Nobody will mess w/ my door

[hot97stang]

I cannot find ANYONE in the state that will mess with my lambo doors. The only guy i found to try to do them decided it was going to cost me $1500. If someone would please let me know of anyone in the state or surrounding states that will mess w/ a weld on kit (for a reasonable prcie being 7 or 8 hundred) made by GT Factory and its going on a 1997 Mustang i would be most grateful. Thanks alot

[00CivicGirl]

try area 51 up in fredricksburg..they will do just about anythign to a car. if not try custom auto werks down in burlington,nc

[nickf829]

i think 1500 is reasonable.. its not quite weld a bracket on and forget it... if you want someone who knows what they're doing you're gonna have to pay for it, just my .02

[fi istaylo]

1500 is a good price. I saw somewhere that going rate was like 1000/door. But definately call Area 51.

[hot97stang]

I talked to the guys that i bought the kit from and they said that 1500 would be ripping me off. They told me 500-1000 would be a decent price range. Anyway im going to try them places that were suggested and just go from there i guess.

[Unique Customs]

500-1000 to lambo doors? damn.. 700 PER door is the price to suicide a door... lamboing a door isnt nessecarly more work (depends what kit you got).. but most kits are a PITA. My labor on lambo is 1000 a door, you buy the kit (simply b/c i hate dealing with it)

[phigity]

500-1000 to lambo doors? damn.. 700 PER door is the price to suicide a door... lamboing a door isnt nessecarly more work (depends what kit you got).. but most kits are a PITA. My labor on lambo is 1000 a door, you buy the kit (simply b/c i hate dealing with it)

sounds dead on to me!

[GoVrtcL]

they are a PITA. Big time. Mine were bolt on and it still took almost 40 hours to install just because of so many problems. Good luck finding somewhere to get it done.

[demps16]

unique 700 a door for suicides damn thats cheap. have you ever done that modification. its a lot of work.

[Unique Customs]

its going rate.. but it also depends what kit is brought and yes, i've done it twice.. but both times i used the kit from sucidedoors.com and that is by far the easiest kit. It takes 40-50 hours per side. even jason at sd.com says 600-700 is 'a good rate' and that including the kit.

[incudose]

jason doesnt build his kits anymore does he. im pretty sure he gets them from the top suicide door builder. forgot the company name but jason did a ton of research to find the perfect kit and he says its something far better than what he'd want to try building...

[Unique Customs]

he never built his own kit.. he's always bought hogan's hot rods kit.. i just said j's b/c its how ppl know the kit (kinda like ppl saying canti when referring to bags on bars... its not correct, just how ppl knoiw it) .. :-)

[demps16]

man im not hating but where i come from the going rate is about 1500 a door.
700.oo div by 50 is 14.00 is that your shop rate. i dont work on friends stuff that cheap. most rep. custom shops charge atleast 60.00 and hour.

[Unique Customs]

you have to go by the job.. not the hourly rate. hourly rate is called screwing someone.

charge someone 60.00 an hour for a bodydrop on an s10 and it comes to around 4800 (2 40 hour weeks at 60.00 an hr).. you can traditional bd a s10 3" (2nd gen) on the rocker for 1500-2000 depending what wheels and that's considered 'average'.

shop rate is how you get screwed, period.

1500 a door is a GIANT rip off. Even though Area 51 does good work, that 4200 or whatever to bag a truck.. is a rip off as well. But that is my personal opinion. I do my pricing by the job, not by the shop hour.

so as i said.. 700 a door i have em pick up the suicidedoors/hogan hot rods kit.

[demps16]

you must work in your drive way or something along those lines. because when you run a buisness theres a thing called over head. and for the a51 comment your crazy. i work for jason and for that quality of a bag job, all parts included with a 3 year warrenty your way off target there bud. this is also the big reason behind good shops not building min trucks and imports unless the customers have the money. they stick with the rods and restorations because those are the people willing to pay for good work. people in the mini truck industry are all about getting the most for there money regaurdless of the quality. and im not saying everyone but most of them. people who run a business the way you clam you do would be out on the street in a week.

