Bought a new camaro ss, dealer installed mods

[Formula]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

Thats insane.. 10K markup? For what? Some wheels, CAI, axelback, springs and sways... WHOA!

The wheels may be expensive but the rest of the stuff is about $1400 total.

CAI ~ $400 (1 hour)
Springs ~ $300 (2 hours)
Sways ~ $300 (1 hour)
Axel back ~ $400 (1 hour)

+ install which I'd give 1/2 day tops at typical rate of ~ $100 an hour... plus tax I give that car $2000 in mods total plus the wheels and some faux carbon fiber...

Now I know they need a profit but those wheels go all day for $350 or less per wheel... so $1400... I assume stock PZeros.... give $100 mounting and balance and alignment were up to what... $3500.... even if it has $1500 in faux carbon fiber stuff thats a $5000 profit PLUS the fact they are getting MSRP! I am in the wrong business....

If you got "close" to MSRP you got a good deal but anyone willing to pay MSRP + 10K needs to have their head examined. This is NOT a highly modified car! You didn't miss much being a 2010 over a 2011. HUD is all really.

I got my car for $4000 UNDER MSRP in May 2009 and have a lot more mods than this car and I am about $1000 over MSRP right now....

When I was at the dealership I was trying to add it up in my head, I came up with around 4-5k. I would have done almost all these mods myself, so I ended up saving a little bit of money, and not having to do the work or worry about the warranty.

[Formula]

I just ran the obd2 scan and the codes were po300, po171 and po174. The 2 17x ones are system lean and the 300 is misfire. All of them make sense if it has a 93 only tune and is running 87 because it would run lean on 87 and probably misfire every once in awhile. Plus, I haven't gotten on it at all since the codes went off this morning and they haven't popped back up.

[GeorgeM]

Originally Posted by SGOS252382

Make sure you do the fuse pull mod and put high octane gas in your car. Empty out all your low octane gas first. Your car is most likely running on the low octane tune. I've seen L99s dyno in the 290s rwhp after the dealership put low octane tune in them.

For whatever reason, many L99s remain stuck in the low octane tune mode so the fuse pull is needed.

The reason so many L99's remain stuck in the 'low octane tune' is because probably over 95% of L99 owners are unaware of this site and even so they would not attempt the fuse pull.

Believe it or not, there are a lot of car owners who are totally afraid of touching anything under the hood, especially fuse pulling. They are worried it may screw-up the computer or cause a driving problem.

I know, . . . I have talked to a guy and a woman (separate L99 owners) about this and they will not even consider it. They don't want to change anything under the hood. They're afraid it may cause warranty/service problems, Plus they do not understand (nor can they grasp after trying to explain it to them) the simple low/high tune modes.

GeorgeM

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by Formula

When I was at the dealership I was trying to add it up in my head, I came up with around 4-5k. I would have done almost all these mods myself, so I ended up saving a little bit of money, and not having to do the work or worry about the warranty.

Ya, you did good, its the 2011 buyers that may get taken for a ride!

Originally Posted by Formula

I just ran the obd2 scan and the codes were po300, po171 and po174. The 2 17x ones are system lean and the 300 is misfire. All of them make sense if it has a 93 only tune and is running 87 because it would run lean on 87 and probably misfire every once in awhile. Plus, I haven't gotten on it at all since the codes went off this morning and they haven't popped back up.

Good deal... run that fuel out and it should be fine!

[Camarowguy]

I wanna see pics if the carbon fiber bits!

[Bay Area SS]

Congrats bro, nice lookin car. The fuse pull should do the trick. Have fun drvn! I just pretty much broke mine in. Seems to run stronger.

[Formula]

Got another lean code when I was going up a hill at half throttle.

I ran it down to an 1/8th tank and put 93 in. Cleared the lean code and pulled the 5 and 20 fuses. We'll see tomorrow how it does (cross your fingers).

I'll get some more pics when it stops raining here.

[upflying]

Got a question for those folks who buy cars with dealer mods and additional dealer markup stickers.
Since the OP's car was delivered with a nice set of expensive factory wheels and tires, what happened to them? You paid for them too, didn't you?
I would demand those be included if I purchased this car.
The stock CAI, springs, sway bars and exhaust also came with the car from the factory. You paid for those too, what happened to them? What if you wish to return the car to stock or sell them on Craigslist. They belong to you.
Does this mean you were doubled charged for duplicate car parts?
Did you get credit for the parts that were removed?What is the price of one SS wheel and tire? $800?

[Formula]

I asked for the stock wheels but they didn't have them and weren't willing to get a set for me - I asked 3 times.
I kind of looked at it like this:
Even when you get an option for more expensive wheels (say you got polished instead of silver), they charge you for the full price for the wheels and don't include the old ones (they also don't deduct the original wheels from the price).

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by Formula

I asked for the stock wheels but they didn't have them and weren't willing to get a set for me - I asked 3 times.
I kind of looked at it like this:
Even when you get an option for more expensive wheels (say you got polished instead of silver), they charge you for the full price for the wheels and don't include the old ones (they also don't deduct the original wheels from the price).

Hmm. I know that if you upgrade to the 21" wheels you get them plus your original wheels.

[upflying]

Originally Posted by Formula

I asked for the stock wheels but they didn't have them and weren't willing to get a set for me - I asked 3 times.
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Then it's time to walk away from the deal

[Camaro_hx]

Originally Posted by upflying

Then it's time to walk away from the deal

+1!.....

[ron10]

welcome to C5.enjoy that new ride.

[NYJets77]

Rocky Ridge? Who worked on the car - Hedley Lamarr and Mongo?