Why are DP's so pricey?
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Why are DP's so pricey?
I'd love to find a local shop that could weld two flanges to a mandrel bent ss pipe. Do the prices reflect "labor and fabrication" because "materials" don't seem to merit the high costs...
I'm ranting I guess, but I'd like to find something commensurate with a muffler delete pipe ($160) which rivals the gains of any ($500-$1000) cat back exhaust.
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Originally posted by SAEVO
That smooth bend is where the price comes in.
That smooth bend is where the price comes in.
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Witout consumers, vendors can't survive. So, demand dictates price in a way. I think vendors have us by the berries knowing that consumers don't buy Evo's to leave them stock. Can't live with them and can't live without them - type thing...
I wonder how much a mandrel bender costs and a welding torch. Any "Jesse Jame's" types out there?
I wonder how much a mandrel bender costs and a welding torch. Any "Jesse Jame's" types out there?
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Originally posted by 4-BNGR
Witout consumers, vendors can't survive. So, demand dictates price in a way. I think vendors have us by the berries knowing that consumers don't buy Evo's to leave them stock. Can't live with them and can't live without them - type thing...
I wonder how much a mandrel bender costs and a welding torch. Any "Jesse Jame's" types out there?
Witout consumers, vendors can't survive. So, demand dictates price in a way. I think vendors have us by the berries knowing that consumers don't buy Evo's to leave them stock. Can't live with them and can't live without them - type thing...
I wonder how much a mandrel bender costs and a welding torch. Any "Jesse Jame's" types out there?
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I don't think it's the Tools that cost. It's the skill and person who does the work. You can always get some noob or yourself to build one if saving money is so important. just remember do you want it done quickly, done right, or done cheaply. Choose Two.
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ok buddy...you try and find someone to mandrel bend you a one-off piece and see how much it costs.
i think prices are at an all-time low right now. $300-400 for a 3" downpipe is cheap in my opinion. have you ever priced out how much 3" CNC Mandrel bends are? How about the labor to pay an employee to weld it?
i think prices are at an all-time low right now. $300-400 for a 3" downpipe is cheap in my opinion. have you ever priced out how much 3" CNC Mandrel bends are? How about the labor to pay an employee to weld it?
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Originally posted by BoostedMike
ok buddy...you try and find someone to mandrel bend you a one-off piece and see how much it costs.
i think prices are at an all-time low right now. $300-400 for a 3" downpipe is cheap in my opinion. have you ever priced out how much 3" CNC Mandrel bends are? How about the labor to pay an employee to weld it?
ok buddy...you try and find someone to mandrel bend you a one-off piece and see how much it costs.
i think prices are at an all-time low right now. $300-400 for a 3" downpipe is cheap in my opinion. have you ever priced out how much 3" CNC Mandrel bends are? How about the labor to pay an employee to weld it?
We arent talking of doing 1 off pieces, we are also not talking about NY union workers fabbing these things. What we are stating is there is a massive amount of profit passed on to us for an in house arc monkey mass producing these things 9-5pm every day and poping them for 15 min a piece in a jig. There is no shortage or huge amount of work or 1 off pieces just cash flowing as well as the exhaust gases
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plain and simple, they can charge what they want becasue we "the consumer" will pay it. Hell I paid 30,000+ for a car that's ganna get old and deteriorate after a couple decades...
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Price a turbo-back for an Audi S4 and you'll know why I gave up tuning that car beyond chipping the ECU and traded for the Evo.
A pair of AWE down pipes and a cat back Borla exhaust will run you in the neighborhood of $2300. Granted there are two downpipes but still, $850?!? And that's just stage 2+! A full stage 3 install will run you in the neighborhood of $10K not including the 40 hours to RnR the turbos. "Err, what? I only get ~420HP at the crank for $15000?!?" I digress...
Evo parts aren't cheap but the bang for the buck is pretty good for non-domestic speed.
A pair of AWE down pipes and a cat back Borla exhaust will run you in the neighborhood of $2300. Granted there are two downpipes but still, $850?!? And that's just stage 2+! A full stage 3 install will run you in the neighborhood of $10K not including the 40 hours to RnR the turbos. "Err, what? I only get ~420HP at the crank for $15000?!?" I digress...
Evo parts aren't cheap but the bang for the buck is pretty good for non-domestic speed.
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Try the NSX 1700 for a cat back and 1700 for the headers, Oh like the comptech supercharger $9800 but it does make the car feel like a V8
Originally posted by propellerhead
Price a turbo-back for an Audi S4 and you'll know why I gave up tuning that car beyond chipping the ECU and traded for the Evo.
A pair of AWE down pipes and a cat back Borla exhaust will run you in the neighborhood of $2300. Granted there are two downpipes but still, $850?!? And that's just stage 2+! A full stage 3 install will run you in the neighborhood of $10K not including the 40 hours to RnR the turbos. "Err, what? I only get ~420HP at the crank for $15000?!?" I digress...
Evo parts aren't cheap but the bang for the buck is pretty good for non-domestic speed.
Price a turbo-back for an Audi S4 and you'll know why I gave up tuning that car beyond chipping the ECU and traded for the Evo.
A pair of AWE down pipes and a cat back Borla exhaust will run you in the neighborhood of $2300. Granted there are two downpipes but still, $850?!? And that's just stage 2+! A full stage 3 install will run you in the neighborhood of $10K not including the 40 hours to RnR the turbos. "Err, what? I only get ~420HP at the crank for $15000?!?" I digress...
Evo parts aren't cheap but the bang for the buck is pretty good for non-domestic speed.
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Originally posted by Ryanmcd2
Try the NSX 1700 for a cat back and 1700 for the headers, Oh like the comptech supercharger $9800 but it does make the car feel like a V8
Try the NSX 1700 for a cat back and 1700 for the headers, Oh like the comptech supercharger $9800 but it does make the car feel like a V8