[Unique Customs]

you must work in your drive way or something along those lines. because when you run a buisness theres a thing called over head. and for the a51 comment your crazy. i work for jason and for that quality of a bag job, all parts included with a 3 year warrenty your way off target there bud. this is also the big reason behind good shops not building min trucks and imports unless the customers have the money. they stick with the rods and restorations because those are the people willing to pay for good work. people in the mini truck industry are all about getting the most for there money regaurdless of the quality. and im not saying everyone but most of them. people who run a business the way you clam you do would be out on the street in a week.

hmm.. overhead huh? not every business HAS to have overhead.. b/c i dont.. i order per order.. through a few ppl. I dont care to have overhead, i dont care to do sells. that isnt me.

and no.. how i do business is just fine, i get by great.. use my 3" s10 bodydrop price as an example.. charging that 60 an hr, would put you in the street in no time. b/c no one ios going to pay 4800 for a bd for an s10.. the BIG shops charge 1000 an inch.. so that's 3000 with 20's..

THAT was my point.

jason does do good work.. there are ppl who do just as good of work and warranty their **** for cheaper... some trucks that price is a deal.. some its not..

dont get hasty.. i do do it in my drive, b/c where i live, outhere in the central US.. there isnt enough work in my little town, to have an actual shop.. there are 4 mini trucks in town.. 2 from //RA and 2 ppl by themselves, that hacked their rides... I cant be half bad if i have ppl driving right past Area 51 to come to me for work.. The isuzu (pics in my 'a nutter noma' thread... came from MD.. the Noma came from Michigan.

:shrugs:

my prices are my prices.. where i live, my prices are considered on the high side.. when i move to Va, i'm sure my **** will go up.. but until then.. is tand by my price, of 700 a door they buy the kit.

[incudose]

i dont want to get in the middle of this since ive never owned a shop before, but every shop typically has overhead. Thats how you pay for your equipment, you pay for space, and all the other little stuff, being that you are working from the drive now, sure its alot less, but theres still overhead. and the other thing, i think its awesome your prices are so low, gives more competition which is better for the consumer. but what you have to look at for yourself is that by continuing to charge 14-18 bucks an hour, it wont be long(given this is quality work each hour) before it will be more profitable and easier for you to work to do something else. Meaning your reservation wage(the lowest wage you will work for for a given amount of tasks) is going to be higher than what you are letting yourself pay yourself... again ive never owned a shop, but i am 1.5 months from an BS in economics so i figured id throw that out there. but yeah, im sure at those prices, there will be plenty to support you.

[00CivicGirl]

damn i didnt realize shops were charging that much. i guess tho for a weld on kit i could understand. Bolt ons are easy as ****. They DO NOT take the advertised time of 2 hours per door but i had mine on and adjusted and out the door in around 10. granted we had to go back a few days later after it had settled and adjust stuff but that took no more than an hour.

[demps16]

my last question. why would any shop charge 1000 an inch for a 1'' body drop when its just as much work as a 3''. i have done plenty of cut floors and thats the stupidest thing i've ever heard.but you are right about one thing most peole woulnt pay 4800 for a body drop on an s-10 but thats why a stated that good fab and custom shops usually stay away from the minis and imports cause we have no money. and thats why there are so many do it yourselfers hacking up peoples rides

[demps16]

this is pulled right off suicidedoors.com 25. The hinges in this kit allow you to open your doors a full 90 degrees. If you don’t want them to, a threaded stop is included so you can set how far you want them to open. The total install time for one door took me 4 days, a total of 55 hours. To me it was worth every minute. Just look what you have when you are done, a door that opens backwards. To do this install for somebody, the labor charge alone would be around $1200.00 per door. To do both doors it would run about $2900.00 and that includes the hinge kit pictured in this how-to. Don’t be scared to do this on your own. It only takes a few days and the proper tools.

[mnchvgs79]

This is done

[phigity]

the body shop i go just put on a set on a honda something. he liked doing them. guy only paid $400 for the lambo kit on ebay and it took richard like 3 hours to put them on. had trouble with the first one but the 2nd one was easy. come down to roanoke and i'll put in a good word for you.