Quoting Fiberglass

For me it depends on the job. Sometimes I quote hourly, other times I quote the whole job. Just use your best judgement for each project.

I try to quote by the job, in writing and as much detail about what they want and whats being done. I will say I don't do nearly as much glass work as some of these guys on here but I have had some instances where the customer will change thier mind midstream, then I highly suggest ammending the previuos quote in writing and add accordingly. I charge for quotes if  its the same customer on the same car and essentially the same job, I love unique whips, pimp my ride and all these other shows I get  customers that think you can do these jobs in a couple of hours ha ha! Hope this helped ya.

So when you quote hourely, how much do you charge per hour?

$60 an hour + materials. Any less and it very hard to turn a profit. xclusivecustomsinc.com

xclusivecustoms wrote: $60 an hour + materials. Any less and it very hard to turn a profit.

Yea, I have done fiberglass jobs and know all the work involved, but anything that I thought of charging(like $50/hour) seemed pretty expensive. I'm not even sure how much time I have into my door panels, but it is a ton. But I guess for someone who wants custom work and can't do it themselves better be ready to pay.

Velocity Motors wrote: I depends on the area that your in and what the customers are willing to pay. If your prices for custom work is too expensive you will never do custom work cause no one will want to pay for the services. At first I suggest doing qoutes by the job and as you get a better name for yourself you can charge by the hour if you wish. Sometimes charging less per job and doing more jobs will be more profittable than doing only one job paid by the hour.

Maybe so, but if people aren't willing to pay what's required to make a profit then they don't deserve your work.

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I agree to an extent,  but would you rather sit and stare at the wall with nothing to do or match the going rate in your area and make a couple of bucks? Its hard to pay the phone bill with hopes and dreams. From my point of view it is also good advertising, how many eople with custom installs show them off? many if not all thats why they get them. I think Jeff is on point with that but as I pointed out make sure you do a detailed work order of what your doing for the customer. I think we've all underquoted some jobs but I put these in the learning lessons category. And by the way I did some calling in my area and a competitor of mine quoted me $90 an hour for fiberglass work on any job !!!  

I've seen as high as $120/hour for door panels. I thought it was pretty extreme for pricing. For door panels or a project that large I usually do a solid 50/hour. If I can foresee added difficulty before I start the procedure I make it 60/hour. I also make sure I never change that rate during the project for the customer it's bad business. If I can't foresee any difficulties than it's my own fault as an experienced installer.