eeterp

Mike,

they will NOT come with pre-drilled washer holes.

biknman

FYI,
Drilling carbon fiber is easy. I've cut carbon fiber and drilled it, I'm into bikes and we use a lot of carbon fiber parts. It’s just like cutting a fine wood. Just mark the spot you want to drill put some masking tape down so you do not scratch the area around the hole and drill away slowly at low to medium rpms. Drill from the top of the hood so that you get a clean cut edge around the hole on the top. I'm not sure of Fiber Images manufacturing process but if the use pressure or heat to cure the Carbon Fiber it will be just like wood. You can sand it cut it whatever it’s like working with hard wood. One thing though you will lose the nice look of the fiber weaves when cutting or drilling at the cut site. No worry though if your going to paint it or covering it with the washers output post. And depending on the number of clear coats or epoxy covering, if you do scratch it you can probably buff the scratch out. I'll be drilling holes for lockable billet hood pins in mine.

Protege5online

Whatever happens, I have to pay for 10 of these to have them made. So, they cant start making them until 10 of you have paid me. Or at least paid half to me (which will be unrefundable if you back out) And its really hard to say how long because I dont know if Fiber Images has any other hoods ahead of this. Iknow with the 2001-2002 hoods, they did it pretty quickly. But, the faster you get to me, the faster we get it started. I've only had 3 of you e-mail me saying you want this hood. 3 is not 10! So, those of you who havent e-mailed me & gotten a reply from me, e-mail me now. If you want the hood made, you are going to have to make it happen. THose of you that said you wont be able to pay for it until later, please, deposit half of it now so we can have the 10 orders. And the wiper nozzles you will just have to drill 2 holes to put those in.

Eric F

Mitch, I'm not thrilled about paying 50 to 100% of the purchase price in advance for a product I have no way of knowing when it will be delivered. Is this a requirement from Fiber Images, or are you trying to protect yourself from something similar to the '01+ hoods and gauge pod purchases you set up. I completely understand your position, and Fiber Images' as well, but I think that percentage is high for a non refundable deposit with no time frame for product delivery. As you probably know there are 5 or 6 of us that are pretty serious about getting these hoods made, from Fiber Images in particular. Jeremy has been trying to find another 4 solid interested buyers. Non of us are looking to back out and not get the hoods made, but we also don't want to make up for other deals gone awry. If Fiber Images is making this demand, I'd be glad to talk to your contact with them to try and work something out. I'm pretty confident I could work out something reasonable to all of us. I'm OK with the $620 shipped price, so I'm not interested in whatever deal you were able to make with them on the price. After all you should get something for your time, and use of your resellers license to set up the buy in the first place. I'd like to get some kind of production time commitment from Fiber Images on the hoods, after which our deposits would be refundable. I also think a 15 to 20% cash deposit is more than sufficient to provide you and Fiber Images some security that full payments will be forthcoming upon receipt of the hoods. I'm not in the habit of throwing $100 to $125 away on nothing. I think I speak for all of interested so far in saying we would like to get this done. I also realize we need a few more people to make it happen. I think this would ease the task of finding those people as well as the burden on those already interested that will have to pay deposits earlier, and wait longer to receive the product. Feel free to forward this post to Fiber Images to use in trying to get this deal done, or I would be more than happy to talk to them directly.

biknman

Hay Proteges,

I think a 25% non-refundable down payment seems fare to me. We got six confirmed and we'd probably get two more with a 25% down. That's $155.00 each for a total of $930.00 @ six people that's quite a bit for setup cost. I've had custom circuit cards assemblies with wire wrapping and burned EPROM’s needed in quantities of two or three with setups/engineering fees less than that. Just my own thoughts. If there is anything I can do let me know, wish I had another 99 or 00 and I'd buy another CF hood to help out. I'm willing to pay a little extra if it helps expedite the process.

Come on guys you can use any credit card with Paypal so a CF hood is just a few easy payments away. I know, I know my tree only grows so much money too. Dam I wish I could find the right fertilizer to get that dam tree to produce mo' money! Hehe 

Mitch since you have a relation ship going with FI what's a good price on their rear CF wing?
Thanks

taxmasta

i smashed my p5 need a hood ASAP !!!!!!
tell me what to do i have contacted mitch earlyer today
however i might want to upgrade to the RED

eeterp

Dude,

this thread is for 99&00 protege hoods. You've already done what you can....contact Mitch.

eeterp

Guys,

I still want this CF hood and if you want it too, then email Mitch sqrbean@midsouth.rr.com. If you want to make suggestions about pre-paying, then email Mitch sqrbean@midsouth.rr.com. If you want to know when these will be made, then email Mitch sqrbean@midsouth.rr.com.

Basically, FI needs some $$$ to get started. So, email..... well you know the rest.

biknman

I'm in on the CF hood deal and what ever it takes to get one. I've already contacted Mitch and I'm ready at the door waiting for him to tell me to jump, yahoooo! Oops sorry, old military stuff coming out becuase I'm so exicited about getting the cf hood. Repost this message with your user name and where your at on this deal so everybody knows where we're at:

1. biknman - made offer for payment to Mitch waiting go-head
2. eeterp
3. Jeremy Dehart
4. Eric F
5. protetype
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Thanks

Protege5online

Like I said, no matter what happens, I will be paying for 10 hoods. If we do 25% down non refundable thats fine. And refundable is always workable with me. Im not in this to steal from anyone! So, I will need 10 25%+ downpayments before I can get these started. After that, Fiber Images is looking at 4 to 6 weeks. Last time they told me that, the hoods where ready 3 weeks later. So, it could be sooner. But, the faster we get 10 orders, the faster they get produced. I dont think 10 will be a problem since ya'll have had more time to think about it & dream about it & WANT it! So, if you want it, e-mail me. I still only have e-mails from like 3 of you. So, e-mail me your name, address, & that you want the hood for the 99-2000 Protege. I'll keep everyone posted on how the payments are coming along. Some of you are ready to pay the full amount, I would honestly rather have the full amount if you are ready to pay it all now. Sorry, I know how I am with hanging on to money!! If I have it now, I would want to pay it all so I dont accidentalyly spend it! We'll get this done, but I've really got to have the orders & commitement to get it done. Once I see that, I can relay it to FI & get a better ETA on it.

biknman

1. David Potter aka biknman - $200.00 deposit to Mitch 03/06/02
2. eeterp
3. Jeremy Dehart
4. Eric F
5. protetype
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Thanks
David

tradr

1. David Potter aka biknman - $200.00 deposit to Mitch 03/06/02
2. eeterp
3. Jeremy Dehart
4. Eric F
5. protetype
6. David Brook aka tradr - 25% deposit sent to mitch 03/06/02
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lets do this!

eeterp

1. David Potter aka biknman - $200.00 deposit to Mitch 03/06/02
2. Jeremy Thomas - $200.00 deposit to Mitch 03/06/02
3. Jeremy Dehart
4. Eric F
5. protetype
6. David Brook aka tradr - 25% deposit sent to mitch 03/06/02
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Who's next?

Protege5online

Again, Im not getting anything. I've had the same 3 people that have been e-mailing me send me deposits but I still havent heard from anyone besides those 3. So, I need the rest of you to get back with me if you really want this.

Protege5online

Is Jeremy Dehart out there? He seems to be the only person I cant get in touch with about him getting a hood & I think I remember him being one of the first to get this ball rolling. If you are out there, e-mail me. Or if anyone knows his e-mail or username on here so I can PM him, please let me know. Im trying to get these orders in ASAP so we can get them done!