Every price below is a real starting point, not bait. You approve the number before we touch a bolt — and if we find something else, we call first. That's the Forge Standard.
Tell us the car and what it needs — we'll rough out a price and how long it'll sit with us. Indicative only; the real number comes off the ramp.
Illustrative demo estimate — combines starting prices with a rough workshop time. Not a booking or a binding quote; your real figure is confirmed on inspection.
All figures are typical starting prices for this concept build. Live pricing would come straight from the workshop system.
Class 4 & 7 testing on our own DVSA lane, plus interim and full servicing to manufacturer schedule — stamped in the book or logged digitally.
Dealer-level tooling for VAG, BMW, JLR and Toyota — plus a scope, a wiring bench and a lead tech who reads schematics for fun.
Stage 1 to full builds, mapped on our AWD dyno with before/after runs you watch from the control room. Honest gains, printed and signed.
Hunter four-wheel geometry with a before/after printout, road-force balancing for wheels that refuse to behave, and tyres fitted same day.
Carbs balanced, points set, tappets adjusted by feel and ear. We own old metal ourselves — your weekend car gets driven like we mean it, then handed back better.
Full recover-vacuum-recharge cycle on both gas types, UV dye leak tracing, and antibacterial treatment for vents that smell like a gym bag.
Labour is billed to the tenth of an hour against book times. If we're quicker, you pay less — not us more.
| Item | Spec / notes | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Labour — general | Servicing, repairs, tyresBilled to 0.1 hr against book time | £78 / hr |
| Labour — performance | Tuning, fabrication, dyno cellIncludes dyno operator | £95 / hr |
| Labour — classics | Pre-1990 & carburetted vehiclesPatient hands, correct fasteners | £88 / hr |
| MOT — Class 4 | Cars & light vans up to 3,000 kgFree retest within 10 working days | £54.85 |
| MOT — Class 7 | Goods vehicles 3,000–3,500 kgBook the ramp by 15:30 | £58.60 |
| Dyno session | Power run ×3 with printoutAWD-safe, strapped & supervised | £75 |
| Courtesy car | Subject to availabilityInsured drivers 25+, fuel as found | £0 |
All prices include VAT. Genuine or OE-quality parts quoted at trade + 10% — the invoice shows both numbers, so you can check us. Demo figures for this concept build.
What we found, what we did — sent to your phone before you collect.
Parts and labour, on everything. Something fails, we make it right.
Signed off on the road, not just the ramp — by a second tech.
Ask and they go in the boot. Proof of the work, every time.
Two minutes to book. We confirm within one working hour — usually faster, unless we're under something German.
MOT while you wait — decent coffee, terrible biscuits