CF mugen rear spats

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:06 am

they are only too expensive if your comparing them with the film eyelid covers that are about £20 on the bay

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:18 pm

LOL at that offer but I'm not surprised..

We do drive a prelude so what do you expect..

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:49 pm

yeah bloody cheapskates

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:56 pm

mercutio wrote:yeah bloody cheapskates

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:44 pm

Alex, maybe you can make some CF front winglets for everyone? You can mass produce them, they can fit either 4G/5G, they look simple so should be easy to make and would be cheaper so all the cheapskates could afford them..

Something like this..

Just a thought.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:49 pm

yeah you need stuff that can fit loads of cars, and maybe do some cheap glassfibre stuff as well. With what you are doing you will need to build up a base of custom and the prelude will never do that for you its too niche a market.
you need products that are a) easy to make b)cheap to produce c) sell in a volume to make a decent profit so you can subsidise the niche stuff a little.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:08 pm

Those winglets I posted above would are universal. So if no one buys here you can always flog them on eBay.

stk prelude · Post by **stk prelude** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:22 pm

YES NITIN.. YES... I WANT!

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:38 am

Thanks for the suggestion nits, and merc you're totally right but thats why I own one!

I can't justify getting a new performance car to make parts of, the plan was to use mine as a test bed to hone my skills and hopefully not lose 000's in the process. I may decide that it's a no goer and scrap production all together, but I'd rather not.

My current thinking is to get some parts made in fibre glass and CF and get an eBay shop opened up so can get some overseas interest too. Will have to see how things go over the next few months

Post by **Donald** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:00 am

You need to do sets.

e.g.

Engine bay set
Inc. spark plug cover, alt wire cover, rad mounts, fuse box cover

Aero set
Inc. rear spats, front flappy things, cooling plate, wind deflectors?!

Interior set
Sunroof bung
Wing mirrors
Tea pot
Lips

To be honest I think the main problem is, and don't get offended, you've not made enough of any one product and sold enough for people to want to pay your asking price. I've seen the pictures from LLL and yourself but as has been said they don't do it justice, but when you're selling stuff over the internet you need good quality pictures to do the talking. Personally I don't want to pay money for an aesthetic product that I would then have to finish off. That's of course just my view on things, but I'm hoping you can take it constructively! We all big boys.

I think first you need to get a batch of one thing nicely made, with a final finish and sold. Then I think people will have a bit more confidence in paying a good price.