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Old 01-15-2015, 03:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Austin woot woot. The z shop wanted to charge me over 200+ for installing drop ins. That took me an hour.
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Austin woot woot. The z shop wanted to charge me over 200+ for installing drop ins. That took me an hour.
An hour to install drop in intake filters?
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Beware the small print some shops have minimum charge of one hour of labor!!!
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sounds like them home hvac repair places that charge 90bucks no matter wat..
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Austin woot woot. The z shop wanted to charge me over 200+ for installing drop ins. That took me an hour.
It took me all of 90 seconds, K&N stickers included. Where are you getting an hour?

No shop should charge for something like that btw.
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Austin woot woot. The z shop wanted to charge me over 200+ for installing drop ins. That took me an hour.
That's because everything is bigger and better in TEXAS! So shops charge more. I have My Local dealership install the more technical parts and they don't care, they just like to oogle.
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