Diamond Race Cars front Chromoly light weight subframe
Jun 14, 2014, 09:20 PM
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I want to make this first piece clear.... I dont work for Diamond....I also dont take payments or anything on these subframes. I am not working for diamond and am not getting a kick back on these, I only talked them into making them for our market. I seriously dont make a dime from referrals or anything. I spoke to matt about vendor status and relayed the pricing to Dan at Diamond. To be honest with the lack of demand hes seen in this part vs what was expected I doubt he will pay the vendor pricing, hes not getting the return on the investment that is worthwhile vs what he currently has going. Just an honest assessment and observation of the market and where this part fits in.
Jun 15, 2014, 11:48 AM
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There's a place by Chicago that will make me one of these as well, and I'm sure there are fabricating companies nationwide that would also make one of these too. But this other place wants $2500 to do it. The interest in this piece to begin with was because of the price. Why doesn't he just raise the price a tiny bit to offset the vendor pricing? So each piece costs $50 more to the customer but then he gets to advertise all over the forum that these are available. Then he will sell a lot more of them. Econ 101.
Jun 15, 2014, 01:46 PM
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There's a place by Chicago that will make me one of these as well, and I'm sure there are fabricating companies nationwide that would also make one of these too. But this other place wants $2500 to do it. The interest in this piece to begin with was because of the price. Why doesn't he just raise the price a tiny bit to offset the vendor pricing? So each piece costs $50 more to the customer but then he gets to advertise all over the forum that these are available. Then he will sell a lot more of them. Econ 101.
because everyone in the K member thread *****ed about pricing for other companies ''1700.00+'' and would not buy one at that price. so Diamond now makes one that is 500+ LESS then the others with more options and no one is buying them. so many people claimed to want one. well here it is. what is the issue now? regardless i do not blame Diamond for declining vendor status when its just not worth it for them.
Jun 15, 2014, 02:29 PM
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because everyone in the K member thread *****ed about pricing for other companies ''1700.00+'' and would not buy one at that price. so Diamond now makes one that is 500+ LESS then the others with more options and no one is buying them. so many people claimed to want one. well here it is. what is the issue now? regardless i do not blame Diamond for declining vendor status when its just not worth it for them.
these pieces are for those that have everything else they need for their cars and can now start making changes that are bit less necessary. that's a pretty small market, i would imagine.
Jun 15, 2014, 04:20 PM
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If the numbers don't add up for them then they don't add up. It's hard for me to say without seeing the cost to make one vs the profit they get out of each unit. I know a lot of man hours goes into each and every one of these though for sure. I was assuming more advertising and selling more units could offset the vendor cost, bad assumption on my part perhaps. If they'll sell me one for $1200, then when I get my big commission check on July 3rd I will buy one. There's one order, guaranteed.
Jun 15, 2014, 04:23 PM
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FYI my car is a DD in Chicago. I have replaced every single last rusted part on the bottom of the car systematically with one part remaining, the front subframe. I would love to use one of these as a replacement to just throwing another stock one on there.
Jun 16, 2014, 10:52 AM
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I bought one because it's a cool piece. I certainly don't NEED it. I am sure it will make servicing the car much easier now + dropped weight. It's a win all around. I don't even know what it cost TBH. I just gave dan my card number and that was it. It was cheaper than a new Magnus one and cheaper than a used Magnus one lol. And cheaper than one from StraightlinePerformance. I am surprised not many ppl are interested since there was 47 freakin pages in the original thread. I wanted to get one before they stopped making them just because of the low demand and because of all this. Lol @ trying to lowball a company. They were trying to help the community out and offer us something that everyone has wanted at a very affordable price.
It's not like they aren't selling them. They had quite a few orders they were finishing up when I bought mine
It's not like they aren't selling them. They had quite a few orders they were finishing up when I bought mine
