$150 for installed subframes good?

[blk9450]

im gonna go buy some metal to make my subframes today or tomorrow and i was thinking ill just buy double so i can make another set, like i did last time to my brothers stang. what should i charge to build and install them for somebody. there are a few kids i know want them around soo i was thinking 100 but maybe 150.. its gonna cost me maybe $30 in material but i have to drive an hour to get the stuff, then have to put them together and on...
dont wanna rip anybody off

what you guys think

 

[nmcgrawj]

Well....a exhaust shop charges what 20-30 bucks to do it? Im not sure, i dont have any yet. But you figure you will spend atleast $80 on a set, then intall. I would say $125-130 maybe. Depends on how good you are and how good the SF will be.

 

[blk9450]

yea i think an exhaust shop would charge more than that. they get like 20 just to put it on the lift plus an hour labor i would guess

 

[nmcgrawj]

yea i think an exhaust shop would charge more than that. they get like 20 just to put it on the lift plus an hour labor i would guess

It doesnt take an hour to weld up subframes though does it? Hopefully some other guys will come in who have taken theirs to a shop.

 

[94-302-vert]

I would think that if the quality is there then $150 is the top end of reasonable for a DIY subframe kit...

 

[ROLLIN5.0]

yea i think an exhaust shop would charge more than that. they get like 20 just to put it on the lift plus an hour labor i would guess

Your getting ripped. I took my car to an exhaust shop (national chain) to reweld the exhaust hangers, and they charged me $7, plus they let me come in there while it was on the lift to check some other stuff out. I would say $30 would be about right as far as what they would charge me to do SF's. They said the only reason my hangers were $7 was because that is their minumum charge.
Brandon

 

[nmcgrawj]

Your getting ripped. I took my car to an exhaust shop (national chain) to reweld the exhaust hangers, and they charged me $7, plus they let me come in there while it was on the lift to check some other stuff out. I would say $30 would be about right as far as what they would charge me to do SF's. They said the only reason my hangers were $7 was because that is their minumum charge.
Brandon

Thats like the shop i go to. Some shops will try to get you.


My vote is for $110-$125...depending on quality i think.

 

[blk9450]

Your getting ripped. I took my car to an exhaust shop (national chain) to reweld the exhaust hangers, and they charged me $7, plus they let me come in there while it was on the lift to check some other stuff out. I would say $30 would be about right as far as what they would charge me to do SF's. They said the only reason my hangers were $7 was because that is their minumum charge.
Brandon

well im not actually getting ripped. i never went to an exhaust shop. i guess i was ASSuming. i wouldnt put up a car for under $20 but i guess chains do it cause they want repeat customers and they do stuff that loses money to make people happy.

thanks for the input guys

 

[nmcgrawj]

well im not actually getting ripped. i never went to an exhaust shop. i guess i was ASSuming. i wouldnt put up a car for under $20 but i guess chains do it cause they want repeat customers and they do stuff that loses money to make people happy.

thanks for the input guys

The place i go to isnt a chain, just a guy that "takes care of people" thus is huge amount of business he gets.