imnotacop420
Squire of Awesome
thats why i was asking!!
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GROUP BUY: Duraflex Mirko Splitter official GB thread
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thats why i was asking!!
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
yeah i think it should be. its part fiberglass, part plastic-ish. should work fine.
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yeah of course not bud lol. they havent even started any cf yet. we were just discussing this today. they wont start the cf ones till these are perfected.
CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
x2...
Looking at the picture you can follow the body line of the lower half of the bumper and can see what we are talking about. The left side follows the body line perfectly, the right side angles down and falls below the body line. Not sure if this is because the bumper isn't properly supported and the splitter sagged down or what, but you can see what we are talking about. Also on the right side it looks like it has an angle cut for the fog light opening rather then a rounded edge like the left side has... but that may just be the photos.
Then the other concerning thing is in these pictures there is no longer a wooden structure behind the bumper holding it in place... so now the question is the splitter to narrow?? As the bumper will most likely be wider when installed on a car at the bottom because of the bumper 'stays' as people call them. Ugh kind of a bummer that there has to be so many iterations on this. Almost wish we had a car over there with them :laugh: or that they could do the prototyping here in the states in Cali and then send the prototype mold off to China for the production run.
qbcsvt
Hard-core CEG'er
Whoa just noticed that! easy fix tho.....
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svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
Why do i keep getting logged out?! 
i click for it to "remember me" and i keep getting signed out and have to sign back in. i typed up this whole long post and tried to submit it and i had to login again and it was lost!!
i click for it to "remember me" and i keep getting signed out and have to sign back in. i typed up this whole long post and tried to submit it and i had to login again and it was lost!! svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
i stopped by ED today and picked up one of the splitters from the first batch of 15. they look really nice. nice and smooth. i was twisting it a little to see its flexibility, pretty cool compared to the fiberglass version! ill try to get my gf to help me snap some pics of it while being twisted up a little.
here is the OG mirko mold that was sent back from china. still available for purchase if someone wants to grab it and make their own FG splitters
while there i snapped some quick shots of ED's warehouse. friggin HUGE! packed to the hilt with body kits and what not! i was chatting with one of the guys and had the usual conversation, "hows business been during this economy....etc...". he said theyve actually been growing and are moving to a much larger location because they cant fit in this building any more!
he said he contributes it to their consistently bringing out new products and their great customer service. we discussed some shipping and damage claims and what not and it really is unbelievable about how well they back up their stuff. these guys are LEGIT! this place is so well run and organized its sick. my hats off to the owner of this company because it appears to be run like a well oiled machine! everything is done via computers and you'd think this place has been in business for 50+ years!
here is the OG mirko mold that was sent back from china. still available for purchase if someone wants to grab it and make their own FG splitters
while there i snapped some quick shots of ED's warehouse. friggin HUGE! packed to the hilt with body kits and what not! i was chatting with one of the guys and had the usual conversation, "hows business been during this economy....etc...". he said theyve actually been growing and are moving to a much larger location because they cant fit in this building any more!
he said he contributes it to their consistently bringing out new products and their great customer service. we discussed some shipping and damage claims and what not and it really is unbelievable about how well they back up their stuff. these guys are LEGIT! this place is so well run and organized its sick. my hats off to the owner of this company because it appears to be run like a well oiled machine! everything is done via computers and you'd think this place has been in business for 50+ years!
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
im going to TRY to test fit this thing on my csvt this weekend. first i have to rip off the current mirko that's on there and half-arsed installed. ugh... ill check to see how this one fits up.
if its just as good as the OG mirko like we believe it is, im probably going to start pushing them on ebay. the price will be higher of course and it wont be notated that there are "better fitting" ones still be worked on, or anything for that matter. those will be peddled to the non-CEG crowd that just goes on ebay to buy crap for their contours. of course YOU guys get the inside scoop because youre members here. and you guys get the discounted pricing too.
if its just as good as the OG mirko like we believe it is, im probably going to start pushing them on ebay. the price will be higher of course and it wont be notated that there are "better fitting" ones still be worked on, or anything for that matter. those will be peddled to the non-CEG crowd that just goes on ebay to buy crap for their contours. of course YOU guys get the inside scoop because youre members here. and you guys get the discounted pricing too.
trhlz1222
Veteran CEG'er
i want one
teamSVTour
Hard-core CEG'er
so ummm...these 15 are basically free since they are the pre-final copy version, and you are selling them at an even higher price, not mentioning the poor fit, and pocketing the sales?
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onder:BAD SVT
Addicted CEG'er
so ummm...these 15 are basically free since they are the pre-final copy version, and you are selling them at an even higher price, not mentioning the poor fit, and pocketing the sales?
:laugh: the thought did make a guest appearance in my head
. i just figured the man was overseeing this whole thing, so he really could do whatever he wants with them. playing devil's advocate here...morbid
Hard-core CEG'er
It's after the weekend.... where are the mounted pics?
