Installing new rear crossmember

[ollieskins]

Hi all,

Thanks for welcoming me to this great site & thanks for all your help. My defender needs some work, but I kind of expected this. I am going to install a rear crossmember with frame extensions & gas tank cradle. My question is, what is a reasonable ballpark figure for something like this (labor, not parts)? I am checking out two different places, but would like to have a basic figure in mind before I commit to anything. Thanks!

[evilfij]

$500

[WhiteD90]

There is usually more to be done than just the crossmember once you get it apart. Ask Jim Cirbus, he did one for me a while back. I spent more than $500 and the labor rate was cheap.