I'm going to have the rear shocks on my Cherokee replaced. What is a ballpark guess on how much this should cost me?

I don't want to get ripped off.

 

If you live somewhere with rust, expensive. I've heard of shops who aren't used to dealing with 20 year old XJs charging several hours per side due to the factory's short-sighted method of mounting the upper shocks.

If you're mechanically inclined I'd strongly suggest looking at writeups here on how to change your own.

 

lol dare i tell my story of a jack... my 3/8 air impact.. and about 15 minutes for both sides?? with a smoke break? or will i be pelted with a "rust comment"

seriously... if your jeep is not rusted... this is pretty silly easy... i wouldnt pay more than an hour labor... 100 dollars tops?? not sure your labor rate where you live..

if its rusted... i have 0 experience...

 

I don't like this. My Cherokee has a lot of rust. I plan to take it to the junkyard in August

Can I survive 6 months with a bad shock?

 

tons of cars on the road have toasted shocks and struts... if your going to junk it... let her ride!

i would part it out though.. alot more money than a salvage yard will give you for it

 

Agree with Jack. If you are going to basically toss it in 6 months, don't put a dime in it.

 

drive it 'till it dies and then say goodbye...you'll be amazed how far you'd still get..

 

Yeeuuup ride it out.

 

Replacing the rear shocks is laughable easy. You just drill out the upper mounts & replace the bolts. Most write ups have instructions on how to do this, but it's very very simple. But yeah, ride it out if you're just going to set it on fire. Or take care of it, and sell it for more money. Monroe gas shocks are like $30

 

You are a terrible person for even suggesting that. Horrible horrible very bad. Previous owner did that to my Jeep, it's a royal pain in the *** to fish anything through the drilled out bolt head!

 

Like the others have said don't even bother with the shocks if you are planing on junking it. It would just be a waste of time and money to change them out if it on it's way to the junk yard. Just curious, why are you planning on junking her, Is it in that bad of condition?

 

When I did mine 2 years ago the mounting bolts were rusted so bad they broke. But I had anticipated that and had new nuts & bolts, some wire and a telescoping magnet and they took me like 15 minutes. Seriously, ANY shop doing your rear shocks is going to rip you off regardless. Its not a job worth paying someone to do unless you have absolutely no tools and aren't mechanically inclined enough to remove a rusted/broke bolt and put a new one in.

 

Ha ha, say whaaaat? I just popped the weld nuts off and replaced them with a bolt & nut & washer set

 

There is NO WAY you guys replaced your shocks so quickly and easily - just ask Bimmer Jeep!

 

Popping them out and drilling them out are totally different things. My Jeep's PO DRILLED OUT what was left above the cross member, instead of using a punch, and it's impossible to fish anything longer than 1" through there now. With the lock washers I had to use a hemostat to hold the bolt so I could thread a nut onto it lol