TourEnvy
Hard-core CEG'er
Without a doubt there will be one CEGer that sees it on ebay and never open this thread. Sad really
teamSVTour
Hard-core CEG'er
exactly...impeccable timing.
:laugh: the thought did make a guest appearance in my head
Quick Z06 did a hell of a lot more work as far as I'm concerned. He was the one who was actively following up with the company, taking the suggestions and making the fit better, picture getting, giving us updates etc. If it wasn't for him you all would be having these poor fitting splitters as the final version. But since he did the extra leg work to make these better for you all, svt4svt gets to profit from the bad batch
. IMO Quick deserves these first run splitters more than svt4svt. Quick also seems like he wouldn't be the type to hose over non-CEG'rs and maybe even CEG'rs on Ebay. Sad indeed... and I'm not even in on this GB
/rant
NVSVT
CEG'er
Since you indicate that I should (maybe) be able to mold a Duraflex splitter onto a front bumper I have another question; being that I wasn't in on the original Group Buy, what would the cost be for me to buy two of these?
I'm very interested in buying a couple of these if I can sell the (2) never-installed Mirko Splitters I've already got!!!
Thanks, DT.
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
so ummm...these 15 are basically free since they are the pre-final copy version, and you are selling them at an even higher price, not mentioning the poor fit, and pocketing the sales?
who said anything about them being free?? we still have to pay for them! we're just getting a slight discount on them. ED said you can buy them for $XX or we can trash them. i said, dont trash them, some people will still want them. WE (quikz06 and i) dont have to pay for them until theyre sold, so why not?? there are TONS of people who had NO problem paying for the Mirkos these past years. its not like someone said "hey, these dont fit perfectly!" and people stopped buying them. nope. people still continued to buy them up like crazy. break them, and then buy another one.
Pete's making his profit on this. on the final version AND this "blem" batch. he tells me how much I have to pay for them, then i bring the price to you guys. dont think that he's doing all this for free. he's in this to make money, not because he wants to hook the contour people up lol.
and Jesus H Christ i cant believe people are whining about the fitment. theyre the same damn fitment that the original beloved mirkos were! the ones that TONS of people bought no problem! now all of a sudden "they fit poor". please....
and i said id put them on ebay for regular price because im hooking YOU guys up here. you want people to put their deposits in and wait for over 6 months and then let newcomers get them for the same price?? is that fair to the people that put their money up and waited forever??
and as far as not mentioning the "poor fitment" on ebay, if you were selling a genuine mirko splitter on ebay, to anyone who wants to buy it, would YOU say, "oh btw, they dont fit very well??" lmao! of course you wouldnt. yet, somehow you think that this splitter here will sit all crooked or something
i put MY own personal money up to make these stupid things! i paid $500 for the original mold that isnt even being used! ive had to drive back and forth to ED to drop crap off, including my own extra bumper and splitter in order to get these made. yet somehow im just ripping people off right?
and do you think im doing all this because i DONT want to make a few bucks?? do you honestly think that Pete and i would go through all this just to sell them at cost?? no. pete sells body kits as a regular business and i sell wheels and other parts. we're trying to make a few bucks off these AND bringing you guys quality stuff for a decent price. do you think im going to invest over $1k of my own money just for shks and giggles?! not to mention im on the hook for whatever sets ARENT sold (of the final version). you think i want to sit on a bunch of contour splitters for the hell of it?!
or maybe you just dont like the fact that im offering a better price to CEG members... and i should be selling them at full price to everyone... ah, my bad for hooking people here up.
ill just scrap the ebay idea. ill just buy one more of the "piss poor original fitment" splitters for my own cars and tell ED to scrap the rest because nobody wants them. im fine with that. no money lost for me. people can just buy the nicer version at full price.
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
so ummm...these 15 are basically free since they are the pre-final copy version, and you are selling them at an even higher price, not mentioning the poor fit, and pocketing the sales?
exactly...impeccable timing.
Quick Z06 did a hell of a lot more work as far as I'm concerned. He was the one who was actively following up with the company, taking the suggestions and making the fit better, picture getting, giving us updates etc. If it wasn't for him you all would be having these poor fitting splitters as the final version. But since he did the extra leg work to make these better for you all, svt4svt gets to profit from the bad batch
Sad indeed... and I'm not even in on this GB
/rant
you dont know wtf youre talking about. Quick Z06 is my contact for this company. i dont overstep him to talk to the owner directly. im a customer of Pete's! (quick Z06). he is the one who has contacts with the right people at ED, not me. they barely know me. im the go-between pete and CEG. i brought him the idea. we collaborated on it. Pete has an invested interest in seeing this thing through just as much as i do. he joined up here so he could chime in with updates since he has the direct contact and not me. would you rather he just email me what he wants to say and i regurgitate it here for you? ive made wheels for pete as he is an authorized wheel rep for me. he doesnt go directly to my manufacturer, he goes through me. that's how it works. same thing goes for my billet aluminum goodies we make for cobras/lightnings/gt500s. my guy designs them and then farms the work out to local machine shops. he deals with them, and me. i dont go to them directly. i have no idea what his costs are. he presents me with a price per unit that HE is comfortable with (for dealing with it) and then i have to figure out a price to sell to my customers.
as for you pulling info out of your arse thats just ridiculous. i made no implication that this first batch of splitters was free whatsoever so i dont know where you would get that from except out of your @ss. do you REALLY think ED is going to MAKE 15 splitters, ship them across the world, and just GIVE them to ME (and not pete mind you) so that i can go and sell them all for a nice windfall profit??
