RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

[Sal150]

What's up guys I hope everyone had a good winter, spring for me and hope for you brings buisness. Today I recived 7 cars to do and I'm having trouble pricing them.

1.Red dodge ram 2500(diesel) crew cab. The truck is covered in swirls along with some scratches.the truck is outlined in pinstriping. Customer wants full exterior.

2. Fleet of 6 black F350's. Normal automatic carwash ware ex(swirled w/ minor scratches) customer wants full exterior detail.

Thanks for the help
-Sal

[02zx9r]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

$200-250 minimum i would say. Those are some big trucks.

Good luck

[Sal150]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

K thanks man

[RaskyR1]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

Are you going to be doing a full correction on them or just a 1-stepper?

[Maserati Mario]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

$50-$75 per hour
Not actual time though
Estimate the time, give a "quote"
Actual time may vary.
You can adjust up/down after the job is done.
I alway price high and then there happyer if I come in lower

[Sal150]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

It'll be a full exterior(only) paint correction.

Thanks maserati mario that was the answer I was really lookin for. I'm lookin at atlest 6 hours a truck I think I might have to buy some more products to make this go faster. Thanks a lot guys any tips r welcome I have a lot of work ahead of me

$50-$75 per hour
Not actual time though
Estimate the time, give a "quote"
Actual time may vary.
You can adjust up/down after the job is done.
I alway price high and then there happyer if I come in lower

[Hemin8r]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

Are you going to be doing a full correction on them or just a 1-stepper?

I have the same question as RaskyR1. Answering this question may help in narrowing down an estimated time of completion which will help you get closer to an actual cost.

[Hemin8r]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

Yikes, I see you answered my question on post #6.
6 hours min. per truck for paint correction would be pretty quick, at least for me it would. Those trucks have quite a bit of surface to cover.

[Maserati Mario]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

D151 was made for this job
Also you might want to talk about a discount for doing so many cars at one
Customers like that kinda stuff

[RaskyR1]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

Yikes, I see you answered my question on post #6.
6 hours min. per truck for paint correction would be pretty quick, at least for me it would. Those trucks have quite a bit of surface to cover.

I agree.

Between washing, claying, and polishing you will likely have much more time in it than that. M105/M205 combo could save you some time and likely get them done in two steps. I'd probably figure closer to 10-12 hours to do a good 2-step M105/M205 on them.


Are you working with rotary or DA?

[RaskyR1]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

This may give you a good idea of how long they take...keep in mind the interior took me 4-5 hours and the final step with M205 and the W9207 finishing pad was optional and I was just looking for a little added POP!

20-22hrs

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29732

Hope this helps,
Rasky

[02zx9r]

Re: RAM 2500 full exterior detail price

I agree.

Between washing, claying, and polishing you will likely have much more time in it than that. M105/M205 combo could save you some time and likely get them done in two steps. I'd probably figure closer to 10-12 hours to do a good 2-step M105/M205 on them.


Are you working with rotary or DA?

Yeah, I did a 97 sentra for a friend of mine this past weekend. I did a wash, dry clay bar on saturday as well as the interior. That alone took me several hours, then sunday I did the correction.
-Started out with M80 didnt do to well on my test spot. Ultimate Compound was the ticket. I used some LC 5.5" pads and some excel detailing 4" pads and it took me about 6 hours to do the car. That was mostly just one application of UC in most areas, some a couple applications in some areas. Wanted to follow with swirlx just because but it really did not need it plus I needed to get the car back to him so I skipped the swirl x.
-1 coat of Poorboys EX-P. 1 coat megs #26 2 days later after onr wash.

So all together i would say about 9-10 hours on it. 6 alone on the paint correction and sealing/waxing. All work done with a PC 7424