PING - IAN

Is this old style truck? If so, I never used the "GM special tool" to remove the knockouts. I used an airchisel with a special bit that just punched them out. They are on both sides of the existing hole. Unless they are charging an arm and a leg to do it, you would save yourself a whole lot of hassle by just paying them to do it.

Ian

It is the old style truck '98 down body style. I did get some prices today from five different shops.

Independent shop #1 - $150.00 including the alignment Independent shop #2 - $200.00 including the alignment Chevy dealer #1 - $160.00 including the alignment Chevy dealer #2 - $250.00 including the alignment Chevy dealer #3 - $320.00 including the alignment

I was surprised by the big difference in dealer prices. I'll probably just take it to dealer #1 as they seamed to know what they were talking about right out of the shoot, and the price is reasonable.

Thanks Ian

Brian

Well....the #2 and #3 guys are way out to lunch. The additional labour charge at our dealership is only 1 hr for the knockouts, and that's to the tech...I believe the labour cost to the customer is "menu priced", so the customer doesn't pay 96 dollars for the additional labour. In reality, it doesn't take long to remove the knockouts in most cases. GM has partially stamped the knockouts so that in most cases, one little blast from an airchisel and they are out. I've run into the odd one that I had to get my die grinder out and grind out that knockout, but that's rare.

Ian