Options with factory vs dealership when ordering

[Crudder]

Hi all, I am looking to order a SX Prestige with some options, which are available on Kia's website, and the salesman told me his dealership can install the options I wanted. He told me the price was comparable to Kia's, but wouldn't elaborate by how much or less it would be. He then told me if I wanted my options installed through the factory then it would take 6 months instead of 3 for delivery. He was being evasive about the whole options situation. Has anyone heard or gone through what I just described. I'm pretty sure he was trying to pull a fast one on me.

 

[Gwyn]

So, this is a mix bagged. Some options like floor mats and cargo covers are easy dealer install. You can still get them cheaper online. Other are not. For example.

the option for floor lighting kit will be dealer cost plus install time. Labor is your biggest problem. The average labor cost is about 80 bucks an hour.

I think retail for the kit is like 450. The invoice, if I am not mistaken is 330? Install time is about 1.5-4 hours. So it is going 450 to 650 dealer install, only if you can get them to sell you the part at cost. It will only cost 450 factory install. More then likely they will install it at retail plus labor.

Which is why you have the time consuming stuff installed at the factory. If the retail factory price=>labor price + dealer price, you get an it installed at the dealer. If the factory price <= dealer plus labor, then you get it at the factory.

For me, I just had anything that required labor to be factory installed.

Mud flaps, bumper protector, scuff plates, interior illumination kit, and skid plate. Please I know I am not going to get invoice pricing at the dealer and it will be retail plus labor.

You can get a pricing estimate from dealers near or not near you buy going here.

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Enter in your car and zip. It will give you dealer estimates. For example, for me, Ron Tonkin will charge 557. Weston kia wants 495 for the same install.

Installing at the factory saved me at least 40 bucks. But remember all this is starting price for negotiations.