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Most dealers will negotiate to $2100.00 - $2300.00 including install. The retail parts price is $2100.00. MINI dealers can offer a 15% parts discount, and install time should be approx. 2 - 3 hours.
Does $3500.00 sound too steep for the kit + install....Peter
Yes, WAY too expensive.
MSRP on the kit is $2,100 and suggested install is 2 hours. Even if they charge you 4 hours and their labor rate is $150 (higher than I've seen anywhere), they are still way too high.
Shop around, some dealers will sell the kit below retail and give you a deal on the install. You could probably get it done under or near $2,000.
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That's definitely too high. I bought mine from Morristown Mini for $1680 + $84 for shipping and my Dealer, Crevier Mini, installed it for $210, for a total of $1974.
Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. I am going to call the dealer tomorrow and maybe they misquoted the price,if not I will go elsewhere.....Thank you all....Peter
Good luck Maltep, Mine was about $2100 installed. Money well spent!
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Didnt want to start a new thread, so posting here.
I got a discount on the Kit $1700 but the installation is quoted $540. Please let me know if this looks reasonable. I have seen lower prices here in forums. I live in SoCal and not really aware of standard installation charges here.
270/hour for labor sounds like a bit much, but the total price sounds decent. I got mine for 2200 OTD without much work and probably wouldn't pay any more than that.
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That's definitely too high. I bought mine from Morristown Mini for $1680 + $84 for shipping and my Dealer, Crevier Mini, installed it for $210, for a total of $1974.
so did they ship it to your dealer? I assume they shipped the hardware (exhaust and intake) and the software was done with the install?
I'm thinking of ordering the exhaust and intake and having it shipped to my house. Would they do that? Also How would the car run without the software? What exactly does the software do?
I was at my Omaha Mini dealer today. I asked about the JCW tune kit and he said that he just did a quote on that the other day: $2984.37. I told him that I can get the JCW tune kit from another dealer for about $1600. and he said "Good luck in getting it installed". He did say that he would be more than happy to install it, but then his shop charges would be $1400. $3000 for a tune kit, just about makes it a better deal to go the full JCW route, which is what I believe I will do.
I, also asked about after market air intake, exhaust, intercooler add ons. He said, go right ahead, but if anything happens during warrantee period, in all probability BMW/Mini won't honor the warrantee. He also meantioned about a blown 1st generation motor and high revs. Twice run up to 8000. BMW/Mini thumbs down. He even said that one over rev would void the warrantee. I just shook my head. If a motor can't take one over rev, of course 10000 would be rediculous, but the Mini motor should be able to take 7500 or so. Whatever, don't miss a shift.
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Originally Posted by emans
so did they ship it to your dealer? I assume they shipped the hardware (exhaust and intake) and the software was done with the install?
I was at my Omaha Mini dealer today. I asked about the JCW tune kit and he said that he just did a quote on that the other day: $2984.37. I told him that I can get the JCW tune kit from another dealer for about $1600. and he said "Good luck in getting it installed". He did say that he would be more than happy to install it, but then his shop charges would be $1400. $3000 for a tune kit, just about makes it a better deal to go the full JCW route, which is what I believe I will do.
I, also asked about after market air intake, exhaust, intercooler add ons. He said, go right ahead, but if anything happens during warrantee period, in all probability BMW/Mini won't honor the warrantee. He also meantioned about a blown 1st generation motor and high revs. Twice run up to 8000. BMW/Mini thumbs down. He even said that one over rev would void the warrantee. I just shook my head. If a motor can't take one over rev, of course 10000 would be rediculous, but the Mini motor should be able to take 7500 or so. Whatever, don't miss a shift.
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Some people say that I will never get the money out of my MINI that I have put into it. I say, "I get my money's worth everytime I hit the ignition button".
Mods: RMW tuned with many mods... 213.9WHP / 227ftlbs Wheel Torque
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That's definitely too high. I bought mine from Morristown Mini for $1680 + $84 for shipping and my Dealer, Crevier Mini, installed it for $210, for a total of $1974.