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
when i visited ED the last time i specifically asked them about molding the splitter to the stock bumper because someone (you?) had asked and they said "oh yeah, no problem at all". so there shouldnt be any worry there. im sure pete can chime in since he has sold many duraflex pieces to his vette customers.
anyone who did not pony up their money at the beginning of the GB must pay the non-GB price. im not doing it to squeeze more money out of you, its because its not fair for those people who put their money up and wait forever to get it. not to mention, the GB pricing is with ME making practically nothing on them. not enough that would even be worth dealing with. pete still makes his same cut no matter what. I'M the one cutting MY profit to get the original GB people the best deal possible. not pete, not ED.
since these are limited in number, i cant cut the price down on them even if you buy two. but, ill tell you what. you buy two of them at the regular price. you install both on your cars and send me pics. ill then kick you down with a "rebate" from myself. basically like giving you a discount. i just dont people trying to scam me by buying splitters together and telling me theyre buying two or three for themselves. again, i am trying to make a few bucks from this. its not a hobby. and since theyre limited, eventually every single one will sell at full price so i dont really have to discount them if i dont want to. but i will choose to do so. i hope that makes sense and sounds reasonable. plus, maybe ED could package them together so you'd save a decent amount on shipping. probably ship two together for barely more than one.
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
if anyone doesnt like the way im doing this you are MORE than welcome to buy the original mirko splitter mold off me and start producing your own "poor fitting" mirko splitters. you can sell them and make the money back, i dont care :shrug: and you can even do it for just the cost of the fiberglass so you can feel good about doing it for nothing. just be sure to tell people that the fitment sucks
or maybe you can find another manufacturer of body kits and have them make you your own splitters and put your own money up to have it done. good luck, really i mean it.
you guys should be glad ED is even willing to work with us on this. half of the employees there have probably never even heard of a ford contour. theyve got their warehouse full of parts for RX7s, G35, 350z, hondas, vettes, etc... then we come along and want to ask them to make FIFTEEN splitters that will hardly make them any money for a car that no longer exists. and then people want to sit here and gripe about the way things are done. hey, go try and do it yourself. really. start making calls and see if you can make things happen. see if you can convince a company that you can move a bunch of parts for a car that is unknown. i have people from oddball car groups/forums contact me like this for wheels and ask if they do a GB for 10 sets of wheels, how much would it cost (usually involving a custom design they want). then they choke when they hear how much it will cost. some of you guys seem to think that getting stuff like this done is cheap and easy lol.
or maybe you can find another manufacturer of body kits and have them make you your own splitters and put your own money up to have it done. good luck, really i mean it.
you guys should be glad ED is even willing to work with us on this. half of the employees there have probably never even heard of a ford contour. theyve got their warehouse full of parts for RX7s, G35, 350z, hondas, vettes, etc... then we come along and want to ask them to make FIFTEEN splitters that will hardly make them any money for a car that no longer exists. and then people want to sit here and gripe about the way things are done. hey, go try and do it yourself. really. start making calls and see if you can make things happen. see if you can convince a company that you can move a bunch of parts for a car that is unknown. i have people from oddball car groups/forums contact me like this for wheels and ask if they do a GB for 10 sets of wheels, how much would it cost (usually involving a custom design they want). then they choke when they hear how much it will cost. some of you guys seem to think that getting stuff like this done is cheap and easy lol.
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
It's after the weekend.... where are the mounted pics?
i didnt have time to get to it this weekend. i was too busy doing the family thing. now, i dont really even care. im fine with it for my own car and thats all that i care about. i tried to offer up these at a discounted price for the cheap skates (like myself) who want to save a few bucks but it just backfires in my face. so ill just pass the word to have them destroyed. i wrongly assumed that there were a handful of people on this forum who were looking to save a few bucks but i guess everyone is more concerned with perfection than cost. hey, thats cool. ferrari owners are the same way.
as far as posting them on ebay and not mentioning the fitment, i figured, people didnt have a problem with the way the original mirkos fit so why should it be an issue now? especially those random people off ebay who have never heard of CEG and dont even know WTF a mirko is. the kind that are surfing on ebay for crap for their $2500 car and go "ooh! that looks cool. i want it!". the same ones who buy the God-awful body kits and other junk peddled on ebay. and i would even post on their that these were replicas of the original mirko splitters and have the same fitment the originals did. but apparently some people think i should state in bold letters "do NOT buy these! they fit horribly!" when theyre the same damn thing i have on both of my contours right now!
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