Installing Blue Ox tow plates
Just bought a tow plate assy for my 07 Pontiac G6, looking for someone in OK to install it under 500.00. That's what I'm getting quoted, which seems high.
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X2 on going to an autobody repair shop.
The shop I am going to use will do the install for the hours indicated on the installation guide, in my case 3 hours. Cost, $75.00 per plus they will use all new push pins (connectors) for the bumper cover and fascia. The current push pins are plastic and they claim the pins weaken when taken apart and reused (he described it as the pins being tired). The pins are bought as a kit from Ford and cost $35.00.
The shop will not reuse friction fit connectors as the results are often not perfect.
Cost $260.00 in total
I have taken interior panels off my cars in the past to install speakers and agree that they never seem to go back on as snug as the original install.
Body shops remove body panels and reinstall them everyday. They know what they are doing and you end up with a rattle free front bumper.
The shop I am going to use will do the install for the hours indicated on the installation guide, in my case 3 hours. Cost, $75.00 per plus they will use all new push pins (connectors) for the bumper cover and fascia. The current push pins are plastic and they claim the pins weaken when taken apart and reused (he described it as the pins being tired). The pins are bought as a kit from Ford and cost $35.00.
The shop will not reuse friction fit connectors as the results are often not perfect.
Cost $260.00 in total
I have taken interior panels off my cars in the past to install speakers and agree that they never seem to go back on as snug as the original install.
Body shops remove body panels and reinstall them everyday. They know what they are doing and you end up with a rattle free front bumper.
