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Re: DIY downpipe cost a faction of Abbott's
Posted by ckpaden (more from ckpaden) on Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:40:15
In Reply to: Re: DIY downpipe cost a faction of Abbott's, Andy K, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:17:49
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They make custom parts as well but for your car I assume this may not be required. A couple of months ago I tried to get a group buy going for a downpipe the only problems was that the total cost was so high($550) due to the shop having to make custum bends. What your doing here is buying the bends from someone who has already made them and who sells them to a large market opposed from buy it from a small market retainer and this help reduce the cost dramatically.
Knowing what I said from above you now need to do the work that normally would of been done at the small volume shop by finding out what bends that you need. A weilder might be able to help you out here by telling you what bends they think you needed in order to make this.
I know what is needed for the ng900 exhaust but I really do not know what is needed for the 9000.
I figured this the ng900 needs (1)180 bend (2) 90 bends (1) 4 foot section of straight pipe (1) cone reduction from a 3" to 2.25" (2) oxygen sensor plugs (1) cat and a couple of clamps. Estimated total cost $250-300 Abbott cost $750 and it shorter. Thats around a 200% mark up...not a bad profit margin.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Down Pipe, Stephen, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 07:00:49
- DIY downpipe cost a faction of Abbott's, ckpaden, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:15:38
- Re: DIY downpipe cost a faction of Abbott's, Andy K, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:17:49
- BOOM Tubes....., GTW, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:23:00
- Re: BOOM Tubes....., sully, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:38:51
- My Abbott exhaust (includes downpipe) booms.., Aaron Gilbert, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:46:28
- I think its called BOOM for a reason. Nascar is loud, ckpaden, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:46:06
- Re: BOOM Tubes....., Stephen, Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:37:56
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