the installation prices are really weird,
in sf its about 850 +/-
and in 650 area i got quoted $650.

and they are only about 10 miles away from each other

 

Okay. EL Cajon wants $1000 as well.

And today it seems as if the great quote I got from Toyota of Escondido was too good to be true. Apparently the parts guy who gave it to me "drastically underestimated" the time it takes to install without first speaking to a service advisor. So, they now want $1200 as well. This is infuriating.

I was told, however, that if I can produce a printed quote from another dealership that they would do their best to match that price. So, between San Diego and LA, anyone get a good price on an install who won't mind revealing which specific dealership did it?

 

1000 is just way to high

 

damn seems like CA is too expensive when it comes to S/C installs....everywhere else i hear everyone getting as low as 350 - 500

 

well its based upon the labor, and labor in cali is high!

 

sounds like a _____. i hate people like that

 

The labor price per hour isn't really the problem with all these quotes. They're all charging between 75 and 85 bucks per hour. The problem is that they are all saying it's going to take 15+ hours to install it. That's what seems a little too high for me. I just don't understand why dealerships that I've spoken to on the east coast tell me they do them all the time in 6 or 7 hours, yet in SoCal it takes 15+.

 

Update...

After a little "talking" with the guys at Escondido, they said they could install it for $850. A few hours after setting up an appointment to have it installed on Monday, Mossy Toyota returned my call with a $625 offer. :D

So, tomorrow morning, the S/C goes in for $625!


I'll let everyone know how it goes.

 

i got quoted 650 for my car in miami! from kendall toyota!

 

well if i remember correctly TRD states a min of 10 hour install, most dealers (including the one that did mine) took 12 hours to do (it was their first S/C, and they were verifying everything)

 

Okay guys. Here's an update.

So I got the s/c installed at Mossy Toyota for $625. It'll probably be the last install they do at $625 because it ended up taking about 2 days to complete. So, lucky me.

Or maybe not. Driving off the lot, it would make a really funny noise when I came to a stop. At idle, RPM's would drop to around 300, a loud clicking noise could be heard in the cabin (not the normal s/c chatter) and the brake pedal would pulsate. Sometimes the entire car would shake, and it felt as if it wanted to stall. So, I drove it right back to the dealer. Waiting for the service manager, the car did stall. Restarted, and the RPM's just bounced between 500 RPM and 1500 RPM, as if I were touching the gas and letting off, touching the gas and letting off... But, obviously I wasn't. After a few minutes of this, it stalled again.

Anyway, they rechecked everything, and said they couldn't find what the problem was. So now, they have to wait for the TRD master-tech for this region to come off of his Labor Day vacation to figure it out.

Oh, they said the 2 reflashes were definitely done.

Anybody have any idea what the issue could be?

 

Well if you dont mind traveling look up Scion of Glendora in Glendora,CA . They always have reasonable prices and do great work !! They take care of Scions Especially !!

 

paid 304.80 for my install

 

$200 here, done at a Toyota Dealership. But I have family at the dealership.

 

so you can finance an s/c now?

 

No, you still can't finance the supercharger.

So has anybody got any clue as to what's wrong with mine?

 

hey my suggestion is install it your self is very easy if you have the tools. I installed mine in 7 hours and i think i took to long because the kit comes with every thing. its a very easy job!

 

updates?

 

What dealership did you get it done at? I'm going to assume since you have my area code that we live in somewhat the same area.

 

I had it done at Mossy Toyota.

I posted an update in the "Supercharger Hesitation" thread.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...efad4a02d4229c