yeah, gonna hit him up next week. wasn't expecting any updates during the holidays

 

dammit, i guess someone put in an order for their standard cf 1pc shaft w/steel ends for an 04 6MT over the holidays and is paying full price, $1195 and he even said that they actually cost slight more to manufacture but he stuck to $1195 because that's what he quoted me originally. kinda takes away from us trying to get a deal when he's selling them at full price so easily. he did say he'd knock $100 off for a 5 man group buy though. i responded that we where hoping for something closer to $850. if the all aluminum ones are closer to 15lbs than 18lbs, then i think that's pretty fair, if the all aluminum one's are closer to 18lbs then it's a deal. honestly i think $1095 is still a pretty fair price but i would think a group buy price should be lower. hoping he replies back with a price under 1k, even 900-950 would be nice. let me know if you guys are still interested. i'll start a list to keep track...

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okay, so he just got back to me and he's gonna have to stick to the $1195 or $1095 5-man GB prices due to the high cost to manufacture the units. he did say that if we wanted to do a 5-man GB on 1pc aluminum shafts he would make them for $425(or $450.19 w/CA sales tax). he said they'd be slightly lighter than the cf units but he doesn't normally do them due to limited tq capacity w/high hp applications. lemme know what you guys are thinking

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So the aluminum shafts he would make is slightly lighter than the carbon shafts he makes correct?? Now i wanna know is that carbon shaft gonna be lighter than our aluminum oem shaft? By how much??

 

OEM shaft is steel

 

Oh ok my bad.......do u know how much weight we'll be shaving?? Btw I'm in on this for the carbon with aluminum ends.......no rush cuz I'm going to Vegas in the end of December. Saving money for my trip.

Im for sure in though

 

Oh and how bad am I gonna get hit with shipping cuz I'm from Hawaii??

 

i don't think he's gonna develop the cf w/aluminum ended one anymore. he said that the steel ends where the best/strongest combination after some consideration.

 

SD, I'm down for a CF one...been looking to do this for ages...lets make it happen cap'n !!

 

I have been working with Sikky for a while, and they are making me an alum one.

 

cool, thanks for the update. once we get to 5, i'll have you all PM me your first & last names so i can get the info to him.

 

The alum is an awesome deal, but as I understand vibration might be more of an issue with an alum one vs a cf one. I for one just can't deal with vibration in a car...drives me up the wall.

 

Depends on when this deal is going down as I won't be able to till the new year cuz of the holidays coming up. I am interested though.

 

Whats the difference in trq capacity between Al and CF?

 

He's supposed get back today about that Mike, i'll let you guys know