Wonderful and quick experience, charged me way less than the dealer and he did the work in my driveway in the cold. I really appreciate all the hard work. . Verified Google review · 5.0 ★
Fares came by and did the brakes on my 2021 Lexus RX350. I got quoted way more at a shop so I decided to try a mobile mechanic instead. He showed up on time, did the work in my driveway, and everything went smoothly. . Verified Google review · 5.0 ★
Mobile auto repair across Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke. Send it and you get a price range on the spot, plus real time slots you can book yourself.
Prefer to talk? Call or text 647-450-0406. Text anytime, he reads them between jobs.
Takes 30 seconds. The next screen gives you the published price band and real windows you can book yourself.
The straight answer: Yes, with one important distinction. If you bought complete assemblies, often sold as quick-struts, with the strut, spring, mount and bearing already built up, that's straightforward driveway work and I'll fit them with a flat labour quote first. If you bought bare struts, the spring has to be moved over with a spring compressor, and that's genuinely dangerous work that belongs on a bench, not in a driveway. Tell me which you have and I'll give you a straight answer. Also worth knowing: a strut job usually wants an alignment afterwards, and that part happens at a shop. Cars With Fares comes to your driveway across Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke, get a flat quote or text 647-450-0406.
Text beats a form if you're on your phone, the message above is already written, you just add your car. He reads texts between jobs.
Struts are the job that makes an old car feel new again, and complete quick-strut assemblies have made them far more approachable, everything pre-assembled, no spring compressor, four bolts and a top plate on a lot of cars. That's why people buy them for themselves and go looking for someone to fit them.
I'm Fares, a mobile mechanic working across Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke, and suspension is some of my favourite driveway work, the difference is immediate and the customer feels it on the test drive. The full front-end refresh people ask me about lives right here.
Here's the honest split between assemblies and bare struts, what to confirm on your parts, why the alignment conversation matters, and how to get your labour number in one text.
You've bought the struts, so this is the full-service version for context, honest GTA shop and dealer ranges with the parts included. When you supply them, what's left is labour, and you get that flat number before any work:
| Scenario | What's involved | Typical GTA shop/dealer cost |
|---|---|---|
| Front struts, pair (quick-strut assemblies) | Complete assemblies, strut, spring, mount, bearing, installed | $700 – $1,500 |
| Rear shocks or struts, pair | Rear dampers, hardware, torque to spec | $400 – $900 |
| All four corners | Front struts plus rear shocks or struts together | $1,100 – $2,300 |
| European / adaptive suspension, pair | Electronic or adaptive dampers (BMW/Audi/Mercedes) | $1,400 – $3,000+ |
Fair question, it's the one nobody answers. Here's my published band beside the market's, so you can see both before you talk to anybody:
The full spread from the table above, smallest scenario to biggest. Market context so you can tell fair from silly, not my price, and I have no say in what a shop bills.
The part is already yours, so there's no parts line at all. I check it fits your car for free, then give you one flat labour number by text before I touch anything. For reference, my published band for this job including the part is $350–$1,500 per job scope, installed.
Thirty seconds. You get a price range back plus real time slots you can book yourself, no waiting on a callback to find out the price.
When two people pay wildly different amounts for the "same" job, these are the reasons, and they're the reasons your flat quote lands where it lands:
This is the fork in the road. A complete assembly, strut, spring, mount, bearing, pre-built, is a bolt-in job and safe driveway work. A bare strut means transferring the coil spring with a compressor, which stores enormous energy and is genuinely dangerous outside a proper bench setup. I do assemblies mobile. Bare struts I'll tell you honestly belong in a shop.
If you bought bare struts, the top mounts and bearings are usually as worn as the strut was, they're what causes the creak or clunk when you turn, and reusing tired ones puts the noise straight back into a fresh job. Assemblies include them. If yours don't, I'll tell you what's needed before we book.
Struts are always done in pairs across an axle, never one side, or the car sits and handles unevenly. Rear corners on many cars are shocks rather than struts and are a different, usually simpler job. Tell me what you bought and for which axle and I'll confirm it matches your car.
Disturbing the front suspension changes the alignment on most cars, so a proper strut job ends with one. I don't have an alignment rack in a driveway and I won't pretend otherwise: I do the parts where the car sits, then you take one short drive for one alignment. Doing all the worn parts first means paying for that rack time once.
Sway bar links, tie rod ends, control arm bushings and ball joints all live in the same neighbourhood and often wear on the same timeline as struts. With the corner already apart, doing a worn link or tie rod adds very little labour compared to a separate visit. I show you what I find and you decide, nothing gets added without your yes.
Yes for normal driving, with two real costs while you wait. Worn struts let the tire hop instead of staying planted, which lengthens stopping distances in the wet and scallops the tread, you end up prepaying part of a tire bill. And a strut with a blown seal, visibly leaking oil down the body, is done doing its job. If the car floats over dips, keeps bouncing after a bump, or the tires are cupping, book it. With the parts already bought there's nothing to wait for.
No shop bay, no waiting room, no "while we're in there" upsell. I come to your driveway or workplace lot, confirm what your car actually needs, and give you one flat number before any work starts, parts and labour, no surprises. If something doesn't need doing, I tell you that too; the trust is worth more to me than the extra line item. I handle mobile suspension repair across Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke.
Same arrangement across the board: flat labour quote first, fitment checked free before I start, my labour warrantied, the part stays under whoever sold it to you.
If they're complete assemblies, quick-struts with the spring, mount and bearing already built up, yes, and it's good driveway work. Send me the box labels plus your year, make, model and trim and you'll get a flat labour number back. If you bought bare struts that need the spring transferred with a compressor, I'll tell you honestly that isn't safe driveway work rather than attempting it in your driveway.
A quick-strut is a complete assembly: the strut, coil spring, top mount and bearing already put together and ready to bolt in. A bare strut is just the damper, so the old spring has to be compressed and transferred over, and a compressed coil spring stores enough energy to cause serious injury if it slips. That's why assemblies cost more and why they're the right choice for a mobile job.
On most cars, yes, and I'd rather be straight about it than let it be a surprise. Taking the front suspension apart changes the alignment, and driving on a bad one chews the new tires and can make the car wander. I do the parts where the car sits, then you take one short drive to an alignment shop. Doing all the worn parts first means you pay for that rack time once instead of repeatedly.
It depends on what's actually worn, and I won't push all four by default. Struts must be done in pairs across an axle, never one side, but the rear can genuinely be fine while the front is finished. The bounce test and a look at the tread tell the story per corner. If both axles are tired, doing them together is cheaper than two visits and the car feels transformed; if only the front is gone, do the front.
Sway bar links, tie rod ends, control arm bushings and ball joints, they live in the same area and usually wear on a similar timeline. With the corner already apart, replacing a worn link or tie rod adds very little labour compared to booking it separately. I show you what I find and quote it before doing anything; nothing gets added to the job without your yes.
Every range above is a guess until someone looks at your actual vehicle. Send me the details, or ask the AI mechanic and it opens straight onto this question, and you'll get an honest flat quote, then the job done right at your driveway. mobile suspension repair across Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke.
One text and you have a number. He reads them between jobs.
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