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The big question you have to ask about the $3000 quote you were given.... is the *installer* worth $3000? Because most shops, I wouldnt let anywhere near these cars. 9 out of 10 are going to completely hack up your car, and you wouldnt want them to even attempt to tune it themselves because they will just blow it up.

If it doesn't take a full week of a qualified tech working on your car every day (twin turbo), then I would seriously question the quality of the work. Anyone at home can just bolt up the kit out of the box and call it done, but there are soooo many extra steps that a good and experienced performance tech will take that is going to make it take considerably more time.

Any full day of heavy work on a car like this is easily worth $500, and after the week I believe it should take, $3000 sounds perfect. Just make sure you're not giving $3000 to some clowns to hack up your car. Someone who installs the same kit regularly may be able to do it quite well in a little less time.. but that does not earn the customer a savings. Just like at a car dealership, you pay a rate for a job... if the shop/installer is efficient enough to do it just as well a day or two sooner, that doesn't mean the job is worth less.

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