I brought in my Impreza for a funny sound coming out of the right front strut area. I was told that I was in need of some new struts. The quote for new struts all around came out to be about $1400 dollars. Reasonably priced, struts being a big job. My car has 60,000 miles on it, they told me that although its not a lot of miles the car, its 10 years old and needs new struts. So I went ahead and got them. In the end its was $1700 because the car also needed a camber adjustment kit. It was done in a reasonable amount of time, and mechanically everything is all right. The staff was helpful and professional. But the problem is that the sound I brought the car in for is still there, and there isn't a noticeable difference in the ride. It seems to me that now I'm $1700 bucks down with no real bright side other than I got a jump start on getting some new struts that I will eventually need, but not now. There isn't anything I can do about it.
I would recommend getting a second opinion before you have any major work done by these guys.
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