My mechanic wants to charge me $250 even for replacing the idler arm, pitman arm,, tie rod, relay rod, struts + alignment and I'm gonna bring the parts.

Does this sound reasonable or not ? ( Keep in mind that I live in NYC, it' s expensive here )

 

sounds good to me, to know for sure call some shops in your area and ask

 

what else will he be replacing besides the idler, pitman, tie rods and struts?

but $250 to replace those parts above is a pretty good deal.

 

for all that labor and an alignment, that's a good deal.

 

Don't replace the Pitman arm, it's nothing but a dumb piece of metal with no wear parts. It doesn't go bad, ever, unless it gets bent in a REALLY bad wreck. It's a witch with a capital B to change, probably $50 of the labor at least, and won't do anything at all to your car.

Put new poly sway bar bushings and end links on it instead.

 

sounds like a good price..

 

Thanks for the input. I looked around today, and so far that's the best deal.