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Arvo all,

My front airdams, side skirts and vortex gen are on their way from x factor design atm, and im looking to get them installed at a bodyshop of some sort.

However I have no idea what i should be expecting it to cost, has anyone else had these installed at a shop and got a round abouts cost? I dont particularly feel like gettin ripped off first thing in the new year

Thanks guys and gals

Most panel beaters charge A$85+ per hour of work.

My Mitsubishi dealership Penfolds charges me A$72+ (discounted) per hour. Normally they do A$95+ per hour.

They will tell you the work will take approximately 4hrs to do.
It would take one of us (DIY inclined ones here) just under 2.5hrs to do.

Yes they will look to rip you off.

+ means +10% GST

Your not DIY inclined Ash?, the VG is pretty simple to fit and the front air dams are only 3 screws each I think, not sure about the side skirt.

side skirts would be screwed on and poly eurothaned on?

Thanks guys, yeah not to keen on doin it meself. Havent got a real good place to do it either as the apartment complex isnt really setup for any sort of car friendly DIY.

Also if a shop borks it I got someone to blame besides myself lol

Thanks for the estimates ofey, ill ring around and see what i can get quotes for.

Hmmm, the airdams aren't too bad to install... if you can isntall shelves from IKEA and drill into a plasterboarrd wall I think you should be fine installing them. About 5 screws at the front and about 3 underside each.

The Sideskirts though... not sure.. havne't installed them myself...

yeah i also got nowhere to plug in a drill (even if i had one) where i live, i learned that the hard way.

Once i dragged my vacuum cleaner down the stairs to vaccum my car, only to realise there was nothing there to plug into. failure building lol

You might be able to invest in a cheapo $40-ish cordless drill for that purpose.

I'm also interested in doing this in the near future. What about the additional costs of painting and installing? Or do they only charge by the hour?

Romz the ones from x factor some painted, so its just installation cost we tlakin bout atm. Im sure you could get them unpainted from them if you wanted tho

I did this a little while back. Scariest part was the 1st body hole for the side skirts. After the 1st one, your kinda committed to finishing it

Dragan

Romz wrote:I'm also interested in doing this in the near future. What about the additional costs of painting and installing? Or do they only charge by the hour?

For fitment alone, it's merely a per hour cost.

As someone here pointed out. These come pre-painted from X-Factor. You need not paint.

If you want to introduce that into the equation, the cost increases as you will be paying the per hour charge + the cost of paint and mixing it. You'd probably have to leave your car at the workshop across 2 days for them to color match, sand back the parts, prime them, paint and then mount.

Not sensible at all.

Im about to install them myself this weekend, ill let you know how i go if you want.

ofey wrote:Most panel beaters charge A$85+ per hour of work.

My Mitsubishi dealership Penfolds charges me A$72+ (discounted) per hour. Normally they do A$95+ per hour.

They will tell you the work will take approximately 4hrs to do.
It would take one of us (DIY inclined ones here) just under 2.5hrs to do.

Yes they will look to rip you off.

+ means +10% GST

Reason they say 4hrs is to allow for the glue/adhesive to dry for the side skirts

And also if ya going to have a crack at doing the side skirts remember to use lots and lot of masking tape to hold the skirt in place.And leave it on for a good 10 hours so best to do it in the arvo and let it cure over night