Ricer Parts
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You were just lucky you bought you STi when prices for subaru parts finally came down to an acceptable level...just ask Shane what he paid for his VF34 turbo, STi injectors, etc, etc, etc...
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STiSchucky wrote:
900?? holy shit. why the price hike?exactly what chuck said... There is very little demand for aftermarket pieces for these cars. We had 2 fiberglass hood dealers for a while, 1 was actually making 2 different styles as well. Both compaines ended up with really really bad reputations about lack of quality (people who order a hood from them know to have $1000 standing by to fix the hood when they get it. Guys have spend horrible amounts of money to get those hoods fitting correctly and looking right)
Only fiberglass hood dealer with any reputation anymore is cervinnis, however they only make a hood for the 89-93 birds. (the 2 noted above only made hoods for the 94-97 birds)
But yeah, the CF hoods we'll have available are being made on a per-order basis so that doesn't help costs.
http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/9697tbird.htm
(they don't have the CF hood listed but were mentioning it earlier during the design process)However it's the way everything is for these cars. It doesn't help that Modular Ford parts are stupidly expensive to begin with, but anyting specialty for the Tbird/Cougar/MarkVIII is just escalated that much more due to very little demand. (hell, we just lost our only bolt-on supercharger manufacturer because they weren't selling enough units). coated mid-length headers running $750, full exhuast was up around $1000 but it's come down now... I think the only reasonable aftermarket piece we can get is the Disc Brakes R-Us 13" rotor, 2POT PBR caliper kit for $450. However anything else, even a 4POT brake setup will run us $2200. Sucks when I can look at Mustang/Fbody parts and pay half price for both headers and big brake kits if I had one of those vehicles.
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why not just contact a manufacturer like phoenix industries in crookston to make carbon fiber/fiberglass pieces for you guys? If you can get 10 people together its actually pretty affordable.
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STiSchucky wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7974032414&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
just bought it tonight, going un painted.am i considered rice to you? my wing is ginormous to.
This is by no means a burn, and I was thinking about going with a carbon fiber hood also, but if you do the research, the stock STi hood is actually lighter than most quality carbon fiber hoods.
Just my $.02
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i just like carbon fiber hoods. nothin wrong with a few exterior mods
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True, nothing wrong with it at all.
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tjamz wrote:
why not just contact a manufacturer like phoenix industries in crookston to make carbon fiber/fiberglass pieces for you guys? If you can get 10 people together its actually pretty affordable.really?
Any idea on what kind of price we'd be talking about?
I know a handfull of the MarkVIII guys would love to get their hands on a new hood. -
I was quoted $6000 to $8000 for the FIRST full one piece carbon fiber front end, and about $1500 a piece after that....a simple hood should be much cheaper.
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adog wrote:
WHether carbon fiber is rice or not really depends on the car it is going on. CF on good car = not rice. CF on 4-colored stock vehicle = rice.Ya, well f*** you too hole. It wouldnt be four fg colors if my fg tax return was here. And btw, i am ordering CF fenders, Front bumper, and trunk lid because it is the same price if not less than getting my car repainted. So you can just go f your self. Plus why is it rice when i got into a fg accident and havent had time to get it painted. your so stupid, you should know what you are talking about before you open your fg mouth. Plus the CF hood was cheaper than a new stock hood so f*** off because i was going cheap to fix my car.
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harwood39 wrote:
Ya, well fuck you too asshole. It wouldnt be four fucking colors if my fucking tax return was here. And btw, i am ordering CF fenders, Front bumper, and trunk lid because it is the same price if not less than getting my car repainted. So you can just go fuck your self. Plus why is it rice when i got into a fucking accident and havent had time to get it painted. your so stupid, you should know what you are talking about before you open your fucking mouth. Plus the CF hood was cheaper than a new stock hood so fuck off because i was going cheap to fix my car.i think thats the ricer attitude ^^^^^
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to be honest harwood, it is the attitude that determines it a bit in my opinion too... I understand where you're coming from, and I think you know that I have no problems with you or your car, but you did sound quite standoffish there. Not trying to rag on ya bud, just chiming in w/ my $.02
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no kidding, was adog even trying to be an asshole? or was it just a comment about broken ass cars sporting 450 dollar spoilers and cf altezzas?
haha
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