what would you charge?

[sinosic 10+ year member]

im going to be doing a install for a customer. hes wanting me to rip out everything inside of a 94 s-10 blazer. apply some kind of sound deading. install a head unit, 3 sets of componets, zapco eq, install all wiring including power cable to the mamphis 4k amp. build a enclosure for 2 18" subs or 4 15" sub (if theres enough room) the enclosure will be a glossy black finish. also installing a 200 amp alt and a couple xtra batteries. how much should i charge for all this?

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[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

You should charge him $XX an hour and give a rough estimate within a few hours of what it actually will be.

 

[maroj248]

my friend is charging me $50 just to install 2 subs, amp, and a box. i would that guy $100+.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I agree. At least 40-50 bucks an hour.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

That's a shit-ton of work.

I don't think I'd take on a task like that for someone else, myself. But if so, I'd have to set aside at least a week or more to pull it off, full-time, and it'd be at least $35/hr. Maybe more.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

3 sets of components???

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

my friend is charging me $50 just to install 2 subs, amp, and a box. i would that guy $100+.

lol

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

100+?!! i'd be looking more like at LEAST 500 in labor for a job of that scale unless it was a real good friend of mine. even then, it would cost.

 

[LiquidClen 10+ year member]

my friend is charging me $50 just to install 2 subs, amp, and a box. i would that guy $100+.

lmao. fxcking classic. Quoted in 5 minutes

 

[amedeuce 10+ year member]

Don't make the mistakes I have in the past.

Let him know how long it's gonna take and overestimate that date.

That way when it's done sooner he'll be happy.

Let him know how big of a job it is and explain exactly what you need to do.

Do not let him be there when you are working on it. That bugs the crap out of me, cause they ask about every little thing and sit there and BS with you all day. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Thats alot of work your getting into, Make sure you get your money worth considering your getting into that amount of work. I usually charge per hour...

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

A box that big in glossy black will be $500+ easy as that will be a LOT of sanding/labor to make it look nice. As mentioned charge by the hour and make it worth your time...

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

3 sets of components???

thats what i said, lol

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

Has he got a quote from local shops for that? Then you can give him a price that should be lower and he will understand how good of a deal he can get from you.

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

labor aint cheap. sound deadening a car will take a while as you have to rip all that shit out.. gl