i have had a few quotes on getting a new clutch fitted but was wondering what the average sort of cost is and time taken the most has been £375 and cheapest £300 buy both said the car might have to stay overnight due to the flywheel incase it needs skimming

 

Find someone with replacement flywheels in stock.

Is that supply and fit?

Rob

 

Not sure where you live, but have you tried Town End Garage? I live in the Midlands but traveled all the way up to the Lake District for them to do mine! Real good on price, good service and they did it in a day(Company very close to them can skim your flywheel if it needs it). Been there twice, for the clutch and a gear box rebuild!


Weenie

 

Does that include the clutch?
Considering a decent clutch is about £180 at £300 there doin it for nothin..
We generally charge £400+vat..sound expensive to what you been quoted but we do quite a few in our area..Many people comment that they been qoute upto £1000..

Oh yea...it is wise to have the flywheel done while the box is out and make sure the gearbox to engine dowels get re fitted too..

 

Engine dowels get refitted?

They shouldnt be removed in the first place

Flywheel only needs to be 'done' if there is a problem (not flat/true/cracks etc)

Rob

 

We have had cars in that the engine dowels have fell out after havin the box out..this has caused clutch judder and "bluing" of the flywheel..
For the sake of £40 we always do the flywheel unless the customer asks us not too or is on a budget..
I think its just better to do it.

 

my local garage quoted me £329 just to fit
thats 35 an hour,8 hours + vat

then a place 30 miles quoted me £120 to fit it
reckons about 2.5 hours . . . .

 

i have the clutch already so that is just fitting costs not sure if that includes the flywheel skimming to

 

like i say...we charge about £225+vat labour only...Seem to be in the middle..Usually takes about 5 hours all in..sometimes the time will double if things go wrong.They sometimes do.

 

good price FMS... however, i wouldnt take my car to you if there were no other garages on earth!

You stated that the engine to gearbox dowels would fall out.. these NEVER come out!
the you changed your mind and said that you meant the flywheel dowels... I have fitted poss 20+ subaru clutches without flywheel dowels, including my own car.

Then you would do the flywheel even if it didnt need it, unless the customer was on a budget?? ah... i see... so they cant afford £40 for a flywheel to be done but can afford to have the box taken out again as it is no good... Hmmmm

Sorry mate, i believe perhaps that you have not realised that people on here may know that you are talking ****

Rob

 

I got a clutch fitted by scoobyclinic not so long ago. They charged £375 inc VAT to supply and fit their uprated clutch. I supplied my own flywheel which they fitted free of charge. They also lent me a courtesy car free of charge so I nipped into town, had lunch and went to see a movie. On returning 4 hours later, my car was ready for me to drive away.

Highly recommended!

 

Purely for comical value... please explain this...

Rob

 

Deffo reccomended!! you can argue with that!!!!!!!!

Rob

 

I seem to think that in the parts section of the midland autotrader theres a garage that will supply n fit for £250 but i havent got a trader here to find the advert. dont know nothing about the garage or anything before anyone tells me i'm talking s#*t aswell lol

 

Lol, i wouldnt normally get on one like that!!!!!!!!! but come on!!

£250 inc clutch!!!!!!! that is good!! even if recon clutch that is good value, unless a certain person fits it .

Rob

 

lol ya language was bluer than the flywheel
im sure its in the back of the trader cos i looked at it after id put the engine back in my MY00 a year or so ago and thought feckin hell i hope they fit it quicker than i did for £250 lol if id been on an hourly rate itd of costed at least bag o sand

 

FPMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need to remember that!!!!!!!! Bag o sand!! lol

Rob

 

Fat Scooby Fella... out of interest who is 'we'. I presume you are in the trade from what you have said, so what's the garage called?

Tony.

 

whereabouts is scoobyclinic based cause if its to far i aint worth my time im in suffolk

 

they are in chesterfield mate.

The journey is worth the effort IMHO..

Rob

 

Yeah, it was a 250 mile round trip for me but their reputation is real good on this bb. The service I received was excellent also.

 

Got my clutch for MY93 for £105 from Motorfactors GL in Bolton, then a garage fitted it for £141 inc VAT!!!! A lot of other garages were charging through the roof! Cheers

 

Tweenierob comes highly recommended for clutch changes.

Merv

 

Another Vote for Tweenierob, just need to get him to do it full time!!

Beaker

 

Cheers guys, never full time! been there done that!!!!

I'll stick to my night shift.. i love it

Rob

p.s. Merv, hows ya car?

 

Running sweet Rob,just got to fit VF34 and get a remap and then I will be happy,until!!!?? Got any uprated gearboxes kicking about?

Merv

 

Funny you should ask that.....

I may be removing my gearset to try another companies set, not for a while yet though... proven to 500hp so far

Like the VF34 choice!! becoming more popular..

 

oi.. rob.. mail me some details on the new offering

allways curious to hear

 

Rob,

Just saving up for a clutch...then will give you a shout once all is ready!

Which clutch would anyone here recommend, I was thinking AP Organic...not pushing more then 340bhp! How much shall i budget for a clutch?

Also Rob what if the flywheel needs skimming at the time of the change? Will there be a return visit? shall I save little further for a lightened flywheel? think API had then for £150...

Ofcourse on the other hand i do not mind a 2 visit up to ScoobyClinic..though i am not sure how there uprated clutch will compare to another one on the market...

Sam

 

Dunno what sort of power output I am running but the Scoobyclinic clutch is handling my MY 95 UK Saloon with the below mods fine:

TD05 @ ~1.3Bar
K&N Panel filter, removed resonator box and replaced with cold air feed, de-grilled MAF
MRT Inlet Plenum Pipe
Walbro Pump and FSE reg
PFR7B plugs
Revolution 3" decat DP and system
Scoobyclinic clutch and Fidanza 4.2KG flywheel
AVO TMIC
Apexi PFC mapped by Andy F


I also don't know what mods/ power you're running so it may not be suitable depending on your spec.