is just awesome, I made the mistake
of removing the spring nut and well the rest is history. Quick Strut
assemblies are great and can be installed with simple hand tools in
minutes!
this is easy cause he didn’t had to compress the coil spring.
thanks for this great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work in a shop, dont think for one second all cars are the same and I
know, quick struts are not available for all cars, quick struts are not
cheep either, some time you have to do an alignment to the car as well and
this will add to the price. Put brain in gear before putting mouth in motion
Just did this for my Neon. The passenger side.. It took me 45 minutes.
Mainly because the strut bolts were rusted and stuck. Had to use PB Blaster
and a piece of pipe to take that mofo. But I got that bish out.
Thanks for the video, it made up my mind and yes it’s just that easy! If it
wasn’t for the ground wire being rusted solid (I had to cut it off) it
would have taken less than 15 minutes and I’m 69 and certainly not a
mechanic ! So get with it you young guns. I was quoted over $600. to do
this job! It cost me $160.00
is it just me, or did i see a STRUT being changed in less than 2
minutes?!?!?!