Satoshi Grille Service

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 01:57 PM

Hey guys,
I've noticed the interest for Satoshi grilles have sky-rocketed and a lot of people have really sick grilles. I have made two Satoshi grilles so far and have gotten quite good due to the learning curve. I did a cost analysis and figured that if someone were to buy all the materials to do the grille, it would come to approximately $132:

If you make more than one grille, certain materials' costs can be spread out between approximately three grilles, thus, due to the laws of eonomies of scale, the more grilles one makes, the lower the cost.

Thus, I want to see if anyone is interested in having me make satoshi grilles for them for around $13 more than what they would spend if they were to make one themselves. Other costs would of course include shipping to and from me, if applicable.

Shipping has historically been from $65 to $70 USD from me to the East Coast (Florida and Alabama).

Turn around time is three working days, starting the day I receive the grille, grille mesh, and applicable factory paint. I only order the materials when I receive the money for them. PLEASE DO NOT SHIP YOUR GRILLE TO ME UNLESS YOU HAVE ALLOCATED AND TRANSFERRED ALL NECESSARY FUNDS TO ME AND HAVE LOCATED ALL NECESSARY ACCESSORIES. Some accessories such as emblems may take a long time to ship so please consider having them shipped to you so your grille isnt sitting at my house waiting for an emblem.

I just shipped out a satoshi grille that I made for Spootypuff. Hopefully, if I did as good a job as I think I did, he can vouch for me.

EDIT: Due to a lot of members asking for the price of a color-matched satoshi grille (for those of you who have chrome grilles), I have also worked out a price those: $195.08 + shipping. The increase in cost over regular satoshi grilles come in the form of factory color-matched paint which is $27.75 shipped to my door, clearcoat + compensation for my time and overhead.

Some members have also been asking me if I can keep a running inventory of pre-made satoshi grilles and ship them out in exchange for profit and the purchasing member's grille. However, unlike black head light mods, each member's grilles are different in terms of color. If I kept an inventory of pre-made satoshi grilles in every color, it would be too expensive because I would need to purchase 8 grilles, each costing over $170 from Toyota.

Some pictures (TOYOTA Emblem optional):

Factory Color Matched Satoshi Grilles (Where I paint the grille surround to a color of your choice):

BassPilot · 11-02-2009, 02:06 PM

I think I'll take you up on that. Need to get an extra OEM grille for you to work on first though.

jim5893 · 11-02-2009, 02:14 PM

Will it be painted to color? Thought i would ask, because i plan on doing it, but if you can do it for me, that will be a win win.

paintdiddy · 11-02-2009, 02:16 PM

your truck is so bad ass. my new fav 2nd gen taco

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BassPilot

I think I'll take you up on that. Need to get an extra OEM grille for you to work on first though.

U can run my grille while I work on your grille, if u want

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Originally Posted by jim5893

Will it be painted to color? Thought i would ask, because i plan on doing it, but if you can do it for me, that will be a win win.

you mean color match your chrome grille to your factory body color? I can do that, but it will cost more because factory paint costs $19.99 for an aerosol can, unless you want to go with a Kragen color.

fletch aka · 11-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Looks good, wish you luck.

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by paintdiddy

your truck is so bad ass. my new fav 2nd gen taco

thanks!

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Originally Posted by fletch aka

Looks good, wish you luck.

thanks! I just noticed that with a significant increase in demand for satoshi grilles on Tacomaworld I would be able to help some members out while making some side cash also. Its a really fun process too!

Sky · 11-02-2009, 02:27 PM

So the price is about $150?

leo08pirate · 11-02-2009, 02:28 PM

i want one

SecretSquirrel · 11-02-2009, 02:34 PM

Can you post a pic of the back of it?

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SecretSquirrel

Can you post a pic of the back of it?

sure I'll take a picture of the back on mine after class.

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Originally Posted by Sky

So the price is about $150?

yup, for the standard satoshi mod, without any emblems, and with only the inner black plastic repainted.

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 03:13 PM

Due to a lot of members asking for the price of a color-matched satoshi grille (for those of you who have chrome grilles), I have also worked out a price those: $187.6 + shipping. The increase in cost over regular satoshi grilles come in the form of factory color-matched paint which is $27.75 shipped to my door + compensation for my time and overhead.

solus694 · 11-02-2009, 03:30 PM

this is way cheap considering how many man-hours that are put into each grill... essentially you are doing them for less than $2 per hour... I guess you really like to do it.

You are under valuing your direct labor hours man... think about your opportunity cost. This is an extremely labor intensive project... hours wise.

