thats sad if a mechanics course can't do your suspension. I did mine with my friend in a parking lot whithout any prior experiance. The thing I hate about mechanics is that they don't read instructions. Get a freaking manual open it up and do what is said to be done. Shops SUCK!!!! Once a mechanic just threw the front struts in whithout alligning that notch that goes into the fork. DUMBASS. Something wasn't right and I noticed it at a nearby gas station. When I told the mechanic how it should be done he got all offended. He was sooo pissed that he accidently snapped the struts head off and had to drive 45min to get another one.