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I received my Panamericana grille from CKS Performance for my 2017 43amg. I took my car and grille to a local body shop and they quoted me $750 for the install. I guess it cost $400 for the camera calibration, which drives up the price.
My question is, does this sound like a reasonable price? Has anyone else paid for this? For me, its not worth messing up my car trying to do it myself.
I'm slowly upgrading my car. Have FI valvetronic exhaust, EBC ceramic redsuff brake pads and slotted drilled rotors
Its not that hard to do if you take your time. There are YouTube videos of how to do it, which are pretty accurate. I would suggest setting aside a day and take your time. I did and it was a way to really see how your car is built and what it looks like from that perspective. Plus personally for me, it gives me satisfaction to know that i did it. And after the first time if you ever need to do it again like i did installing an illuminated star, which didn't
end up working because of the Distronic it is not such a lengthy process.
Yeah, it's really doable if you have 2-3 hours to spare. If you're not comfortable, definitely take it to a shop or dealership. I'm in SoCal so most shops charge about $60/hour for labor. I can't imagine it would take them longer than 2 hours if I can do it all myself for about 2 hours. That's about $120...maybe $200 tops. $750 is insane...however I do understand that they can completely screw you over on this because they know you don't want to do it yourself if you're taking it to a shop.
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