kwwebster

I have a 2003 C5 Anniversary with 40K miles. I'm being told by GM dealership that my Rack and Pinion and struts need to be replaced.
Does this seem right for this low of mileage? They are quoting me approx. $5,000 to replace all.

JR-01

No. Struts?
What is wrong with your rack and pinion? Have you driven it really hard?

FX VETTE

SG Lou

$5k ?

They must be smoking some good Chit Man....

BTW: you don't have struts. Mono Transverse Leaf Springs and Shocks.

pjdbm

You need to seek another Corvette repair facility

Vetteman Jack

Get a second opinion.

striper

Come to my house and pay me $5000. I'll do it for you and I keep the old parts. My '03 has its original rack, however I did put Bilsteins (shocks) in.

~Josh

A complete set o new Bilsteins are less than $400 you can get a reman rack less than $250 or new AC Delco for $575. 2 quarts power steering fluid.

It would take 3-4 hours max for the entire job including all 4 shocks.

At $130 dealer rate per hour still puts you in the $1500 range.

They are trying to brutally rape you. Never go there again, even to buy a key fob. Run.

kwwebster

Josh, Thanks for the Info. I had a feeling this was the case. I'm new to the corvette world and just wanted to hear it from someone who would know.

kwwebster

How many miles did it have when you replaced the struts?
Does yours have the Touring/Sport mode, which I think requires the F55 series of struts?

Thanks

bravo29

**** $5k as someone else said pay me and come on over. Can knock that out in the garage at half the cost or alittle past half.

kwwebster

This is what the GM folks said, I haven't noticed anything so far. They said that both the Rack and the struts are leaking. I have a feeling they are blowing smoke and trying to rape me.

Thanks,
Keith

c4cruiser

Find a reputable independent repair shop and get an estimate from them. All C5's use shocks; there are no "struts" on these cars. Check out the deals from Bill Curlee (a CF supporting vendor) for some really good deals on C5 shocks. He also has Z06 shocks for both C5 and C6 years and either will fit your car. Look thru this thread to find lots of good information and prices.

A remanufactured rack unit should cost around $250 plus shipping. Then figure a few hundred for labor.

Is there a Corvette club in your area? Maybe some of the members have been thru this and can recommend a shop. Definitely DO NOT go back to this "dealership". They are way off base in terms of price.

Mitch45

lets see if I did this my self and told the wife it cost 5000 - what could I spend the money on ?

Smoken1

This is why the price is so high, you have the F55 shocks

JR-01

You really can't trust anybody. My wife took her 5 year old Mercury into a new Tire Pros in town to get an oil change because she had a coupon. They told her it needed new struts costing $3K. I told her "no it didn't" and 8 years later it still doesn't. Another local independent shop wanted $350 to put a new fuel filter in my C5. The local Chevy dealership did it for $100.

Fast Cop

Fill out your profile, you may be near by and someone will come help for a cold one.

striper

As I originally offered to repair your car for the $5000 bill, I forgot to mention that my car has 160,000 miles on it now. I put the Bilstein shocks in as one of the mods I did when I lowered my car and put upgraded wheels and tires on it. Stock shocks were still good. Now if you do have the tunable factory shocks, they are quite expensive. However you can tune them out of the computer and replace them with much more affordable conventional shocks that are better performing. You do need a Tech II, which I have.