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custom part designer
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Sydney
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Hi All
I have a start up enterprise in Sydney designing and manufacturing components for classic falcons amongst other things currently manufacturing billet bonnet caps for xy falcon gt's billet brake master cylinder caps billet strut tower caps for xr-xe falcons I also specialise in one off solutions/designs out of the norm Pm me for any questions Thanks |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ballarat
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Why doesnt anyone tackle the hard stuff? The stuff people woud pay big money for...
Like a clevo 2 piece rear main seal that doesnt leak. Or a 1 piece rubber sump gasket for a clevo. Or an xc gs grille. Or 302w 5.0 heater pipes. Maybe, somehow, an offset starter motor on fords that gets it away from header heat. There's so many more. Good luck but i reckon ive seen that blingey stuff around. |
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
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custom part designer
Join Date: Jan 2024
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Thank you for your comments… I have posted items for sale that may appeal to more people than you… I would be more than happy to look at your wish list of items that you would rather see…..but when I give you a price to manufacture 1 of those items-and you complain to anyone who will listen about how unrealistic the price is because I couldn’t see any sort of volume in them- how does that work??? Unfortunately time is money- one off components aren’t made magically and why am I going to invest many hours into something that will not make a profit for someone who doesn’t understand that custom components don’t magically get made…. I will make anything- but people need to realise like any other trade service - hours worked = money
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I realise all that. But youre selling a shiny cap for a master cylinder. Which god knows why its billet. What else have you got? Should make some billet tyre valve caps. Or is the setup cost too high? |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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We still paid though. People will pay well for good stuff, of which there is not much available. Its amazing to me that this is someone's take on the 'missing piece' of the classic/resto market. Clevos came in a lot more than just falcons. I think youd be surprised how many people still screw around with them, worldwide. |
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custom part designer
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custom part designer
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Go to super cheap for your valve covers 😂😂😂
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Thailand Specials
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When you sell maybe 200 of them, because of not much demand for the product, so $22,500/200 - your cost ends up being $112.50 AUD/sump gasket on the ones you sell, excluding shipping costs (lets ignore) and you have 800x dead stock sump gaskets on the shelf you might move here and there. Then we want to make money on the 200x sump gaskets at $112.50 to cover the cost of the 800x sitting on the shelf, so we mark it up by 50% - $168.75 AUD per rubber sump gasket. Whats the cork sump gasket worth and would you pay $170 for a sump gasket on a Clevo? OR do you spend $22,500 on something you know which will move? Yeah there's Clevelands in other cars world-wide, but how do you market your new ubeaut rubber sump gasket to these customers, do we spend money on SEO campaigns? I guess if you're happy for a slow burn, its a long payback period on your $22,500 up front spend if you price it per unit on the 1000 instead of the 200 you know you'll move. I think the intention is he's gone for the billet stuff because he knows it moves and he's probably not spending 5 figures on stock and tooling costs like you would be if you're making gaskets and little bits and bobs like rear main seals and stuff. Used to get the same thing all the time on throttle cables for T series AUs with the Wheezer, Complain about $250 for me to make you 1x throttle cable, and I need to salvage the bracket near the throttle side of it. Buy 30,000 of them and cover the $5000 USD tooling cost to make the bracket and I'll do em for $20 each. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 14-01-2024 at 10:23 PM. |
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custom part designer
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Sometimes common sense over unreal expectations/ dreams sometimes prevails |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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We dabble in different areas, with different people. Those prices are reasonable. Have you built any 60s/70s/80s cars lately? Or ever? Do you own any? I think youre missing my point. But in short i couldnt care less, just, yeah, congrats on the pointless blingey crap, youre doing gods work here ![]() You promote "custom" yet all you can do is use a cnc mill to cut out basic parts. And when asked for anything its all too hard and expensive. Good luck with your master cylinder covers, youll be the next Elon. |
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Enough.
DK Customs, I really shouldn't allowing you to join this forum for the sole purpose of promoting your business. We have the sponsor area for that. We don't mind the odd mention if you are contributing positively in other ways but I am not seeing this at the moment. |
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