For the last few months I've been listening to clips online trying to figure out what catback I wanted to put behind my Prochamber and had it narrowed down to Flowmaster or Bassani. I finally chose Bassani since everyone in my area has Flowmaster. I had been checking prices quite often and just happened to notice that everyone has raised prices on Flowmaster and Magnaflow. I understand companies have to make extra money, but they raised the prices up $50-$80.
Does Anyone Know Why Exhaust Prices Have Shot Up?
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BurningRubber
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Basic reasons:
1: Demand. The car scene is growing. People want the parts and are willing to pay for them. The companies know this, and if they have a strong following/reputation, they can raise the prices and not lose customers.
2: Materials costs and shipping. Where a company gets its materials/supplies from could increase their prices. Gas prices on the rise mean more money to ship raw materials as well as finished products.
1: Demand. The car scene is growing. People want the parts and are willing to pay for them. The companies know this, and if they have a strong following/reputation, they can raise the prices and not lose customers.
2: Materials costs and shipping. Where a company gets its materials/supplies from could increase their prices. Gas prices on the rise mean more money to ship raw materials as well as finished products.
Rejekt
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Prices of materials are always changing. It's like copper, it can go up sky high overnight or go lower. I am a purchasing manager and deal with steel and copper prices all the time, and my vendors have steadily gone up on their pricing. I'm not surprised that the exhaust companies have increased the pricing. Between gas prices and prices of raw materials, it's costing more to produce now.
slayerripkdc
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A lot of places now offer "free shipping" that they didn't before. As a result, the prices on a lot of the larger items have gone up. I noticed this when I skimmed over a LMR add in an issue of MM&FF from just a year ago. A particular cowl hood I was eyeballing went up in price for seemingly no reason. The difference between then and now......free shipping.
Ronin38
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I can remember back in the '80's when those cheesy commercials were running all the time to "Buy Gold!" and everyone would laugh and say how foolish that was...
slayerripkdc
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Exactly! The government will be printing more money and gold can rise close to 3k an OZ! My friend started investing in gold when it was 700 an oz. I am thinking about starting now and flipping when it turns to 3kI can remember back in the '80's when those cheesy commercials were running all the time to "Buy Gold!" and everyone would laugh and say how foolish that was...
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Silver has gone up more than silver overall actually. Now the #'s for gold vs silver look staggering but you could buy much more silver for the cost of that 1 oz of gold and then turn it for more of a profit.
Back to the OP though its definately with the free shipping and cost of material/labor. I remember way back when I was pricing a Cervini's 95 Cobra R hood from AM a few years ago. It used to be $450 and now they are $600. Quality parts are not cheap to make and no shortcuts can be made. Also we all forget how much R&D went into the products that are superior. I just spent $700 on bushings
Back to the OP though its definately with the free shipping and cost of material/labor. I remember way back when I was pricing a Cervini's 95 Cobra R hood from AM a few years ago. It used to be $450 and now they are $600. Quality parts are not cheap to make and no shortcuts can be made. Also we all forget how much R&D went into the products that are superior. I just spent $700 on bushings
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