Third Cat Delete Install $

[AlSalas131]

I was considering installing the great cat delete video on YouTube but getting an oil change done after break-in and since they are dropping all those panels wanted to take advantage of getting it done at the dealer during the oil change.
What would be a fair charge or hourly rate for the cat delete job since they already have access to with the oil change?
Getting charge 2.5 hours of labor.
Thanks for the opinions

 

[NorCalEmira]

I was quoted $700 by my local dealer for the job. I'm trying to get a package price for that with he first oil change.

 

[morphious]

Didn't think Lotus dealers were doing this.

 

[Blackthought_]

I was considering installing the great cat delete video on YouTube but getting an oil change done after break-in and since they are dropping all those panels wanted to take advantage of getting it done at the dealer during the oil change.
What would be a fair charge or hourly rate for the cat delete job since they already have access to with the oil change?
Getting charge 2.5 hours of labor.
Thanks for the opinions

I got charged $300 to have it installed on my GT last year by my lotus dealer

 

[NorCalEmira]

Didn't think Lotus dealers were doing this.

Some Lotus dealers do and others don't

 

[KAR120C]

If your dealer did that deletion, do them a favor and don't publish that information on a public forum. Nuff said.

 

[VL3X]

I got charged $300 to have it installed on my GT last year by my lotus dealer

$300 is reasonable. It's a fairly easy job, especially if they already have the under tray removed for an oil change.

 

[Blackthought_]

$300 is reasonable. It's a fairly easy job, especially if they already have the under tray removed for an oil change.

Yup. I tried 2 different exhausts so after I saw how easy the decat was done I did it myself using ramps!

 

[RobR]

Off-topic, but has anyone been able to determine whether this will cause an emissions fail in the US?

 

[GRP]

Off-topic, but has anyone been able to determine whether this will cause an emissions fail in the US?

The third cat is unmonitored and wont/cant cause a CEL.
The only way the car would fail a check is if an inspector was savvy enough to look for the third cat through the mesh of the rear diffuser which in my experience 99/100 of them are not. They just do the plug in obd check and go on their way.

 

[RobR]

Phew