Alright, but for the mclaren it will be the whole grill or no?
The mclaren is a one piece grille, so yes, I will be making the whole mclaren grille, no air bubble
Agreed, Sell them one at a time on Ebay and see what you can get for them. Like Drizz said, they go for a lot. You are doing everyone a favor by making these since no one else makes them anymore. There is no reason you should ever lose money on these grilles. Good on you for being willing to dedicate your time and money to provide this service to the LS community!!
Thanks
Alex, we talked in PM already about this before you posted this thread.
Yes, I'm on board and money is not the problem unless it goes past 200$ (or so)
My only concern (no disrespect) is the quality.
I don't want to see any little pits from air bubbles!
I know you do good work but at that money it's going to have to be perfect.
Mind you if final product is a primered stage, one could always fill in any air bubble pits.
Seriously, no disrespect, I'm on board ...
No disrespect taken
I wont sell grilles with bubbles in them. Thats why it took me so long to make these clear parts, I will try and make good parts for you guys.
Ooops, just re-read this, now I'm confused (doesn't take much really)
... not the whole grille ...
~ I think we are going to need pics now of your intentions.
(sorry, I'm blonde AND canadian!) <-- yes, I just did !!!
The cdc grille is not a one piece grille. It was 3 pieces, top surround which was similar or probably was the gen1 top piece form the grille, lower grille support, and the mesh. There are plenty gen1 grilles out there so I don't need to make that part, I'm not going to buy weaved mesh again, so the only part of the cdc grille no longer made would be the lower grille support. I'll work on this today and post pictures of it too.
What BigRigLs said makes the most sense. I'm new to this site and dont know Alax7 personally you probably do good work but if you are replicating a coveted item and try to sell it for the same price like couple people have said then that doesnt make any sense. As long as your covering cost and making money on it why not. Post a sample of one you make first then talk price
I'll definitely post pictures up.
I'm in no matter what the cost. $100-150 sounds great but if it's a little more I dont care!
I, like a few others, am a bit confused. Is this part going to mount to the top piece (upper part that is usually chrome) of the grille? So if I had a gen1 grille assembly, Could I just take off the black waterfall part and replace it with your part? Looking forward to this a lot! Props on helping out the LVC community once again!
It probably wont be more than and thanks.
I didn't low ball you I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings, you asked what I would pay I won't pay more that 50 bucks for some plastic. I have no clue why people are paying 250 for them when they come up. For 250 I would want way better materials. It's not huge part cf grilles for bimmers sell for that.
And it's not free and I don't just use my uncles tools I pay for metal and I pay for time to let me use it. Don't get pissy because some people have access to stuff you don't.
Anyways it's cool what your doing and all but I was just answering your question.
My feelings aren't hurt but I didn't see how you post about borrowing your uncles stuff was the same as this. I do understand you wouldn't pay more than 50 for one because you have everything you need to make one in your backyard. It is cool to have tools at your disposal, I have a lot of tools, but they are limited to handheld tool and power tools, which many people dont even have, but nothing as fancy as plasma cutter with cad.
No offense at all was taken and my feelings weren't hurt. What you will do and I will do is not the same. I can go and use that computer honeycomb sheet found in the trash or that can be bought for a few bucks and make a grille for under 15 bucks but thats not what I'm doing here. Its like if you ask me what I would pay for an oil change, I would answer that I wouldn't, but that doesn't mean those shops that change oil should do it for free to match my price.
I just asked what people would pay for one to see if I would break even.
Obviously, if people could make their own for 45-50 bucks, they wouldn't be asking around for them so much.
I find it amusing that SO many people like the mclaren now. When I bought mine (before they were discontinued) people really preferred the gen 2 LSE grille over the McLaren. Now it seems the opposite.
They're just different looks, maybe the crowd back then wanted a different look for their ls. The lse is just elegant and clean while the mclaren is a sporty grille.
Guys, these grilles wont go for 200-250, I'll let ebay decided what they sell at, but for you guys I'm sure it will be like 125 for a grille.
