How many of you ETCH PARTS on your car or have done it prior to hiring a shop?

It's kinda sad that I'm even posting this but fu*k...I've had more than my share of rip-offs with performance shops. Typically it's just bad work and carelessness but I've wasted so much money over the years I'm actually considering buying a parts etcher and going to town on a lot of stuff prior to ever handing the keys to anyone again.

I know alot of the performance shops (typically the honest ones) do this to protect themselves and to have a point of reference for work that was carried out on particular components.

What etching equipment do you recommend?

Thanks!

 

You mean engraving?
http://www.harborfreight.com/electri...ver-46099.html

Will work fine for engraving initials or whatever kind of marking you want to do on parts.

 

Just ask for old parts back if you're having a shop install new things

 

I've never had this problem before, but any kind of engraving too should work fine.

 

a basic engraving tool is all you would need