Guy quoted almost $400 to put Intakes on a G37 at Forged Performance.. thoughts?
 

This was given to me by a friend asking if it was a fair price and for shop price comparisons.

Summary: Some parts have reasonable prices. Others.. well not really at all. 3.5 hours to install Stillen intakes. 2.5 hours for a catback. $2350 for a $1900 exhaust.

Prices speak for themselves.

Information of the quoted person has been blinded although I am sure it will be dug up by Forged. All logos are property of Forged and are only shown as referenced on the quote provided to my friend.

I fully anticipate people trying to make me look bad for posting about this quote but the facts are facts and quotes are quotes.

Is your friend a girl? No mercy at all. LoL

5K? Pretty close to just getting a GTM supercharger with DIY install.

My friend is a guy, really nice guy actually, new to the scene and went to Forged with questions, resulting in this quote.

$109/hr. Seems kind of steep to me. 'course I'm a tightwad when it comes to paying someone else to do the work. :rolleyes:

That's high. Taking that the whole thing is steep out of the equation. A shop should never sell you a product then charge you shipping on something thats not being shipped to you, it's flat out ridiculous. Their shipping cost should be taken out of the profit.

I've paid 100 buck an hour there years ago. That's the going rate if you ask me. I do most of my own work. I even installed my own turbo kit and had them tune it along with some other stuff. So $100 an hour I didn't mind paying. I saved thousands doing things myself. That's just what it is. But you should be hooked up when it comes to multiple installs at once. I could see the exhaust taking that long if you have to relocate the EVAP on the rear. They really shouldn't charge as much for the cats being installed since they are already under there removing the exhaust. IMHO. But I don't run a shop, so I can't say what I would do if I had bills to pay to run a shop. That is a quote. So it might be less than that when they get done. Never know. Everything is negotiable. But for the intakes, not sure. You do have to take the front clip off and trim some pieces. But they should know how to do this inside and out.

Does your buddy live here in GA? Maybe I could help. My dad and I both own a lift.

Aside from the HFC's which are kind of tough, the rest could have been installed easily by your friend and you. Waste of money.

HFC's really are not that bad also. Couple of bolts hard to reach but I'm used to it. The exhaust is about as easy as it gets.

i got quoted for an hour install for a cat back exhaust. 2.5 .... .wtf?

Keep in mind some exhaust require to relocate the EVAP. Takes more time to do right. But I'm sure they would charge less.

high flow cats price is reasonable but everything else is bs man.

2350 + shipping for the hks exhaust? WHATTTT?!!

Lets see.

I can do HFC's, and a catback in 1.5 hours my-self. It's not that hard. Intakes another 1.0 maybe.
Seems way out of the ballpark if you ask me.

This kills me. The shop makes a profit on the retail price of the parts then over charges for installation.