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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Looking from a shop owners viewpoint, my guess is a shop can't make enough money to warrant the potential risks involved.
A decent shop would likely insist on new GM parts, at least key parts like the weatherstipping ($500+? and the shop only makes like 10% on that). Then add what would be likely a minimum of 10-12 hours labor ($1200+? there is no book time to reference for this) plus paint ($1000? time & materials) I might guess a minimum customer cost would be in the area of $3000. Of which the shop might make $500 after costs & overhead.
Now, if they leak then that shop will never get that car out of their bays - it'll just keep coming back wasting hours of their time. The paying customer won't want to hear the OE ones leak too. Chasing a water leak can take hours. And I am not even getting into the potential liability of altering the structure of a car.
So no, it is not kinda gayy a shop wouldn't do it. I imagine if Paul or Josh saw this they might tend to agree. Sure it could all go easy & well and everybody is happy. But the potential downside is probably too much for a shop to want to take on, especially if this is a one time deal and not something they do on a regular basis.
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No need for paint, and you aren't altering the structure......but the water leak potential alone would prolly keep a shop away.
- Justin