I was going to install the aluminum running board on my X5 but alomost had a heart attack when the deal told me that this was a 1650$ job + taxes.

After investigation he is charging me 1250$ for parts and 4 hours of labor at 105$ an hour.

I tried ordering the running board from a BMW Dealer in USA without any luck. they are selling them at half price on auction web site...between 600-650.

I downloaded the instruction and told the service manager that BMW allows 2 hours to complete the job as per the instruction and they told me that 4 hours was conservative.

My question should I go with them anyway or buy the aftermarket that look similar but are quite different in the real world from the auction web site?