what should I expect to pay for the removal of my old exhaust and the install of a fabspeed. My local dealer has a Fabspeed Supersport (the one I want) that a customer installed on his car for one day, and then brought it back for the quiet version.

any ideas?

 

Expect to pay for an hour of labor.

 

I'd say 2 hours labor.

 

At least 2 hours and maybe a bit more. One hour is too little time, IMHO.

 

1.5 to 2 hours is the goind rate, except for FVD which charges $1000.00 to install an exhaust!!

 

At least 2 hours... the removal of the stock exhaust sometimes prompts dealers to remove the bumper.

 

The rear bumper does not need to be removed for the switch of the two systems.

 

Try telling dealers in California that

 

yah, i wonder if that is what they are doing, because they said it would take almost all day. And the guy that I deal with in service is always straight with me, but then again, he doesn't actually do the work. That's just what the techs tell him.

Worst case scenario, I'll buy it from him and take it somewhere else. It would just be nice to have it done while he's doing my 15k service though.

 

As a backyard mechanic I can remove and replace the exhaust in one hour without removing the bumper. I am sure the dealer will charge at least 2 simply because there isn't any service they can perform (short of changing a light bulb) that takes a measely hour. If they charge more than 2 take a walk.
The work entails 10 bolts, four wiring connectors (for O2 sensors) and the removal of the sensors from the pipes.