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How long would it take to wire a Buggy
duckydubless - September 7th, 2005 at 09:14 AM

Okay here is the story, my buggy has been with the Auto electrician now for 10 days aaaahhhh!!!!!:cry and he is holding up the project. But was wondering if anyone knew how long (ballpark) would it take to wire up a buggy from scratch???????
How much would you expect to pay??????????/

MickH - September 7th, 2005 at 09:24 AM

$600-$900 COMPLETE (everything possible) and 2 days easy if it was the only job happening at the shop....I did my other Manx last weekend from scratch and I'm no auto lekky:aliennn[ Edited on 6-9-2005 by Mick H ]

~air fooled~ - September 7th, 2005 at 09:26 AM

hahaha... i been rewiring mine from scratch for the last 6 months or so hahahaha.... i've paid about $400 -$500 in materials alone so far!!

it can take a while if you are doing it properly, strand by strand and crimping and soldering every terminal....

keep on their ass though and make sure they realise its a priority case as some places like these have a tendancy to push projects such as that into the category of 'spare time' project.....

Brad - September 7th, 2005 at 09:29 AM

Ok it takes about 10- 14 hrs from start to finish and that is to make it a neat job.

Costs around $250 in parts such as fuse box, switches, relay's, flasher units, wire etc. This is working on you supplying guages installed, indicator switch cluster, high beam switch and all lights fitted to buggy. If lights aren't fitted then wires are just left unterminated.

Total cost is usually around the $1000 - $1200 mark. I charge ( Custom Offroad ) $990 for a VW powered VW buggy and around $1400 for an EFI powered buggy. This comes with a custom wiring diagram and a few other tricks.

Problem is when I say 10 hrs I mean 10 full hours and not 10 slow hours. It is pretty hard to find 10 hrs straight to work so most will hang onto them for a week or so and do a few hours each day.

I have seen buggies which cost around the $2000 mark and they were nothing special. Many auto elec's just charge on an hourly rate and if they haven't done a few before then it will take them longer to do. I am about to do a custom job as a one off and I reckon it will take around the 20 hr mark. So there is also exceptions to the norm.

On a bright note ..... if your buggy is at the Auto Elec that Kurt and Gunter usually use then he does a very nice job and I was impressed with it when I saw the finished product.

I hope that helps.

MickH - September 7th, 2005 at 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by Buggy Brad
Ok it takes about 10- 14 hrs from start to finish and that is to make it a neat job.

Costs around $250 in parts such as fuse box, switches, relay's, flasher units, wire etc. This is working on you supplying guages installed, indicator switch cluster, high beam switch and all lights fitted to buggy. If lights aren't fitted then wires are just left unterminated.

Total cost is usually around the $1000 - $1200 mark. I charge ( Custom Offroad ) $990 for a VW powered VW buggy and around $1400 for an EFI powered buggy. This comes with a custom wiring diagram and a few other tricks.

Problem is when I say 10 hrs I mean 10 full hours and not 10 slow hours. It is pretty hard to find 10 hrs straight to work so most will hang onto them for a week or so and do a few hours each day.

I have seen buggies which cost around the $2000 mark and they were nothing special. Many auto elec's just charge on an hourly rate and if they haven't done a few before then it will take them longer to do. I am about to do a custom job as a one off and I reckon it will take around the 20 hr mark. So there is also exceptions to the norm.

On a bright note ..... if your buggy is at the Auto Elec that Kurt and Gunter usually use then he does a very nice job and I was impressed with it when I saw the finished product.

I hope that helps.



My job would not be as neat as Brads....:thumb

duckydubless - September 7th, 2005 at 11:55 AM

thanks guys this all helps