Hey guys. I live in San Diego, have an 06 tC and just purchased the S/C from TRD Sparks. $1850 was just too good of a deal to pass on. I also just got off the phone with a lady at Kearny Mesa Toyota who quoted me $1000.00 to install it!

When I asked what that was based off of, she said "That's 10 hours of labor. Standard for all our supercharger installs."

I said "So you've done a bunch of these, and actually charged people $1000 to do it?"

She says "Oh yeah, we've done plenty. And charged a lot more than that too."

Yeah. Anyway. I guess I won't be going to Kearny Mesa Toyota to get the install done. There's probably 15 different things wrong with what that lady said.

Question: Has anyone in the San Diego area gotten their S/C installed at a dealership and what was your experience? How much did it cost?

Thanks!

 

NOOOOO!!!! By their book the install should be around +/-$450-500 with out tax. I paid $450 after tax. I was quoted $925 by another dealer and when I asked if I got to keep the $500 reflash tool for that price they hung up on me.

 

Yeah. I left out a little of the conversation too. I eventually got hung up on as well when I questioned why they would sometimes "...charge much more than that."

I guess she didn't really have a good explanation for that statement.

BLUEMEANIE: Was your install done at a dealership?

 

Holy __! $1'000!?

I just got mine installed last Wed for $350 at a dealer in Wausau WI. I got other quotes like, 450, 650, and 850 from other dealers though.

I think around 5-600 is pretty reasonable condidering how long it takes.

At $1000, what good is a warranty if you've allready paid more than you will save?

 

Should live around here they do it for cheap cause they are the Toyota dealer of the state for customer service haha theyll bend over backwards to keep that

 

I got mine the month they came out, and it cost me $4000 installed... now thats a $3200 S/C and $800 installed. That was back in 10/2005.

Main reason why I was fine with that was that it was all rolled into my financing as a $4000 accessory

 

^^ hey i thought that the s/c you couldn't finance and it had to be paid off in full.

jedala, is your tC auto or manual? maybe the price for auto installation is more...

 

shouldn't be different. I got quoted 650 and they didnt ask/know whether it was a manual or auto.

this thread makes me want to look around more for a nicer price

 

Did you try Poway Toyota, Escondido Toyota and El Cajon Toyota?

 

Yup.

 

$474 quote in Butler, PA... Wed it will be in!

 

My tC is an automatic. However, from what I've been told, the installation costs the same.

Poway said they would call me back with a quote. That was a few hours ago. Haven't tried El Cajon. Escondido just told me $600. So, I don't know how many they've done as of yet, but that seems to be a reasonable price. Thanks for all the replies!

 

$800 for mine...

And the idiots had it for two days and didn't even install it completely - had to go in a few days later because the alternator was loose, then they tried to tell me the part was only covered under a 1-year parts-only warranty (which I corrected).

At least I got a free loaner car. A 0-60 in five minutes flat Corolla S...

 

Just shop around because some dealership told me 975. I got mine installed $350.69 and that includes tax. It depends on how much the dealer chargers per hour. The dealership I went to simply charged the cost per hour as an accessory so thats why it was so cheap.

 

Well, this just in: Poway Toyota just returned my call. Their bid is.... $1200!

It's amazing to me how dealerships so close together can charge such drastic differences for the exact same thing.

 

from what I understand you can now through toyota financial. Mine was through a credit union, and it was before they said it couldn't be financed.

 

Wow! That's amazing, I lived in poway when I first bought my scion, I was told that they charged less per hour for service...

I bought my car from Kearny Mesa, they charge a lot for everything. I got a quote from them to install the TRD LSD, they said it would take like 30+ hours and would cost me like $3200 + Parts and tax... hahah

Let us know what you find.

 

wow thats outrageous

 

800 for the install

 

I bet that install comes with the complimentary TRD lube as well ;)


I got mine done on the east cost for $550 out the door and I have a 07 auto