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Essentially, I do not think my shocks are in a bad state at all, at least from "very basic" testing I did and from driving.
It was just the opportunity of being forced to perform alignments etc. again that raised the wonder."Problem" is, garage estimated around 350€ for front suspension rubber mounts replacement (all included: parts, labour, alignment etc.).
When I searched for potential new shocks options (I thought if I go through changing the shocks I might as well pick good ones and slightly "upgraded") I found the Bilstein B6 set for around 500 euros. Plus suspension bearings, tools I do need (spring compressor, extractor for tie rods, etc.) so maybe 700€ for all parts and tools if I source them myself.
Parts might cost more from the garage, plus the labour so it could reach a really good amount of money.
Another solution would be to order the parts and tools myself and perform everything except the rubber mounts replacement, have it and alignment performed by the garage but my mechanical competence are very limited but I came across quite a few tutorials etc. online so I don't know.Maybe a good idea to have different quotes from the garage (rubber mounts replacement and alignment only, rubber mounts/shocks/etc. replacement plus alignment, etc.) and compare with what I can do myself, or at least, what I think I can manage to do myself.
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paulbiche
@bright
Yeah it can add up, but it's probably the right thing to do... and to be honest with you, you do get your money's worth out of it, unlike like say, timing chain replacement where you don't notice a damn difference.