All this is fine and good, however has nothing to do with your claims that vendors are taking advantage of customers by selling them discs at $500+ per pair without knowing how much they cost from the manufacturer.

Your post was offensive, lacking factual data and irresponsible.

Now if you would like to try and have another company manufacture a disc similar in specs to the EXEDY for cheaper, that is up to you. That does not affect how much authentic EXEDY replacement discs cost, therefore you still lack the information necessary to judge the cost in which vendors sell the replacement discs for.

They could be making $5 per disc for all you know, without first knowing what EXEDY charges.

 

I already have a PM from a vendor on here who is willing to sell me the discs for my exedy less then the quoted price of $500, much less. That right there tells me that there is price gouging going on and some vendors are taking advantage of consumers. Sorry if that factual data offends you, but if you are one of those vendors then I can understand why you would be offended.

Besides all that, as I've already said above I've had twin discs clutches rebuilt for less then that amount and that rebuild included far more then a couple of discs. These are no name clutches either, they are clutches that go into 1200+whp cars and are regarded in the automotive industry as the best on the market with results to back it up. If they only charge $450 for a rebuild there is no reason why another vendor should charge more then that for just a couple of discs.

Say what you want to about what Exedy charges their vendors, but if a vendor is charging the consumer $400-$500 for 2 discs they better be made of gold because there is no way they cost that much. A clutch disc is a clutch disc, anyone who has been around racing long enough knows that FACT. It doesn't matter who's name is on there, if you want to pay for a name buy some JDM clutch.

SO, I'm waiting for you to report me to the mods like you always do and say I am bashing you...

 

Exedy is saying they have all the parts in stock... trying to figure out what the deal is now....

 

You are bashing, but as long as the members can see how you project yourself on others and how you still have not provided any cost information on wholesale pricing of discs, you are your own worst enemy when it comes to credibility.

Reporting posts is not as fun as watching you damage your own credibility.

 

good deal, keep up updated.

 

pot meet kettel.

 

I don't need to provide any price information. I already stated another vendor has PM'ed me a much lower price for 2 discs then the above quoted $530. That right there tells me that there is price gouging going on and vendors are taking advantage of consumers.

 

This is crap. Everytime I have the loot the parts don't seem to be in stock. The one time I didn't have the money they were in stock. Eric at exedy never got back with me.

Love the Exedy but I can't buy a new clutch every time it needs rebuilt. I'll be switching to a Tilton Twin Ceramic or Carbon in 1-2 months. I'm tired of wasting time on getting my current clutch rebuilt.

 

If you go on the exedy site and go to distributors youll see a list of everyone in the usa.

Before i sold my old one i was gonna rebuild it, but then i didnt have enough time cause the tranny was coming back from being rebuilt so i just bought a new one.

Many of them stock them and the cheapest price i was quoted for $460 shipped for the two discs.

My advice would be the same thing... Get the part number and go down the line calling.


Cheers!

 

Twin cerametallic tilton will wear the teeth off the hubs in a few weeks, requiring replacement of the discs just to repeat the process in another few weeks. At that point you will likely need to replace the whole input shaft on the transmission, adding another $1000 to your project.

Tilton twin carbon is in the $4500 range.

OT, I don't believe I ever received the motor mounts you owe me justchil. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

^^ Well that blows. I'd like to get the stuff from the place that will be doing the rebuild... I have a month til I'm ready to do it so maybe I can find what I need by then.

TTP: Your absolutely correct. I could have sworn I had already sent them but I found them last night while cleaning. I need to ship 2 other things tomorrow so I'll add this to it.

 

So is the rebuild available yet?

 

went through this song and dance several months ago. Ordered a "rebuild kit" from Horsepowerfreaks, came with the friction discs and clutch cover bolts. This was done ahead of time to avoid downtime.

Upon dissasembly of the old clutch we found that the floater plate "leaf springs" were worn or missing, contacted exedy and they dont sell just the springs. took the assembly to a machine shop and they could only resurface the flywheel. Contacted just about all the vendors on here about getting a new pressure plate and floater plate and the only one who would go through the trouble was Vivid Racing.

Ordered the stuff to be delivered overnight but still took over 2 weeks because they had to get the plates from the factory.

Clutch release bearing came from the dealership. Grand total for everything was around $1000.

IMO the Exedy twin should not be considered rebuildable. I am curious however as to what the lifespan would have been had I just replaced the friction discs.

 

Go to this site, they sell both exedy and cusco rebuilds which are the same and the price seems to be the norm. I need a cusco rebuild, hopefully I can find it cheaper, when I buy it next month. http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?m...ne&prodid=2077

 

Should have just replaced the discs.