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Mon May 02, 2005 6:34 am
I would really like to have a CF trunk for my 'vert. But nobody makes them regularly. There just aren't enough 'verts out there to make it profitable for a business to do. So, I would have to have one custom made. That would be rediculously expensive... unless.... I could find some other people who are also interested.
I called Raceonusa to inquire about getting a Carbon Fiber trunk lid made for the 240 'vert. I think they make them for S13 and S14 coupes.
They said that if I paid for the mold, they would go ahead and make me one. Once it was made, I would be able to get more at a normal price.
So, I want to gauge interest in the product. If I could get somewhere between 5 and 10 people to participate it might spread out the cost enough on the mold to make it a worthwhile purchase for everyone.
This is not a group buy yet! I am not advertising something for sale... This is still R&D to gauge interest in the possibility of creating a product.
Anybody ever ordered from RaceOn? How's there quality? Anyone have any other ideas on who to work with? VIS? I have a wholesale account with Origin/D-drug/version:Select... I am going to talk to them about it as well.
Obviously the first question that everyone will ask is.. What would it cost. I gather the first one would cost around $1000 to have custom made. After that it should be pretty reasonable. Obviously I don't have any fixed costs on this yet, but I would think if 5 people ordered, the cost would spread out to around $300 to $350 each. Just a guess at this point.
Does anybody know of any direct manufacturers that we might be able to contact and work with?
Let me know if anyone has any ideas.