13 hours labour for 3 gauges
 

hi there,would like to know if it is fair to be charged 13 hours labour to fit 3 gauges in a pod in a sti type r,please can you discuss this matter

sounds a bit steep

I got charged 1 hour to fit 2 defi's in my 2008 STI

phone around and get some quotes for the same job and see what the result is

Is this quoted or what you've been charged?

Took me a couple of hours to fit boost, oil press, oil temp and AFR

13 hours.. im sure you could have done them yourself in that time! doubt a garage would take the job on if it took them a full day!

If it's the usual compliment of Boost, oil pressure and oil temp located on top of the dash in a pod, then I believe a 2-4 hours labour would be much more like it!

13 seems very excessive!!!!

Gulp, sort of depends on how the car was presented. If the car went in tip top and no problems were encountered WTF were they doing for nearly 2 days money !:eek::cuckoo:

Took me a full day to do my three, BUT: there was lots of thinking and checking time, plus plenty off coffee breaks.

About 8 hours in all, but only about 3-4 if you know what you are doing and just work at it.

name and shame that garage you could build half an engine in that time

im not a mechanic and i fit , boost, oil temp and pres, wired in and operating in 1 and a half hours

What was the labour charge per hour ?

Even the most incompetent moron could fit in half that time. IMO you have had your pants pulled down!

We know a few of these :norty::norty:

Even I could do it in less time than that and I'm a lazy incompetant.

**** me:eek::eek: You could take up a college course in re-wiring and mechanics and do it quicker than that:lol1: Shouldnt take a compitent garage any more than 2.5hrs to fit 3 gauges,unless problems occur.

which gauges is it? not all are as simple as others, but 13 hours does, on the face of it, seem a bit ott

Did they fall asleep half way through:lol1:

I have just been charged £185 plus vat (5 hrs) for fitting 3 genuine Defis, the Advance link plus oil sandwich plate.

Seems reasonable.

Cheers

Steve

When I bought my car I got a receipt for the purchase and fitting of 3 prosport stepper gauges in with the service history, it didnt outline the cost of purchase and labour, but I think the gauges are around 50 quid'ish each... and the invoice total was £450!!! :eek:

Previous owner must have been mental :cuckoo:

I know just one garage(Power Engineering),which fitted turbo timer with harness for 8 hours in Uxbridge....and 13 hours for fitting gauges is TOP

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Did you question the charge at the time?

If you were only charged £5 per hour then the 13 hours isn't too bad

I fitted a set of Defi's to my old car in about an hour and half using a sandwich plate for the oil temp and pressure.

Wiring couldn't be easier,all can be connected to the radio wiring harness if you know what does what, 2 minutes on the web sorted that out.

lmaolmao i love it FRIDAY

Took me about 4-6 hrs to remove mine properly so i would imagine the same to fit..

I once fitted my own gauges with some mates. It took us nearly 9 hours :lol1:

I think the problem was that only one of us was mechanically minded, the other was electrically adept and then there was me :lol1:

Rip off! think scoobyworld quote 4hrs labour...plus the cost of prosport gauges is approx £420.

:eek: It only took me about 3 hrs to swap a V5 dash, including a tea break.

I am about to do gauges and there's a guide in the General Technical Archive. Looking at about 2 to 3 hrs.

This sounds like a wind up tbh :rolleyes:

Lol, if that's true that's even better (worse) than the 13 hours for 3 gauges :lol1:


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