did i get ripped off?? help me out guys. thx

[duckfart 10+ year member]

Seems pretty expensive to me.

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

$425 @ $60/hour labor rate comes out to be about 7 hours...I think its about right on 'cause I'd bet they charge more than $60/hour for labor....

well he told me JUST THE rear speakers ON MY car will take 2 hours alone because he has to take out the panel or something

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

Seems pretty expensive to me.

**** i wish i can tell him...not to install it anymore, sigh.

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

What year TL? Bose System? I've an Acura Vigor, kinda like an older TL and I've messed with my dads '01 CL and its it ***** to some extent...

 

[duckfart 10+ year member]

Well just make sure they do a helluva good job . Dont pay till everything is exactly the way u want it.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

if its like the civics ive torn apart, u have to take the rear deck off... which means u have to take the sail panels off, which means u have to take a trim piece off behind the door...

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

What year TL? Bose System? I've an Acura Vigor, kinda like an older TL and I've messed with my dads '01 CL and its it ***** to some extent...

2006 tl , els surround sound, not bose

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

if its like the civics ive torn apart, u have to take the rear deck off... which means u have to take the sail panels off, which means u have to take a trim piece off behind the door...

no clue lol, i dont even dare to take apart anyting out of this car...i just brought it 1 and half month ago.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

2006 tl , els surround sound, not bose

im sure its worst than the civics ive done then, also i was lucky enough to have the rear windshields out... makes workin with the rear deck easier

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

i'd say that's a little steep. Maybe because im a cheap @ss, or because i can install my own equipment. Also, duckfart has a good idea. make sure everythign is done to your standards. and i doubt it take 2 hrs to take out the back panel. they have manuals to tell 'em where all the screws and clips are. many shops love to BS to those they think dont' know how to install themselves.

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

Well just make sure they do a helluva good job . Dont pay till everything is exactly the way u want it.

yeah, i'll do that for sure. well ..i guess if anything goes wrong i can just go straight back to them...unlike some backyard mechanic right? lol

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

i'd say that's a little steep. Maybe because im a cheap @ss, or because i can install my own equipment. Also, duckfart has a good idea. make sure everythign is done to your standards. and i doubt it take 2 hrs to take out the back panel. they have manuals to tell 'em where all the screws and clips are. many shops love to BS to those they think dont' know how to install themselves.

i just think its **** up on how they are playing me...

they quoted me 125 to install sub/amp/jl clean sweep.....

and when i wanted to install speakers...they added 300 basically...

 

[playboyace35 10+ year member]

do you guys think it is because of the jl clean sweep or is that easy to install?

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Dude, you drive an Acura TL, so they probably think your made of money or something. I really dont think 420 is that bad for it in a car like that, but who knows really. When I had my cavalier done last year, I spent 200 bucks for a custom amp rack 2 12's, custom box, all new wire, deck, and 2 sets of componets and one set had to be custom fitted and they had the car for over 10 hours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

A Few things

They probably had to re run all of the wires in the car, or probably did anyways

Install and change shit over tothe cleansweep

Clean install

Here's what's important - does it sound good, and are you happy? As long as it was done right and you're happy, then it's worth that money bro, straight up. Probably on que with my local shop and they do pretty good work