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| partwerks |
 Dec 3 2011, 09:12 PM
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While I was there I asked my mechanic if he would be interested in installing that longitudinal kit and he quoted me $750.00. Does that price sound about right or is he too high again?
I can always stop by a body shop for an estimate also, but if worse comes to worse, I would rather pay more and have it done right as opposed to cheaper and screw it up for me. |
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| r_towle |
Dec 4 2011, 08:57 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,588 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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QUOTE(partwerks @ Dec 3 2011, 10:12 PM)  While I was there I asked my mechanic if he would be interested in installing that longitudinal kit and he quoted me $750.00. Does that price sound about right or is he too high again? I can always stop by a body shop for an estimate also, but if worse comes to worse, I would rather pay more and have it done right as opposed to cheaper and screw it up for me. It depends on a few things. How much of the interior is in the car right now? How much does your mechanic charge per hour. 10 hours @ $75 per hour to remove your interior, properly prep the area, prime it, clean all the loose rust away, weld in the kit, paint it, and then re-install your interior... All that work...sounds like ten hours to me. Rich |
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| hydroliftin |
Dec 5 2011, 02:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 373 Joined: 8-November 06 From: Vallejo, CA Member No.: 7,180 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 4 2011, 06:57 AM) It depends on a few things. How much of the interior is in the car right now? How much does your mechanic charge per hour. 10 hours @ $75 per hour to remove your interior, properly prep the area, prime it, clean all the loose rust away, weld in the kit, paint it, and then re-install your interior... All that work...sounds like ten hours to me. Rich I agree that the $750 is not out of line. I called a couple of body shops and found that they did not want this kind of project. I called a shop that specialized in roll bars and off road modifications, and they quoted about 10 hours, but they were willing to do the welding portion for about half that if I removed the interior and prepped the metal. |
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partwerks Longitudinal kit Dec 3 2011, 09:12 PM
carr914 If it's an Engman Kit it is Too Much, but then... Dec 3 2011, 09:22 PM partwerks It's the Engman kit. What should be a more rea... Dec 3 2011, 09:40 PM sean_v8_914 a quick hack job with little attention to detail c... Dec 4 2011, 02:32 AM rfuerst911sc How handy are you ? If you are not able to do the ... Dec 4 2011, 05:23 AM Vacca Rabite And you need to make sure that your guy knows to b... Dec 4 2011, 09:41 AM nathansnathan My Engmanm kit just came in and it's not as st... Dec 4 2011, 10:09 AM 3d914 I have good factory primer and paint on my longs, ... Dec 4 2011, 10:34 AM McMark $750 is not way too much if you want it done ... Dec 4 2011, 11:17 AM
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$750 is not way too much if you want it done... Dec 4 2011, 12:12 PM mepstein
While I was there I asked my mechanic if he would... Dec 4 2011, 11:53 AM 3d914 Mark, thanks for the tips. I hadn't decided ho... Dec 4 2011, 11:56 AM McMark It doesn't need to be cleaned off. But I figu... Dec 4 2011, 12:00 PM sean_v8_914 do yourself a favor and search this forum. there a... Dec 4 2011, 12:17 PM sean_v8_914 I have installed over a dozen Engman kits, none we... Dec 4 2011, 12:21 PM sean_v8_914 is that a baddog kit? Dec 4 2011, 12:22 PM nathansnathan I just got it through the engmann group buy here, ... Dec 4 2011, 12:31 PM Jerry75914 I installed an earlier version of the Engman kit, ... Dec 4 2011, 02:14 PM Randal My biggest concern would be installing the kit on ... Dec 5 2011, 02:56 PM SirAndy Someone must have thought about this and made up a... Dec 5 2011, 03:22 PM Randal
Someone must have thought about this and made up ... Dec 5 2011, 06:56 PM SirAndy I was there that day and even bought lunch. :che... Dec 5 2011, 07:18 PM McMark
Yup. Porsche. :lol:
Andy posted the links. :t... Dec 5 2011, 03:42 PM scotty b If you think 750.00 is high, then do the job yours... Dec 5 2011, 07:40 PM sean_v8_914 I remember reading guys post here that they did on... Dec 6 2011, 09:26 AM |
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