lil_red_wagon

Im tryin to get everyone's opinions on buying products from a new company. I have bein fabricating parts and doing mods to all sorts of vehicles for years now. A business partner and I am trying to open a shop. We will be fabing parts like skids, bumpers, tire carriers, control arms, track bars, etc... We will be offering very competive prices. Not only will we be selling the parts we will also install and do repairs. My biggest concern is people not trusting our products and/or work. We will be testing our products in real world secenaros. Everything will be tried tested and approved before it is offered. The reason this is in the South Central Chapter is im just tryin to get opinions here because it will happen in AR. Mods if this needs moved please feel free to. Not trying to post a comerical post just asking a question.

lil_red_wagon

no one has any opinions or ideas?

stangman548

Sounds like a great idea. As long as the product looks good someone will buy it and if it's reasonably priced. Then those people who buy it off of looks will realize how good it is and tell everyone they know and then they will trust you.

lil_red_wagon

i sold a front bumper with winch plate and a rear bumper with tire carrier the other day and i order the parts tomorrow to build them should be done this week.

lil_red_wagon

those where for a tj im also gettin ready to build some fuel tank skids and tail light boxes

lil_red_wagon

here is the buildin process of a rear bumper with tire carrier and a front bumper with a winch plate for a yj

lil_red_wagon

here are the bumpers finished and installed

OverlandZJ

Whats the hinge on that swingaway constructed from?

lil_red_wagon

3/4in solid rod. goes all the way through the bumper with a bolt in the bottom. pivots just fine. the only time there really is any pressure on the rod is with it open and it wont be drove the way. mine is made the same way and i had it roll down a hill backwards and roll into another jeep. it only bent the rod a lil didnt break but did bust my back glass. it is welded on 5 spots inside and out on the carrier and pivots inside the bumper. the carrier is made out of 3/16 wall and the bumper is 1/4 wall

also has a grade 8 washer between the bumper and carrier to act as a spacer to keep the carrier up off the bumper so it will rotate better

lil_red_wagon

the tire carrier on the yj is a diff one than is dryin hangin from my carrier. the first one after it was mounted he wanted a bigger one so i made him a bigger one. and made it a lil diff.

nmcommando

So when are you going to start making some rock sliders?

lil_red_wagon

i have already made a set and everything i make as of right now is made to order. i have also made some fuel and tc skids too. i cant find the pic of the rock rails. they are strong enough to jack the jeep up with the rails. i have a pic of that too, but i cant find it either. i lost a whole folder of pics.

BlueXJ

Your stuff looks very well made and you should post in the for sale area and then you could get some spread all over the country. You could be in a very lucrative position if your pricing and shipping beat the big names with the big egos.

lil_red_wagon

when i started it i was lookin at it from a customer point of view. thinking that everyone was way over priced. i knew there was a way to make just as good if not better of a product at a lower more affordable price. it is sad that some companies charge what they do. i know they have less in materials than i do cause of volume they buy. if they wanted to they could charge alot less than they do.

cenderin

I would suggest you start looking into a website or something, and a name. Alot of people out there are looking for cheap well made products. Seems like you have some nice beads there also...