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tonmed123 · 08-13-2009, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dyezak

10y ago when I used to work in a shop we charged $75/hr labor if you purchased the parts through us and $110/hr if you brought in parts. Accounting for inflation, I think that would be about $90/hr and $130/hr now. I haven't done this job on a 370z, but it can't be that different from the 350z. So I'd quote the following times:

Exhaust: 1hr
Swaybars: 2hr

So we are talking a total of 3hr of work, and I would have charged you $390+tax (here in TX it would come out to $422.18). Also, did you perform disposal of the old parts yourself, or did you let the shop dispose of your old parts? Cause we charged for that as well by weight, and fluids had a hazmat charge. And if you were an *** about things (anything) we would throw on a charge for all disposable items we had to use (WD-40, Loc-Tite, Sandpaper, etc).

I guess your right. I think it took a little longer because I screwed up and didnt give him the instructions due to some printer problems so he called Tony at F.I. and Tony
gave hime a bit of needed clarifications to make it fit perfect. I did take my own stuff back though. Maybe they included a tip in the price, I was gona bust some cash out to who ever worked on it. So I guess it was not that bad. They did after all, got the tips line up perfect. There was an issue with the first CBE's that went out that was later corrected by F.I.. We are talking mm's difference. all is well that ends well.

I opened her up yesterday @ 120mph. The exahaust sounded so SWEET!