installation prices

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

today after work, i went to get some seeds and this guy was installing car audio stuff in other peoples cars in the parking lot. i got to talkin to him and he said hes been doin it for 20 years and he does it as a sidejob on the weekends for some extra cash. i told him i needed a sub and box, 2 amps, and a head unit installed and i already had all the wiring and he told me it would be about 225 for the whole thing. you guys think this is a good deal or should i look elsewhere?

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[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

If it is a side job it may be to much. I do my installs as side jobs and I wouldnt charge that much, basically just for labor.

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

He's building you a sub? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

Seriously though...the guy works out of a parking lot? Don't think I'd be letting him touch my shit for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

He's building you a sub? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif
Seriously though...the guy works out of a parking lot? Don't think I'd be letting him touch my shit for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

well he has all his shit in his truck, and he drives wherever you want him to to install your stuff.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

He's building you a sub? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif
Seriously though...the guy works out of a parking lot? Don't think I'd be letting him touch my shit for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

If he is a legit mobile install service whether by actually having a business or merely having the proper tools and the know-how it might be okay...

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I do all my sh*t in my driveway on the weekends for extra cash, but I think $225 is a bit much to connect a HU, and run some wire to 2 amps, IMO.

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

If he is a legit mobile install service whether by actually having a business or merely having the proper tools and the know-how it might be okay...

until he busts a few panels or starts his shit on fire and then says he's never touched the car(not saying half the shops will do a **** thing if they fok up anything you bring them, and didnt buy from them) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif.

Do it yourself=better piece of mind and less $ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

until he busts a few panels or starts his shit on fire and then says he's never touched the car(not saying half the shops will do a **** thing if they fok up anything you bring them, and didnt buy from them) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif.
Do it yourself=better piece of mind and less $ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

until he busts a few panels or starts his shit on fire and then says he's never touched the car(not saying half the shops will do a **** thing if they fok up anything you bring them, and didnt buy from them) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif.
Do it yourself=better piece of mind and less $ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

but im lazy as ****, and i konw i could run all the wires i just dont wanna have to **** with uninstalling the stock radio and getttin a harness and running my rca's and remote behind the dash and all that crap. and i want it to work right off the bat, and if i do stuff myself it usually doesnt end up that way.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

but im lazy as ****, and i konw i could run all the wires i just dont wanna have to **** with uninstalling the stock radio and getttin a harness and running my rca's and remote behind the dash and all that crap.

So, you have never done it before, or you just to lazy. I have learned in the past, do it yourself and you will gain knowledge and save money //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif .

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

but im lazy as ****, and i konw i could run all the wires i just dont wanna have to **** with uninstalling the stock radio and getttin a harness and running my rca's and remote behind the dash and all that crap. and i want it to work right off the bat, and if i do stuff myself it usually doesnt end up that way.

Truly I understand the lazy, friend. For many years during my reign as a dumbass teenager I thought I had a monopoly on lazy.

There is an unduplicatable feeling of self-satisfaction, however, to be able to tell people as they are looking at your gear and OOOing and AHHing that you put it all in there yourself. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

Well for $150 at this local audio place (called auto image, it's a chain in NJ) I got my HU, Sub, Amp installed and my box carpeted for $125. So I say it's kind of on the high side. Did you look anywhere else? That's the best way to see what kind of price your looking at.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

for have almost 3000 post i would think that u would be able to know how to do it urself and have it work right the first time. i am installing a stereo for a kid i work with for $60 hu,amp,sub and wiring and bb and cc told him $100

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

in a parkin lot dude get real. i thought you know what you were doing with installing.

 

[mtdewelf 10+ year member]

offer him 50bucks to install your h/u and just run your power wires yourself.