[arpad_m]

I'm not saying they are right on the money with this estimate, but replacing the rear diffuser is a pretty tough job... the splitter is trivial and the side skirts are intermediate, but overall one still has 4 physical body parts to install.

It definitely took me more than 5 hours combined to install these, but then I'm just a DIY amateur. The service department has specific instructions on billable hours from GM on each part and kit, and if that (usually highly ambitious) document says 5 hours, I don't see why they would want to charge less.

[CalgaryZL1]

What pisses me off is when they give you a price quote and when you say no they say oh we can do it for half that after you refused a $1100 quote. That is bullshit business practice and it’s wise not to ever deal with those M effers

[NjaTrtl]

Originally Posted by CalgaryZL1

What pisses me off is when they give you a price quote and when you say no they say oh we can do it for half that after you refused a $1100 quote. That is bullshit business practice and it’s wise not to ever deal with those M effers

i do agree from that standpoint, but unfortunately that's almost every service industry you deal with. They are always going to quote the highest they can with the hope that 10% of the public are going to just say OK. And then for the other 90% they will knock the price it down to a realistic number that is still high, but more reasonable.

I know it's probably not going to be a popular decision, but I decided to have them do the install after all. I based my decision on a number of factors, but the main one is I just don't have the time to do it myself. I typically work 6 days a week and I don't want to have to wait until I have a free weekend to get it done. The car was already there so I just told them to do it for the $625. It's still a lot of $$$, but i figured $125/hr is a little more reasonable than $220.

[Annihilate]

I had purchased the 2nd gen gfx kit myself off of a local on ebay. OEM. Came with the side skirts, splitter, and defuser.

They wanted to charge me $600 for the lot. However I only wanted the splitter and side skirts installed. After clarifying this, they lowered it to $450. But this was during the original purchase of the car.

[NjaTrtl]

I finally got the skirts installed, but not without a bit of drama. They ended up sending it out to a body shop to have one side put on after the tech who started on it called out sick. The body shop did a piss poor job, which I didn't notice until I got it home. Fortunately I didn't get any push back from the dealership at all and the took it back and had it done correctly. And since they had to send it out and it took almost 2 weeks to complete it they only charged me $425. I'm very happy with the final results so it's all good.

[Start The Machine]

Man, that looks beautiful. Very well done.