Subject	To those that work on Zs
Posted by	BlackholeZ on January 27, 2012 at 9:05 PM
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Message	I am starting to get more work coming my way of working on Zs and I'm curious how some of the people that do work go about it. I one source is through a local shop, which is easy, they call me up when someone comes in with a Z. What I'm not so sure about is when people just ask me directly to fix something on their car. How do I charge for my time? I'm not a professional shop, but there comes a point when I can't just endlessly help out friends for free. I don't want to shaft people, but don't want to get shafted myself. I understand if you don't feel comfortable talking about what you charge people publicly, shoot me an email if that is the case. -Dan BlackholeZ VTC Solenoid Caps and Installation Procedure "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse." "'she' also likes to swap since I think I am going to need to give her to woody again." - Dvlhntr "full alphabetic boost mode" - ChristopherTheOne "Two oil eating, angry, spinning triangles of death." - turtleboy on rotary engines
Follow Ups	To those that work on Zs - BlackholeZ 21:05:52 01/27/12 hmmm - Jiro 21:27:09 01/27/12 Decide what your time is worth, and something's difficulty - CoHPhasor 21:28:47 01/27/12 Re: Decide what your time is worth, and something's difficulty - smartone 21:47:36 01/27/12 that's the rub - BlackholeZ 23:15:34 01/27/12 These cars are 20 years old...assume they will break - ConVerTT 23:35:28 01/27/12 Thats really good advice. When my swap got done - new2boost 12:52:05 01/28/12 they are 20 years old, change them even if they dont break - pearlzed(toronto) 02:58:05 01/28/12 Buy several feet of the proper silicone hose per the writeup - CoHPhasor 12:44:43 01/28/12 That's an interesting idea - BlackholeZ 13:54:53 01/28/12 Ahh. I'd still try for Silicone replacements, but OEM - CoHPhasor 14:34:40 01/28/12 what do you use to cut the PCV hoses? (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 14:53:03 01/28/12 Anything. I used diagonal cutters. (dikes) (n/m) - CoHPhasor 16:57:53 01/28/12 \/ fyi you can delete posts that nobody has replied to \/ (n/m) - BlackholeZ 18:05:25 01/28/12 they are usually pretty good when things break - nissan300zxwork 12:21:00 01/28/12 Re: To those that work on Zs - ouikikazz 21:57:08 01/27/12 Besides figuring out what your time is worth and - PiotrC70 22:31:15 01/27/12 Re: To those that work on Zs - team7 23:44:59 01/27/12 Dremeling an injector for a friend = 6 pack - BlackholeZ 01:43:23 01/28/12 give people an inch, they ALWAYS take a mile - LJZTT 05:29:02 01/28/12 "No" is a valuable word. Developing the ability to say, - zellamay 07:41:37 01/28/12 Sigh. I need to learn to say "no" (n/m) - aliaZ 08:46:46 01/28/12 lol i'm sorry man i had no one else to go to! (n/m) - ChrisMedaris 11:22:02 01/28/12 ive been doing private Z work at home for several years now - Dane (Houston) 09:17:30 01/29/12 Thanks a lot Dane! - BlackholeZ 15:36:26 01/29/12 good info, thanks - aliaZ 16:16:32 01/29/12 Dane, do you have a flat rate to replace a heater core? (n/m) - Dustin 20:02:38 01/29/12 Re: ive been doing private Z work at home for several years now - Krazyd27(Houston) 10:20:01 01/30/12
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