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Old 04-19-2015, 10:41 AM
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I have the car at the dealer to get the GPS fixed and replace a faulty LED on the passenger side. Been working like 100 hours a week and the Z06 grill has been sitting for more than a month waiting for me install it.

Ask the dealer for a quote to install it since the car is there all week anyway.... $350 to $370 - labor alone - according to their rate card.

Yep, that grill will be waiting until I can get away from work long enough to install it.
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Originally Posted by Jack Be Quick Racing
I have the car at the dealer to get the GPS fixed and replace a faulty LED on the passenger side. Been working like 100 hours a week and the Z06 grill has been sitting for more than a month waiting for me install it.

Ask the dealer for a quote to install it since the car is there all week anyway.... $350 to $370 - labor alone - according to their rate card.

Yep, that grill will be waiting until I can get away from work long enough to install it.
Do it yourself. Takes maybe 30 minutes. Add: okay may more like an hour but it's really not that tricky if you watch the video. My dad had his apart in about the same time it took me to run a couple races in Forza.

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Way overpriced do it yourself.
Old 04-19-2015, 06:59 PM
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No way! I don't know of any shop that charges $175 an hour...
Old 04-19-2015, 07:30 PM
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A local Chevy dealer here in Connecticut charged me $165 out the door to install the Z06 grill and the Stage 1 diffuser. They did a great job! I was in and out in 2 hours.
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Do it yourself of find another dealer that is reasonable. It's an hour job at the most.
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Sounds like that dealer is trying to take you to the cleaners on that job.
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Originally Posted by Jack Be Quick Racing
I have the car at the dealer to get the GPS fixed and replace a faulty LED on the passenger side. Been working like 100 hours a week and the Z06 grill has been sitting for more than a month waiting for me install it.

Ask the dealer for a quote to install it since the car is there all week anyway.... $350 to $370 - labor alone - according to their rate card.

Yep, that grill will be waiting until I can get away from work long enough to install it.
The interpretation of their quote could be, "We really don't want to do it for you...take it somewhere else."
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I asked my dealer about installing the Z06 grill before I took delivery.

They said no they wont touch bodywork on a C7.

So looks like I will install myself.
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I've been working so many hours and the thing has been collecting dust at the house.... oh well.
Old 04-20-2015, 03:57 PM
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The install cost does seem high, but I bet you could look around and find it would be about the same as other places. If they haven't done it, which most haven't, they're going to overprice it to make sure they get paid if they run into problems.
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I just got mine also. I am way too busy to install it myself. I need to find someone local who can do it for me.
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Originally Posted by jagamajajaran
The interpretation of their quote could be, "We really don't want to do it for you...take it somewhere else."

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