Slight play in lower suspension ball joints

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Other local MB dealer is quoting £466 inc VAT to replace both ball joints, which is £200 cheaper!( £662.49inc vat) It is labour intensive apparently?
 

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Other local MB dealer is quoting £466 inc VAT to replace both ball joints, which is £200 cheaper!( £662.49inc vat) It is labour intensive apparently?

If the ball joints are similar to the 211 set up then the dealer will have a special tool to press the joint in and out with the lower arm in situ, would have thought it would be no more than a hour a side.
I changed my 211 joints the hard way by removing hub and pressing them in and out and that took me 2 1/2 hours
 

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If the ball joints are similar to the 211 set up then the dealer will have a special tool to press the joint in and out with the lower arm in situ, would have thought it would be no more than a hour a side.
I changed my 211 joints the hard way by removing hub and pressing them in and out and that took me 2 1/2 hours

At a saving of £???????? a lot of money!!!
 

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