6 can of beers for my friend. lol..

but a regular shop install a regular turbo kit should charge $1200-1800 ish for labor, not including kit or anything.

If need custom work, it will be more.

 

I hope I have a friend like yours~~haha

 

i'll buy you a crate of beer ! as for me it's gonna be a DIY job as shops do not know what they're doing

 

Should be around $300 at a reputable shop.

 

i remember a shop was trying to charge me over a grand for install for my integra and i just ended up doing my homework and installed it with my friend...took almost a whole day but saved a whole grand...

 

Yea but at least with the integra there is more to it than just swapping out a turbo. With the integra you need to run piping, intercooler, run all the lines, exhaust mani, and turbo. This gentleman is just looking for someone to swap out his turbo.

 

i have question...will the dealer knows you have a different turbo easily. maybe not because it is at the back and with shield. maybe unless they remove it and really look at it.

 

I just got a quote on this at a good local shop and it was $550 along with an r/r of the throttle body. Don't forget that you'll want a tune.

I actually decided to bundle it all into a bigger build because a lot of work is rework (removing panels, braces, intakes, etc to get them out of the way). If you have any other upgrade plan then talk with your installer to strategize about how to optimize your labor costs.

For example, so much stuff has to come off to upgrade the clutch that it presents a good time to upgrade the downpipe, IC pipes, motor mounts, etc. I didn't know that or I may have done things differently...let the shop do that downpipe! lol.

 

So a shop shouldn't price each part installed by how long that individual part takes to install, but rather as all the parts combined?

 

For me it's not about the money it's about the pride I have. I have never let anyone work on any of my cars. I was taught if you don't know how to work on it don't mod it.

 

I was taught the same thing about my own body. I never go to the doctor's myself; if I don't understand it, fuck it; it ain't getting done.

 

$0 if you do it yourself and takes minimal hand tools with just a few hours, I've done 3 or so now on these cars. No more difficult than a down pipe install.

Shops will charge between $300-$600 for labor to do this. It does take about 3 hours for someone to do it who knows what they are doing.

 

$0 if you do it yourself and takes minimal hand tools with just a few hours

I agree. It's one of those jobs that I'd do myself if I had a garage and a second car (to run for the inevitable things that you don't have). I've just found it too much of a pita to borrow someone's garage and find someone to hang out and give me a ride if I need one...f it.

 

Got mine done for around 500.

 

LOL^^

 

Ohhhhhhhhhh..... Yeah I understand that then man don't blame you at all then. I would not sleep it night if my X was on the street on stands.

 

I agree with hotdog, there's some things I will do and some things I won't do.

I want my turbo port+polished and my manifold ported to match, but will I read some how-to's and bust out the dremel and stock up on cutting wheels and buffing tips for this? Nope. I'm going to give it to somebody who's done this before.

Now as far as unbolting and rebolting stuff back on, that has its limits too. Those limits are different for different people, but swapping out the downpipe isn't an easy task if you don't have immediate access to the proper tools, you don't have a lift in your garage, you don't have a garage PERIOD, etc.

We all know it makes a world of difference to be able to soak bolts in PB Blaster, bang on it a few times with a mallet, come back in a few hours and soak again and bang again, then come back the next morning for another soak and smack, but some people don't have that luxury.

In summary: dif'rent strokes for dif'rent folks.[/quote]

I agree with you there, after spending a day and a half doing my o2 housing/downpipe myself i pretty much determined I absolutely will not be doing that turbo upgrade myself. Just too hard to get the right angles without the luxury of a lift.

 

There's a shop by my house that installed a turbo in my cousins wrx for $250