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have they always been like 400 bucks? I coulda swore that they were like 250-300 a year or so ago. ???

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obx sells parts for cheap so if they break your to blame the fact they work they now charge more. Finally one obx part that works LOL

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Who's got them cheapest, I need one too.

"Promise to never rock the ching chong meow parts on my car". O0

Let's get 10 from HMT and hustle a retailer. :y

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dude on h-t sells them for 360 shipped.
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1962959
If he will do a group buy im in. ;)
I was gonna buy one this Friday.

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I can get some pretty killer pricing on them. Ill get pricing on monday

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how much for the duece duece???

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haha, that blows though... for us.

and do get some pricing on them. I'm interested in one, but at close to 400 bucks, blah.

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Looks like we've got 3 already.

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If there is a group buy, i'm in! :y

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Put me down for one more :X

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depending on price I might be on

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if we can get them for less than the 360 on HT, i want two with my money from my tax return.

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after some reported issues, I'm being careful with the D diffs from now one.

.015" runout is not good, Quaifes are normally .002-.003"


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thanks for the heads up tranny masta. hear any issues with B-series diffs?

oh and I like how accurate you are with your measuring. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...st/thumbup.gif

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I was about to order one, So I'm in for a group buy.

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I only set that up since a guy in PR had two that were out of spec......I happens to have a Quaife/GearX 4.9 on the bench for a SCCA customer.....

HArbor Freight for the gauge and holder, $20 well spent. Not the utmost in accuracy, but I'm not building the Space Shuttle either. If it becomes an issue, you'll know about it from me. This issue could ruin my side hobby/business.

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What exactly is the issue? What's runout?

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Easiest way to think of it is that measured at that one point the surface moves in/out that distance.

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I've been running the same OBX diff since day one, boosted fo eva, no problem except when its time to remove the axles the passenger side is stuck, so I remove it by tapping it out from the drivers side using a punch.

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Anyone able to comment on performance of the OBX vs Quaife? The Cobalt has a Quaife and I've driven ones with open differentials and didn't feel much of a difference.

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wobble, like a rim being bent or out of round.

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Well can I beat that guys pricing yes but its not worth my time sadly since its not by much that dude must sell 50+ a month

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Let me go over there and see if I can do the Stealthmode shuffle.

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Is it worth your time to match his pricing? And are the GSR's really more expensive or dose everyone just mark them up more?

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Not really by the time I do everything Im not making but maybe 25 bucks per unit which really isnt that great

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$250 for making an order and shipping 10 boxes is worth your time. Don't front trick hoe.

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how bout if I buy a buncha units from you so I could make 25 bucks a piece :P

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The guy on HT says if we have 10 buyers he'll take another $20 off, bringing us to $340 shipped. :3

You guys should hit up everyone you can find selling these things, and get your fucken hustle on, sons.

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OBX dealer buy in for real price breaks should be around 5k

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---- if the price break is worth it and I have a guranteed group of like 15 buyers, I'd drop 5k on that.

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5k of lsd's you should make some alright change thats for sure

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word, it would be around 15-16 diffs for $5000.

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Well, I'll look at things from Stevemode's perspective since he has a business. I'd assume $5k buys me 20-25 diffs. So I get a group buy at $320 shipped(since OBX does drop shipping now according to them) and sell 16 at reduced rate. Now I'm already free and clear, got a free diff, and could burn the diffs if I wanted to and it wouldn't matter. Then take the other 9 diffs and sell them for whatever price I want as again, I've already broken even and gotten a free diff out of the deal.

Honestly, I wouldn't absolutely suggest doing this, but I guarantee OBX will sell you 10-15 diffs if you are a legit business because they expect if you do 10-15 diffs in one shot, you will do it again and even if you don't they still sold 10-15 diffs. It would be a different story if they were $5 items but near $400 diffs, 10-15 is a pretty solid order. And again, Steve would get a free diff and get to help out his bros on HMT.

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dude if they give me 25 lsds for 5k, I'll drive up to sac and pay for it in person.

however, I'm doubtful that I could get 25 lsds for 5k. :-\

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You'd be surprised what wholesalers will do. I know of a few that as long as you spend $5k a year you're good to go. Others are more particular. $360 shipped you know the guy is at least making a few bucks on the damn things so figure he is buying them for at most $250 which is 20 LSDs and that's at a relatively shitty profit margin based on the fact you are buying $5k worth of product. Typically in retail you want to make 2x your money but on something like this, 1.5x your money isn't terrible. So basically $5k should buy you at least 20 LSDs.

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That is not the case in the cdm world

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well ----, what wholesellers do you know that I'll be all set with 5k? I wouldn't mind buying into other things.

in my experiences, making 2x is far fetched unless you are a dollar store [most stuff there only costs about 20-35 cents]. The H-T guy is making a few bucks, but I doubt he's making close to a hunderd per item and I doubt he's buying 20 at a time. He's more than likely having them drop shipped one at a time. It's easier/better to make less per unit and not have to stock them or ship them. It's like making money with no intial investment [buyer pays you, you pay supplier, supplier ships].

Even at 250, it's a rather crappy return [at least on HMT]. 340 shipped is too much, so probably expecting 300 shipped. Subtract 15-20 for shipping, 10 for PayPal fees and you are left with making 20-25 a unit. Not factoring the fact if you buy it legitimately with a seller's permit and document it legally you would have to pay taxes on it if sold/shipped in the state you are established in.

Better question I suppose is, what is HMT expecting to pay for one?

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Free :P If i could buy a GSR OBX for under $400 from a HMT sponsor id buy it.

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I did this once a long time ago with traction bars.. My parents have a business that we could sign up to be a dealer, we've sold other performance stuff in the past...and have been talking about doing it again.

normally in a parts dept. you want to make atleast 42% mark up.. which is around 30% gross.. and then handling is normally 17% of that... but if I can just get a free lsd out of this I'm down. I'll get to work on this tomorrow.

1. me
2.88dx (2?)
3.stealthmode
4.SDRAWKCAB
5.AgentMurdoc?
6.Teg2Boo
7.Zeniceguycrx ?
8.onlyflash944 (2?)

thats 10 possible..