Re: Vinyl Top question? Installation cost"?"
[Re: kidmopar]
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08/08/11 12:51 PM
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If your glass is still in I would not install it. I just did one for a club member he did all the prep and put it all back together. It took me about 2.5 hours. I would have charged him $250 but he paid me with a new golf bag.
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Re: Vinyl Top question? Installation cost"?"
[Re: JohnRR]
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08/09/11 01:58 PM
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I find these types questions amusing ..
Will the OP print this out and take it to the shop he chooses saying well look here , this guy only paid 125 bucks 7 years ago X thousands of miles away from here , you surely can't want XXX to do it now ...
In my 40+ years of 'playing' with Mopars , I have never had to approach an Upholstery shop to install a Vinyl top. I honestly didn't know if it was 'couple hundred' or a thousand? I'm trying to figure my budget for paint / body & factoring in about how much this part of the restoration costs helps me with other segments. The cost is what it is , I just was hoping for some idea. Not looking for a bargain......... 
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Re: Vinyl Top question? Installation cost"?"
[Re: JohnRR]
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08/09/11 05:34 PM
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I find these types questions amusing ..
Will the OP print this out and take it to the shop he chooses saying well look here , this guy only paid 125 bucks 7 years ago X thousands of miles away from here , you surely can't want XXX to do it now ...
Well, Obviously, I wouldnt expect to pay this now...
and I certainly had no expectation that anyone would print this out
and go to a shop expecting to get the same price...
That's not even remotely reasonable..
All it is, is a price for a similar task at a different point in time...it's a point of reference only...
Knowing what I know, having been there and done it.
If I were to go out and get this job done again (today)
I think a reasonable starting point would be double that...
As a starting point only....
Now, does that mean I'm going to find a jobber who will do it for
$250 (rolling shell, vinyl top supplied?) NO...
That price would just be own internal point of reference for
comparing estimates... that's all...
If I read the opening ad right, I think that's really all this guy
was asking for... Yes? No?
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Re: Vinyl Top question? Installation cost"?"
[Re: MOPARMIKE69]
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08/09/11 06:46 PM
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If your glass is still in I would not install it.
It's funny you say that, I just came from the trim shop yesterday inquiring about a headliner and top installation. I asked him if he wanted the car with or without the windows installed and he told me it didn't matter. Didn't ask for a price. Doesn't matter, I need it done and he just finished recovering my seats and the price was good.
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I just wanted to get 'some' idea what it would run. I have drip rails off & back window out (replaced 'Dutchman panel) all window moldings are off ....... may have to yank the front windshield also if that's what it takes 