What is the goin rate for a VC and a Intake plenum to be polished? price for each would be great .. THANKS ... Am sure some one has paid for it to get done! I ask this because a buddy of mine polishes motorcycle frames and he let me polish my parts at his shop.. THEY LOOK LIKE CHROME!! and he wants me to start polishing car parts.. tryin to figure what to charge... the plenum took like 55 hrs....what would u guys be willin to pay... honestly

 

I'm sorry but if it took you 55hrs. to polish your intake, tell your buddy that you'll find work somewhere else. I'm not saying that its an easy task to accomplish, lord knows there are tons of nooks & crannies to get into. But if your serious about charging to polish intake manifolds, then I suggest you call a chrome shop & see how much they charge to chrome the manifold. I'm sure that people would pay the same amount for a polished intake as they would for a chromed one? Good luck with your future buisness!!!

 

Thats what i was thinkin too... i ll never make any money!!! does the chrome turn alot though?

 

I don't know what the cost of living is in your part of the country, but in my business I have to bill $75/hr to cover living expenses/overhead/taxes/medicare/social security/retirement...... even if you charged $25 an hour, you're looking at $1,375. See if there is a way to speed up the process.... also, consider if customers would want to wait 3-4 weeks to get their parts polished.

good luck!
belosic

 

I hope you only charge $5 per hour.

 

This is what i am tryin to figure out.. would u guys pay 300 bucks? is that a good price, fair? am sure the more i do the quicker ill get!!

 

~$300 is the going rate of intake manifold. ~$125 is the going rate for valve cover. I have a spare intake manifold off a 1996 and 2 spare VC I can sell you to get you started. PM or Email me.

 

how much for the intake manifold?

 

$50 + shipping. I cleaned it inside and out.

 

any idea on how much for shipping to 23111?

 

It's probably less than $20 for UPS ground.

 

OR you can paypal Tony Chang and I can give it to Tony Littell when he comes this way this weekend