CME Dual Tips
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CME Dual Tips I was wondering what people would pay for something very similar to the original CME Dual Tips? I found someone that is willing to reproduce them and it looks like it may work at a reasonable price if we get at least 20-30 committed people. The time for the production of the mold is about 2 months and 4 weeks lead time for the pieces. It is a company with many years of experience and the owner gave me a tour of their shop. It's a pretty big operation and he treated me just like I had $1 million in my hand.
There in lies the problem. I don't have that money. The mold is the most expensive part of the reproduction process and he says it is going to cost $3-4k for the mold. So before I venture out trying to get money from my dad and friends, is anyone wanting to get CME Dual tips at say $250-300 shipped and who would commit with a $100-$150 refundable deposit?
These will be as close as possible to being like the original CME Dual tips but may be 3" inlet.
There in lies the problem. I don't have that money. The mold is the most expensive part of the reproduction process and he says it is going to cost $3-4k for the mold. So before I venture out trying to get money from my dad and friends, is anyone wanting to get CME Dual tips at say $250-300 shipped and who would commit with a $100-$150 refundable deposit?
These will be as close as possible to being like the original CME Dual tips but may be 3" inlet.
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For tips only I would pay $150. That would still require me to buy the valence, get it painted, and get it molded. I dunno it's just hard for me to drop $1000 to get my car's exhaust changed up when the car itself isn't worth much anymore.
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From the responses I'm getting, I don't think I'm going to have the shop reproduce the tips. If I didn't have the tips I would get the ones on ebay. I had them before and I liked them.
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Just do what I was going to do (and probably still will do if your buddy gets the valances made) and have it made by an exhaust shop...
Get a couple of 3" mandrel bent 90* elbows and cut/weld them into the pieces, like this:
1) Cut the inside side off...
2) Move it over to judge final positioning...
3) Cut the inside part of the bend out...
4) Weld it into place and add a flat piece of metal on each side...
5) Grind and polish welds...
6) Polish the entire piece or have it ceramic coated...
Here's my crappy rendering:
This will be MAYBE $40 worth of materials and definetly no more than $60 at a shop. Find a shop who mandrel bends their own pieces and it will be cheaper. For definetly less than $100 you will have tips like the ones on ebay (which, IMHO, were 100x's better than the cast crap that always broke that SLP produced)
Get a couple of 3" mandrel bent 90* elbows and cut/weld them into the pieces, like this:
1) Cut the inside side off...
2) Move it over to judge final positioning...
3) Cut the inside part of the bend out...
4) Weld it into place and add a flat piece of metal on each side...
5) Grind and polish welds...
6) Polish the entire piece or have it ceramic coated...
Here's my crappy rendering:
This will be MAYBE $40 worth of materials and definetly no more than $60 at a shop. Find a shop who mandrel bends their own pieces and it will be cheaper. For definetly less than $100 you will have tips like the ones on ebay (which, IMHO, were 100x's better than the cast crap that always broke that SLP produced)
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Thanks for that beautiful rendering DEMONDBIRD 
. I agree about the ebay CME tips and their quality. The only thing that is better about the SLP CME tips is the lip. The SLP tips are heavier. I was just trying to see if there was enough interest to produce some that are silmilar to the SLP tips.
The valance will be coming in a couple of weeks.
. I agree about the ebay CME tips and their quality. The only thing that is better about the SLP CME tips is the lip. The SLP tips are heavier. I was just trying to see if there was enough interest to produce some that are silmilar to the SLP tips.The valance will be coming in a couple of weeks.
Originally Posted by 98redM6
Thanks for that beautiful rendering DEMONDBIRD . I agree about the ebay CME tips and their quality. The only thing that is better about the SLP CME tips is the lip. The SLP tips are heavier. I was just trying to see if there was enough interest to produce some that are silmilar to the SLP tips.
The valance will be coming in a couple of weeks.
. I agree about the ebay CME tips and their quality. The only thing that is better about the SLP CME tips is the lip. The SLP tips are heavier. I was just trying to see if there was enough interest to produce some that are silmilar to the SLP tips.The valance will be coming in a couple of weeks.
I also LOVE SIK02SS's car!
