will the dealer still install the stage 2 for around $300 if i buy it off of gm direct sight and not right from the dealer? it would be an easy was to save a few hundred thanks...

and another question is there anyone from southern maryland on here i could ride with??? ive seen a few around

 

hey whats up where at southern maryland are you in im in glen burnie i dont know how far away you are but alll the dealers around here wont touch it. but one does and they charge 600 outrageous dollars

 

i got charged 760 in va

 

for the install? man i paid $240, they said they got it out of a book of certain installations

 

you guys paid $600 and $760 for labor?? thats insane.. i saw on one of the dealer sights not sure which one any more one around DC that was charging like 1100 for parts and install so that would be like $350 for install but on other sights i can get stage 2 for like 550... and im in huntingtown md in Calvert county...

 

originally they said 1200 for stage 2 and exhaust but i said hell no... then after a few phone calls they brought it down to 760 for both since this was their first time doing this

 

If I'm reading this right, you bought the Stage 2 and the Exuahst from the dealer and had them install it for $760?? That's really good. Now, if you paid $760 just for the install of Stage 2 and Exhaust, you got ripped. Hope that's not the case.

 

unfortunately i got ripped.... the 760 was just install... the parts were like 800 or something like that... i knew i was getting screwed but i tried calling other dealers and they said they wouldnt do it at all... i only did it at the dealer cause the car is still under warranty...

 

if you want to take a hour and a half drive my dealership will install for 3 hours
verrrrry experienced with stage kits

 

went to my GM dealer and according to their book, it costs between 250-300 for the install of the stage 2. You can buy your stage 2 kit anywhere and bring it to them to install. I am in NC btw. see ya

 

Yes, it shouldn't take longer than 3 hours for install.

You should be looking at something around $300 or so

 

If your dealership is very experienced w/ stage kits, it shouldn't take them 3 hours to install a S2 kit...

Granted, that's still prob the best deal he's going to find.

If I were him, I would pay the extra money to know it will be installed correctly. My dealership charged me 3 hours, but that was because I was the first one they did. Turned out that the tech was an idiot; though, cause he imporperly seated one of the injectors and fudged up the o-ring on it so we had to order another one and then later on I found out he cross thread the bolts into the hub when he was installing the pulley...

 

i paid 45 for the reflash i rented a Power Steering Pump Pulley Installer ...i had the pully pressed off at a machine shop for 20bucks. but you can rent a three prong puller, auto zone just didnt have any at the time.

total time spent 2.5hr with running around in my dads beat down 81 f150 to get the pully pressed off.3.5hr if you count the time waiting at the dealership for the reflash.
shade-tree DIY mechanic FTMFW


for the cost of stage 2 (700-800 retail) install should be free , let alone 600 bucks , if i could do it in 2.5hrs running around town i see no reson why a ASE certifed tech cant do it in at lest the same time. but i guess ya gotta make money , but even at the stnd $65hr labor rate it shouldnt cost more than 200 bucks. so i guess gm charges 100 bucks an hr.

 

That's all well and good, but if he wants to keep his warranty, the S2 kit must be installed by GM.

If you don't care about warranty, then you shouldn't be buying a GM stage kit. For the same cost you could be dyno tuned w/ a smaller pulley, bigger injectors and prob some other goodies...

 

befor i got stage 2 i did reserch. if there wernt going to keep my warrenty i was going to go with a custom kit, but after calling around and asking a few dealerships they said as long as it was installed to "their standerds " it didnt matter who installed it as long as i got the reflash done.

im just one of thoes people who will not pay for somthing i can do my self.i get free oil changes and i dont even like having the dealer do that , they always spill oil all over my valve cover,

 

That's cool that the dealers let you do that. Not everyone's dealer will turn a blind eye to GM's warranty requirements. Just remember, the only thing that is in writing is the fact that GM won't cover warranty repair if it wasn't installed by GM. If you move and go to a different dealership, you may run into them giving you a hard time...

 

$270 labor for the install of stage II. Hey I'm in Maryland if your looking for someone to ride around with. What part of MD are you in?