Possible GB for bumpers like OEM Steel and chrome, Looknig at having some made offshore |
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Possible GB for bumpers like OEM Steel and chrome, Looknig at having some made offshore |
Mikey914 |
Jan 24 2018, 10:01 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,667 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
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Long story short Mike Warhurst (Warpig) had helped to broker a deal for stainless bumpers that looks like it's well....dead. I'm looking into making front and rear bumpers off shore with a company that a student of mine's uncle owns. They have experience in stamping and have pressed big enough to do these. QC is an issue that will need to be addressed, and at 1st it will be late bumpers. They are very labor intensive to do, but if there is an interest I will visit the factory and see what we can do. I plan to actually ship over front and rear clips to check fits. That and final payment will be made in person as they are packed to insure no surprises. I'm shooting for about $800-900 a set but would need to do about 50 sets to make it work. I will also be offering discounted rubber bumper tops for those that want it to help make this work. So, lets start again. Who would be interested at that level? |
JOEPROPER |
Jan 27 2018, 10:27 AM
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The answer is "no" unless you ask... Group: Members Posts: 1,184 Joined: 21-November 15 From: White Plains New York Member No.: 19,387 Region Association: North East States |
I had expressed interest with the Mark Henry offer / possibility and haven't heard if he's still doing this or not... I am interested in bumpers and would like to deal with a reputable member of this community but am not interested in being inconsiderate by putting MH off because of his absence to the conversation.
Only reasons for this reply is to show my interest in bumpers and be fair and considerate to the other member that sparked my interest. |
Mark Henry |
Jul 22 2018, 01:33 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
I had expressed interest with the Mark Henry offer / possibility and haven't heard if he's still doing this or not... I am interested in bumpers and would like to deal with a reputable member of this community but am not interested in being inconsiderate by putting MH off because of his absence to the conversation. Only reasons for this reply is to show my interest in bumpers and be fair and considerate to the other member that sparked my interest. I haven't been in contact with PTT for some time, they said they had a bunch done last time we talked. Basically it's a quality control issue and to a much smaller extent of logistics. I was hoping to get them to the point where I could ship direct, but with the QC issues that wasn't happening. I could never get a straight answer from them on QC, the bumpers weren't that bad, but the top holes and mounting holes were slightly off and the big one was the fog light grill openings wasn't fully cut out which is a poop load of work to do right. This all made for 8-10 plus hours/set on my end and that would be before any custom holes for tits, etc. I would be making no profit at all on each set, in fact I'd be lucky if I was making $15/hr per set. Hard to justify when I have all kinds of 996 and aircooled engine work at my shop rate. I asked them to send samples that I would pay for when they passed QC and didn't hear much after that. In the end I was out $4.5K for 3 passable sets and wasn't willing to go any further. The one GT set I'm keeping, I have one set that will look perfect installed and one set that has slight blemishes that are hard to see installed. I'll offer those 2 sets up for sale, maybe in the fall when I have more time to make sure they are good. So I'm hoping to recoup some of my money. Basically it came down to I rather lose some coin than to piss off all my 914world friends with a sub-par product, just for a couple of bucks. |
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