Just finished talking with my local dealer about getting my Stage 2 kit installed. The service manager said it would be 2.5 hours labour at $73 an hour which is 219. I live in Canada, but is 2.5 hours too long for the install, i've seen it mentioned on this site that its only supposed to be 1.5 hours, is this right? Just wondering is this a fair price in regards to how long they are charging me or should it be less? How long have most of you guys been charged for the install?

Thanks
NLCobaltSS

 

thats actually not to bad....$73 an hour canadian is quite reasonable.

2.5 is a little bit stretched....but to be honest ive seen FAR worse quoted.....

maybe see if you can shimmy them down to 2hours....but $219 canadian for install isnt to shabby at all. Id go for it.

 

Yea you are lucky. Stearling Chevy are charging 7 hours for 100 dollars in hour.

 

oh god dont pay that.

thats robbery.

1.5-2.5 hours is the install time.

 

I paid $216 US for my install. 2.5 hours is on the high side, but within the suggested time by GMPP

 

I wish I could get it done down here is Houston for that price. Anyone had experience with any of the dealers in this area?
Randy

 

eh, houston blows. Come on up 35 and get it done in dallas

j/k i dont know of any dealers down in houston though, sorry

Heres a list of the GMPP dealers around huston, call one of them:
http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/lo...=&programCode=

 

That is a good price, labor rates here are in the 90s.

 

Most dealers quote this because their mechanics don't do them often so they take alot more time then a hot rod shop. i mean how many times in a year do you think a GM tech uses a pully puller on a supercharger? Not often plus GM always takes the charger off which adds to the time, yes I know it says to do it but the pully can be removed on the car.
Not to mention the tech is usually on the phone with GM for an hour to get the damn Flash!

 

Sterling Chevy is not a good place to go IMO

 

i went into the dealer today and got quoted 750 for the stage 2 parts. i was like omfg noway man. talked their ass down to 675. ok couldnt get them to go down anymore. (might try again tomarrow) then i was like ok how much for just the reflash of my pcm. he goes to the back or to talk to some guy and came back and said 175. i was like lol noway man. so then i was like ok go find out how much for total installation. comes back says 200 even. so i was like ok not too bad but i told him na man cant do it. left , called the guy and he went back and now its 100 for just the reflash. im going to put the parts in myself. not sure if im gonna do it. anyways just thought id share that story. are those prices legit?

 

200.00 for install and flash plus 675.00 is legit.

 

I questioned my Dealership the other day when I got my oil changed and they quoted me 250 +tx. $94 an hour.. he said approx 2.5-3 hours time. so I dont think thats THAT bad...
BTW its Crane Chevy in Clifton NJ..

BTW thats just for the install....

 

That's not too bad... I paid I think $289 for the install... I can't remember what it was quoted at in the book... but the price ain't bad.

 

Oh trust me. I'm defintly not getting my kit installed at Sterling Chevy. They are bunch of tools who talk down to customers.

 

remember hes in canada too.
so 219 is quite reasonable.
since your looking at like $180 US

 

I talked to the guy at Crane and he had a car in the lot with a GMPP exhaust so I could hear it.. sounds good up close and in person.. but this car was blowin black smoke...
didnt ask how much to isntall teh exhaust. that would be a rip off..

 

I took mine to Byers Chevrolet in Dublin, Ohio.. They didnt know the labor so they said they would call GM's Partec hotline and find out. They called me back quoting 2 hours labor. Total came out to be $176.14 and they said they didnt have to take the supercharger off.

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if the stage kits aren't installed by a GM certified technican the warranty is voided.

 

dude i got my **** done for 250 in the UNITED STATES , some dealers wanted 350

depends how good you are with your mouth and the dealer i mean **** if you KNOW what your talking about and hardley even let them talk im sure you will get it covered but if you go in there and say yea my friend did it he drives a 94 mustang and hes not a certified tech then your screwed but i mean if you have it installed by someone other than the dealer make sure there ase certified and you shouldnt have any trouble , to tell you the truth if i could do it over again i would just have the dealer do the tune , the guy who worked on my car was as old as i was (19-20) might as well have done it myself, the only reason i did pay is so i dont have to deal with the bs if they give me any i dont feel like i can go 2 for 2 (gm has already replaced on of my CAMMED blown engines under warranty bc of my good talking)

 

true dat!

 

Correct. So if you all want to bitch about $200 for labor, which is more imporatant a warranty or $200?

 

I'd like to see a STG2 hub/pulley install on these cars with the blower left in the car. It seems to me that the 5 minutes it takes to pull the blower would be alot faster than trying to work in such a cramped space .

 

What???

 

nope.
right in the GMPP parts book under staged kits....it says the staged kits are covered under vehicle warranty when installed by GM.
and when done by the "do-it-yourselfer" you get 12 months warranty.