[avroflyer]

Lets say the hourly rate (including any benefits) to pay one of these people is $20/hr. Lets say two of them work on your vehicle for a total of $40/hr. Lets say then that it takes a conservative 3 hours then to install your leveling kit. That comes out to $120 total. Add to that an hour alignment, thats another $40/hr for a total of $160 total. So, a maximum fair installation price should be around $160.

So why in the heck are these places quoting upwards of $600 dollars for a leveling kit install???? I WISH I got payed that much an hour! Geez, they make money on you already because you are paying retail for the stuff (assuming you bought the stuff directly from them)... I guess if you DIDN'T buy the stuff from the store that is installing your stuff, I can see a little bit of a premium (they gotta make their money somewhere), but not $500 dollars of premium!

I know the 4 Wheel Parts who put on my wheels and aligned+balanced them charged me $80.00 for all the labor (alignment+balance included) and it took roughly 2 hours for install and alignment. Still a little high I figured, but they matched a deal on the wheels I found on-line so that was cool.