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Old 06-13-2006, 02:46 AM
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Bump. I've been in the buying mood, what the hell count me in
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We can do just about anything....but production #'s and mold costs kind of depend on the part... Small parts are easier to make too!
I'll PM you later. We can swap emails and....discuss.
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All testing is complete now. Working as fast as I can to get the stock built and ready to go for you guys. As I get a significant amt ready to ship...I will start taking money, ect. They will run $250 and I will cover freight to your location, inside the USA anyway. Shipments will be fulfulled as per the list/and or payments received.
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Old 06-13-2006, 08:56 AM
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Were uou able to make any vents in it? I have removed my stock shroud. Runs cooler! Man I hope you did......
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mike any probs sending to fpo?
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Definitely interested.

RJ are you stationed at Sigonella? I grew up in Sicily, my parents still own a house there, I may be going on vaca there this year, I could drop them off
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yea im in sig
Heading out there next month. Let me know if you need anything mang!
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mike any probs sending to fpo?
No...I should be able to make it work for you. Heck...I ship stuff all over the world at work...so surely I can get it to you with no big deal. You will just have to pay the extra postage/UPS costs.

PS...should have some ready to ship very soon. My buddy did some last week and is bringing them over this week. Not sure how many he got done as I didnt have a chance to stop by the shop and help at all nor check em out as I have been doing annual proposals and marketing programs at work for something else entirely. BUT....woohoo....first people on list will be fulfulled/shipped very soon. I will get a payment method in place (we already have a credit card machine if needed) as well as paypal...so I will make preperations for this and the AZ vendor thing and be off and going. My buddy actually went to Florida recently to learn some new techniques of laying CF materials (part of an annual education/training program they are involved in) and says these new ones that came out of the mold are bad-ass nice! I cant wait to check em out and get em in some peoples hands for install! More to come later.
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mike any probs sending to fpo?
Too bad these won't be ready before VR flies over there, otherwise I coud save you some costs by bringing it with our cargo. I don't mind helping out another member/servicemen.
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My car is over at the dealer right now (been there two days) for a wiper motor problem and the service manager just told me that the Carbon Fiber Engine Cover has been all the buzz over there and that they really think its cool! We must be doing something right here!! They are gonna have it one more day at least....so hopefully they arent out test driving it....lol!
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I am really looking forward for this.
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They are gonna have it one more day at least....so hopefully they arent out test driving it....lol!

or sizing it up for their own creation
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or sizing it up for their own creation
Not likely.
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Old 06-22-2006, 07:10 AM
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My car is over at the dealer right now (been there two days) for a wiper motor problem

Man, what's with the wiper motor problem? Seems that it's a common prob with the new TL's. I had mine go out on me while I was driving in the rain, and took them a full week to get it replaced...turned out the controller board, the motor and the linkage that connects the 2 wipers went out and cost them a pretty penny to fix...
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So MB, did you get my PM about the other CF stuff? And how much expressed interest would it take to get this ball rolling for the 2GCL/TL crowd?
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So MB, did you get my PM about the other CF stuff? And how much expressed interest would it take to get this ball rolling for the 2GCL/TL crowd?
Honestly...I will get to this...I just have to get this other one done first. I will also have to source a 2G TL for some testing purposes; so it does take some time. How many would it take....oh...about 15 or so probably.
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Honestly...I will get to this...I just have to get this other one done first. I will also have to source a 2G TL for some testing purposes; so it does take some time. How many would it take....oh...about 15 or so probably.
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Old 06-28-2006, 07:43 PM
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So when will these sucker going to done? Love to have them on my TL now hee hee
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So when will these sucker going to done? Love to have them on my TL now hee hee
I would have been shipping them out right now as I had some done at the shop and ready to go...my buddy packed em up and UPS'd em too me TO SAVE TIME....lol! Next day when they arrived at my house from across town....they were all broken and cracked and the box was smashed big time! Suffice it to say...he is driving the next ones over or I will be picking them up. I thought we were ready to leave the gate guys...dang! Anyway...I will be going over on Friday to go and get the two we did over the weekend and get what he managed to do this week. Its moving...just took a step back there for a minute. And he figured shipping em across town was faster....lol! Truely...I am kind of jealous....cause the newest ones looked very nice! Very high gloss and each and every problem we had in forming the prototype ones have been resolved. Very happy with the new production process that we developed!! Hopefully by next week...we will have the first guys out with the new production on their cars and talking about it here on AZ. Basically what I am working with is one mold at this point...so we can only do them so fast...and he is faster at it/better then I am...so he is doing a large amt of the work here...and I am looking at developing other adjoining CF parts under the hood. He has that magic of working the CF materials just right so they look the I want em too....and if you can believe it...he is talking about doing a HOOD now too! I am just not willing to leave mine there with him so he can work a mold out on it...NOR am I ready to pay for the tooling to get said part up and going right now...but look for things to come, I guess? But thats another story another day!

