Quotes for installing Prerunner kit

[doberboy]

On Saturday I stopped by two offroad stores in San Diego to see how much they would charge to install the Prerunner leveling kit. From what I read, it should take about an hour to install.

The first place I visited was Off Road Warehouse. I told the salesperson I had a 2.5 leveling kit that needed to be installed on a Nissan Titan. He asked what year the Titan was. That should have been my first clue. He called to the back and told them what I had. He then quoted me $275 for the install and $105 for the alignment. After a little chuckle, I left.

The second place I stopped was 4 Wheel Parts. I told the guy behind the counter the same thing I did at the first place. He pulled out a printed sheet and said $165. He wasn't very helpful and seemed more interested in getting back to talking smack with the other employees, so I left.

If anyone can recommend a reasonable place in San Diego or Southern Riverside county to get this kit installed, please let me know.

[scottryla]

4 Wheel Parts in Orlando told me $425 to install my Daystar kit and another place quoted me almost $500 and told me that was without the allignment, plus they had to keep the truck for two days. I told them I felt bad for their customers and walked out.

[SWEED32]

Originally Posted by scottryla

4 Wheel Parts in Orlando told me $425 to install my Daystar kit and another place quoted me almost $500 and told me that was without the allignment, plus they had to keep the truck for two days. I told them I felt bad for their customers and walked out.

Man I got my Daystar kit installed for $160 and that included the alignment...
Glad you guys walked...

[DWC5X5]

If you want to drive to Orange County, I went to Carli Suspension in Orange and talked to Sage. He charged me 100 dollars and 59 dollars for alignment. He did it in a few hours. He was a cool guy and did an awesome job. The Phone number is 714-273-0278.

[Sammy Sandbag]

Man, I got mine installed for $15.

[mytitan]

man u drive to orange county and ill help ya do it myself!!!!!!!!

[PrerunnerGreg]

I just installed a kit on a 4x with the off-road package and it took just over an hour and that included alignment. So most shops should charge less than 2 hours labor. Its just like replacing the struts, with one small step in the middle.

[Mike H.]

Originally Posted by PrerunnerGreg

I just installed a kit on a 4x with the off-road package and it took just over an hour and that included alignment. So most shops should charge less than 2 hours labor. Its just like replacing the struts, with one small step in the middle.

Did you ship this weeks batch yet?

[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.

[RedTitan]

Doberboy- Check these guys out. They did mine for the best price I could find in San Diego. Checked several of the local shops before I went with these guys. Mine was the first Titan they had done but they did it easily. No probs so far.

ROGER DANIEL'S ALIGNMENT & BRAKE
8517 ABLETTE ROAD Shoe F
SANTEE, CA 92071
(619) 562-7969