04-17-2013, 07:56 PM
After receiving a number of emails, phone calls, as well as comments here, I have decided to follow up on that to which I alluded earlier. I thought I had pretty much gotten to everybody, but as it turns out, there are a few people that dragged their butt and missed out on something they wanted. I am doing this so as to get to them.
The reality is though, that as time goes on, the demand for things diminishes. The likelihood therefore of any particular item being on any future list, and enough orders coming for it to justify it actually being made, also decreases. Don't put things off thinking it will always be around. This is a waning concern, and eventually everything will be gone forever. Only time and the ordering process will determine how long anything continues.
I am going to be extremely limiting in the amount of time I will spend on this. Between the paperwork and the packaging and such, things can easily get out of control. I am determined not to let this take over my life again. As a result, I am consolidating and condensing my tasks, and I cannot allow any deviations from the program. I promised the wife I would not get wrapped up in this again, but I also want to provide the things people need. I think this does both.
So, without further adieu, as anticipated, I am opening the doors for business on a number of items. The doors will open on May 1, 2013, and close again on May 31, 2013. No orders will be taken before May 1. No orders after May 31 will be accepted. The next opportunity will not be until at least Winter, and not likely until spring Again, this will be determined by necessity and demand.
Any orders that have come in, assuming they make the minimums needed for manufacture of each item, will be processed and filled. If we fail to make the minimum for any particular item, I will refund in full the amount for that item on June 1.
All orders must be processed through the Design 1 Racing website. No phone orders or in person orders will be processed.
All shipping will be via UPS. All international orders will be accompanied by a full amount invoice. No special shipping arrangements or alternate methods will be offered.
All items will ship at the same time. Shipping should occur on or about June 30.
The list of items that will be made available are:
Exhaust Heat Shield
Strut Tower Brace
Caster (Lower Suspension) Brace
Firewall Brace - Rev 2
Short Shift Kit
Power Steering Tensioner
AC Tensioner
Stage 2 Supercharger Tuning Kit
Stage 3 Supercharger Tuning Kit
Due to higher minimums, I do not anticipate enough orders for, and therefore will not be making:
Black Mesh Grille
Supercharger
Stainless Clutch Line
Supercharger Engine Cover
Chassis Braces will also be made available. These have no minimum quantity required, but have an 8 week lead time.
Splitters are still available and can be ordered now - 1 week lead time
I still have a couple of Supercharger Kits available, but orders are coming in. 1 of the 5 remaining kits is gone, with a second awaiting the wire transfer any day now, and a third spoken for and going away not long from now. These are just too hard and time consuming to do, as well as minimums for a lot of the parts, so I don't see any more of these getting made. I think the cost to do them in one-off fashion will be too high for anybody to be interested.
The reality is though, that as time goes on, the demand for things diminishes. The likelihood therefore of any particular item being on any future list, and enough orders coming for it to justify it actually being made, also decreases. Don't put things off thinking it will always be around. This is a waning concern, and eventually everything will be gone forever. Only time and the ordering process will determine how long anything continues.
I am going to be extremely limiting in the amount of time I will spend on this. Between the paperwork and the packaging and such, things can easily get out of control. I am determined not to let this take over my life again. As a result, I am consolidating and condensing my tasks, and I cannot allow any deviations from the program. I promised the wife I would not get wrapped up in this again, but I also want to provide the things people need. I think this does both.
So, without further adieu, as anticipated, I am opening the doors for business on a number of items. The doors will open on May 1, 2013, and close again on May 31, 2013. No orders will be taken before May 1. No orders after May 31 will be accepted. The next opportunity will not be until at least Winter, and not likely until spring Again, this will be determined by necessity and demand.
Any orders that have come in, assuming they make the minimums needed for manufacture of each item, will be processed and filled. If we fail to make the minimum for any particular item, I will refund in full the amount for that item on June 1.
All orders must be processed through the Design 1 Racing website. No phone orders or in person orders will be processed.
All shipping will be via UPS. All international orders will be accompanied by a full amount invoice. No special shipping arrangements or alternate methods will be offered.
All items will ship at the same time. Shipping should occur on or about June 30.
The list of items that will be made available are:
Exhaust Heat Shield
Strut Tower Brace
Caster (Lower Suspension) Brace
Firewall Brace - Rev 2
Short Shift Kit
Power Steering Tensioner
AC Tensioner
Stage 2 Supercharger Tuning Kit
Stage 3 Supercharger Tuning Kit
Due to higher minimums, I do not anticipate enough orders for, and therefore will not be making:
Black Mesh Grille
Supercharger
Stainless Clutch Line
Supercharger Engine Cover
Chassis Braces will also be made available. These have no minimum quantity required, but have an 8 week lead time.
Splitters are still available and can be ordered now - 1 week lead time
I still have a couple of Supercharger Kits available, but orders are coming in. 1 of the 5 remaining kits is gone, with a second awaiting the wire transfer any day now, and a third spoken for and going away not long from now. These are just too hard and time consuming to do, as well as minimums for a lot of the parts, so I don't see any more of these getting made. I think the cost to do them in one-off fashion will be too high for anybody to be interested.
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