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      12-28-2020, 08:31 PM   #1
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to instal carbon parts

Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

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Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
Yeah the lip and other items are fairly simple it's more the carbon roof. The best quote I got was 1500 for the install which is more than the roof so I'm convinced I can do better
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
Yeah the lip and other items are fairly simple it's more the carbon roof. The best quote I got was 1500 for the install which is more than the roof so I'm convinced I can do better
That sounds about right actually. It's quite labor intensive. And you definitely want to take it to a trusted body shop
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Yeah the lip and other items are fairly simple it's more the carbon roof. The best quote I got was 1500 for the install which is more than the roof so I'm convinced I can do better
Yeah, the carbon roof install at 1500 is actually spot on. Install of that part is almost always more expensive than the part itself.
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OP, reach out to IND-Distribution they should have recommended installers near you in LA.
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OP, reach out to IND-Distribution they should have recommended installers near you in LA.
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
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Looking for body shop LA / OC to install carbon parts please let me know if you have recommendations. All of the quotes I've gotten seem obscene to install carbon roof, front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts so I figured I'd try here.

Thank you!
Carbon roof is in a different league compare to front lip, rear diffuser, and side skirts when it comes to installation time and cost.

Have you tried the usual suspects, EAS, Auto Talent etc?
I've used EAS for several items on my car, but agree the carbon roof ratchets the level of complexity up significantly!
Yeah the lip and other items are fairly simple it's more the carbon roof. The best quote I got was 1500 for the install which is more than the roof so I'm convinced I can do better
You realize they literally have to cut your roof off to install that right? 1500 is actually pretty inexpensive all things considered.
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You realize they literally have to cut your roof off to install that right? 1500 is actually pretty inexpensive all things considered.
Yeah just wanted to make sure that pricing was accurate and if there were good shop recommendations since its a big job. ABS auto body shop got back to me quick per someone's recommendations and they quotes 1700 for the roof and 185 for everything else which seems reasonable.
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Let us know how the install goes!
Will do! The more I shop around for the parts I think RW carbon looks like the best bang fir the buck since the car will be tracked regularly.
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