Papa_nmez

I've been quoted $350-400 for a leveling kit by a couple of different shops. That includes the kit, alignment, labor and warranty. If a kit is $100 and alignment is $100 it's worth it to me to pay $150-200 for the labor and the warranty a shop would provide. I don't have the tools or the know how to install myself.

Tide89

Air tools aren't a necessity, I use a 20 volt impact for most of my projects, just make sure you have a good breaker bar for the LCA bolts. I used a breaker bar and a 3ft cheater pipe. Everything else is just standard hand tools will get it done.

Fireimp141

That should be about right. We charge 2 hours @110 an hour, alignment is 90, and the pucks are around 40 plus mark up about 60 or so. Making it $370ish. And if I didn't manage a shop, I'd happily pay that; it's not the most fun in the world.

berty

I used a 900 ft lbs breaking impact wrench and even that struggled hard as hell. But that was for that lower strut bolt on the 12 gens. Everything else can be done with a breaker bar.

speeddemon0712

I paid a shop to do mine. I have a decent set of tools, and have installed a few leveling kits before, but I couldn't do it on my 2016. I couldn't get the lower strut assembly bolts angled inward once I had the puck installed and everything was turned around 180 degrees. Even if I could, with the puck, I couldn't get the bolts (that are pressed in) on the strut assembly over the lower control arm. I now know it's easiest to remove the lower control arm completely, but I didn't know that when I was doing the install. After about 2-3 hours of fighting it, TONS of cussing, I gave up and put everything back together as it was. Luckily for me, I had the money to pay someone to install it for me so that's what I did.

ricky81

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I got a shop to do mine. Paid about $300CAD with alignment included. It's a shop in the city that specializes in lifts/levels and read good reviews about them.

2slow05

This is exactly why I bought my own leveling kit for 40$. The shop wanted $100 for the same aluminum spacer. I brought the truck to the alignment shop the shop uses and I paid 50 for alignment. The shop was going to charge $100 for alignment. I understand the whole convenience of one stop shop. Usually on the labor rate 1/2 goes to the shop mechanic and 1/2 goes to the shop itself.

Chris6272

I went with the auto spring one and a half inch front level and 2 inch rear replacement blocks. Still have a -1 and three-quarter inch front rake which helps with the mileage and allows me to carry a load or a little tongue weight without looking like I am riding a wheelie.

Fireimp141

Yah, we do everything in house. Alignments, motors, trans rebuilds, diag etc. Cost a lot of money to provide these services, and therein lies reflection of shop cost.

02fx4dude

You don't need air tools. I installed the 1.5" front spacer kit in my driveway, on jack-stands, with hand tools. A little over an hour. Also didn't mess with any CV bolts, hub nuts, or lower control arm bolts.

I prefer to do my own work on my trucks. I've had too many things done wrong or screwed up at dealers or shops. I've seen enough posts about people having problems with IWE's after lift installs because the installers didn't know they can be damaged.