Anyone Removed The Factory Fitted Car Kit?

[Tobin]

Ive just had my car serviced today and while i was there i asked how much it wud be to remove the car kit.

Mr T reckons its about a 2hr job at about £60 an hour!!! :o

Have any of you removed one from ur cts? if so, how easy is it? and how did you do it?

[MarcTS]

Sorry for the question but what's a "car kit"?

[Demo_202]

You mean the sideskirts etc?

[Tobin]

sorry guys, i mean the phone car kit which takes up a cup holder in the centre console!

my bad!

[Captain Weirdbeard]

Ive just had my car serviced today and while i was there i asked how much it wud be to remove the car kit.

Mr T reckons its about a 2hr job at about £60 an hour!!! :o

Have any of you removed one from ur cts? if so, how easy is it? and how did you do it?

No, but this might interest you:

I was witness to our jack being slimed up by the assistant sales manager at the Toyota dealership from which he bought his Compressor. He told him that he wouldn't need to re-install the hands free kit from his old car because, "just for you sir, I have had a genuine Toyota bluetooth kit fitted". Allegedly jack had said something about it when they first spoke about the car on t'phone. "It is worth £300", he smarmed. That was one of a couple of tall tales that were told during the deal. A full complaint is pending.

I happen to know that the head unit is just rebranded Motorolla switch gear so I assume that an otherwise unmodified box of bits sits behind the dash. I am sure I will be corrected by someone if this is not usually the practice in Toyota dealerships.

Anyway, it turns out that the Motorolla bluetooth hardware was on sale locally for £70, so they must have had a heck of a job fitting it. At £60 per hour it reckons out at nearly four hours labour.

OK. I can believe that removal should be quicker than installation. But... having used independant 'phone specialists myself who installed and removed complete kits while I waited, I can't believe that the job ever takes that long unless there are complications. The longest I ever had to wait at our local car 'phone fitter was an hour and a half. Half an hour of that was idle time too, while the car was sat in the queue to go in the workshop.

Go to a specialist Tobin. I'm quite sure that they can do much better than that.

[Norfolk n Chance]

Moral of the story?

Don't use Mr T for anything not covered by a warranty!!

You can always get work done a lot cheaper elsewhere!!

[Tobin]

thanks guys! much appreciated.

i was thinkin that myself...so for the apparent... new air filter, pollen filter, pink coolant top up, brake fluid, air con and sumthin else to do wit the brakes... im takin it to my mates dads garage!