BravesFan · 11-02-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by solus694

this is way cheap considering how many man-hours that are put into each grill... essentially you are doing them for less than $2 per hour... I guess you really like to do it.

You are under valuing your direct labor hours man... think about your opportunity cost. This is an extremely labor intensive project... hours wise.

SHHHHHHHH we don't want him to realize this and jack up the price

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by solus694

this is way cheap considering how many man-hours that are put into each grill... essentially you are doing them for less than $2 per hour... I guess you really like to do it.

You are under valuing your direct labor hours man... think about your opportunity cost. This is an extremely labor intensive project... hours wise.

haha thanks, its alright, i dont believe in minimum wage anyways, i think a person should be paid for what he produces, not how long it takes for him to produce it. I'll be making $50-70 for a product that takes a lot of sitting and waiting for things to dry and cure to produce. Cutting is easy and fast, just annoying. Sanding is a piece of cake once you're used to it. Painting is time consuming but the most fun. Plus my friend helps me a lot, i give him a cut, and we jus kick back a few beers when we do it.

blackhawke88 · 11-02-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BravesFan

SHHHHHHHH we don't want him to realize this and jack up the price

yea, plus any more expensive and none of you cheapos will be willing to pay for one!

oakleyTRD · 11-02-2009, 03:41 PM

im old school, ill stick with my grillcraft

nice work aaron

yosh2000 · 11-02-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by solus694

this is way cheap considering how many man-hours that are put into each grill... essentially you are doing them for less than $2 per hour... I guess you really like to do it.

^ also remember, this is only for the service, you have to ship him your grille to do. if the price of the grille was involved, it would be in the $300-350 range that all of the others are going for.

to the OP, sounds good, just make sure you remember the workload you might get when promising a 3 day turn along w/ your normal work activities (unless your jobless and living off welfare that i pay into!!). i have seen this happen to some people on the forums. they get into a little trouble doing this, as people will have no mercy on you!! just a heads up.

also, excel has this cool button that cuts a number to 2 trailing digits....

solus694 · 11-02-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by blackhawke88

haha thanks, its alright, i dont believe in minimum wage anyways, i think a person should be paid for what he produces, not how long it takes for him to produce it. I'll be making $50-70 for a product that takes a lot of sitting and waiting for things to dry and cure to produce. Cutting is easy and fast, just annoying. Sanding is a piece of cake once you're used to it. Painting is time consuming but the most fun. Plus my friend helps me a lot, i give him a cut, and we jus kick back a few beers when we do it.

Well its your labor hours... I guess my Opportunity cost is higher. But you are right, any higher and you'd get no business. Good luck, the satoshi does look good

digitalricepape · 11-02-2009, 03:57 PM

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solus694 Senior Member Joined: Aug 2009, #20487 Location: Monterey, CA.... Central Coast Gender: Male Posts: 304 Access Cab SR5 2008 Access Cab Manual	this is way cheap considering how many man-hours that are put into each grill... essentially you are doing them for less than $2 per hour... I guess you really like to do it. You are under valuing your direct labor hours man... think about your opportunity cost. This is an extremely labor intensive project... hours wise. __________________ \|2008 Radiant Red Access Cab SR5\|265/70/17 Nittoterra Grapplers\|Bilstein 5100s all around\|Toytec TSB AAL\|OME 885 Coils\| Extang Tonneau cover\|BHLM\|Satoshi grill\|Pioneer Avic 90BT\| coming soon: TRD Sport Hood\|Light Racing UCA "on-order"\|

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BassPilot Member Name: Bennett Joined: Sep 2009, #22821 Location: Bay Area, California Gender: Male Posts: 34 2010 DC SB 4X4 TRD Offroad 6-speed manual 2010 Double Cab Manual 4.0 TRD Cold Air Intake, TRD Cat Back Exhaust	I think I'll take you up on that. Need to get an extra OEM grille for you to work on first though.

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jim5893 hudson.wj@gmail.com Name: Jim Joined: Jun 2009, #18232 Location: Weirton Wv. Age: 50 Gender: Dude Posts: 38 Tacoma TRD 2009 Access Cab Automatic 4.0L	Will it be painted to color? Thought i would ask, because i plan on doing it, but if you can do it for me, that will be a win win.

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Sky Taco Member Name: Brandon Joined: Jun 2009, #18712 Location: Redlands/Yucaipa Age: 21 Gender: Male Posts: 49 05 SR5 V6 4x4 2005 Double Cab Automatic 4.0 V4 Cold air Intake	So the price is about $150?

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