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So much for CF being stronger than steel
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So much for CF being stronger than steel
LOL....ya....you should have seen the box! Was suprising given the box weight was almost NOTHING! He should have driven them over anyway. Its not that far! He was leaving town for a vacation and figured he would send em so I didnt have to drive over....lol! At least it was insured!
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that looks great! i'd really like to get in on this, but there a few other things on my list that i want to get first. how long are you going to be production? if this is a one time oppurtunity then i'll get it now, but hopefully i can wait a bit.
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that looks great! i'd really like to get in on this, but there a few other things on my list that i want to get first. how long are you going to be production? if this is a one time oppurtunity then i'll get it now, but hopefully i can wait a bit.
I will add you to the list.
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I can't wait till the "next" batch.
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alright, so...

1. MichaelBenz (Prototype Tested/Installed Now )
2. ludachrisvt
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5. Meek32v6
6. TL-Rocks!
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20. invincible569
21. TLdriver022
22. ITL
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27. trancemission
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34. Kennedy
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36. znorris
37. ACCURATEin
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42. emracer
43. JS + TL
44. ua6spec
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thanks!
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Old 07-08-2006, 01:36 AM
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Hey MB, any idea yet when you'll be able sell and ship to the rest of us??
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Hey MB, any idea yet when you'll be able sell and ship to the rest of us??
I should be starting to take orders very soon. I have some ready to go now and more at the shop completed waiting to be picked up. Mikey
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I have just found out about this post, I am 100% in on this, this is a very nice product michael benz. I am paypal ready. Thank you benz have a nice day guys.
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Originally Posted by YarrrTL
alright, so...

1. MichaelBenz (Prototype Tested/Installed Now )
2. ludachrisvt (traded TL....out of picture)
3. SonnySoMoney
4. TL-CrAzIe-05
5. Meek32v6
6. TL-Rocks!
7. flvol77
8. dragonlord
9. hndaracer159
10. Spiritman
11. havokgroup
12. Tufferson
13. madehtsobi
14. RJANACONDA
15. dan.....k
16. blktl1
17. lembowski
18. Black_05_TL_6SP
19. AcuraVic
20. invincible569
21. TLdriver022
22. ITL
23. Weekendzs
24. techdiver_monkey
25. Silver Bullet
26. TCTL_6MT_SSM (In For Blue)
27. trancemission
28. DeadLock
29. xtin
30. CAHobbs
31. NGNOUS
32. Laxplaya11385
33. AcurasGhost
34. Kennedy
35. drdamian
36. znorris
37. ACCURATEin
38. jmbnova
39. cTLgo
40. PaperFlames
41. gman44116
42. emracer
43. JS + TL
44. ua6spec
45. druthadamaja
46. yarrrtl
47. holybear

thanks!
Updated list above.
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Old 07-08-2006, 07:23 PM
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Now, how much r we lookin @ IN THE BALLPARK? r we lookin @ 200$ or something?, just a curious question. Just aballpark answer would b kewl. thx
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Now, how much r we lookin @ IN THE BALLPARK? r we lookin @ 200$ or something?, just a curious question. Just aballpark answer would b kewl. thx
I will start a whole new thread about this once they have formally set the vendor status on my account here on az, which is in the works. Ballpark seat is at....$260 delivered in USA.
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Another 2G member here with interest.
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still waitin...thanks for all your work, MB.
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Heres another question, would you sell Engine Shrouds that are just PLAIN COLORS? Like its red or white or blue or something? like a shiny red or blue or white? possibly metallic colors? if some of us aren't intrested in getting carbonfiber, just a curious question? and if so would it be cheaper?
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think u might be able to do that yourself, or have a local body shop do that. shouldn't be too hard.
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