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Old 02-23-2015, 12:49 PM   #24
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So, Assuming the OP is being serious, and touching base on some of the other poster comments, I would like to state it's true.... Nothing comes for free. Now, When A company is "Developing new parts" The do R & D on people's vehicles in exchange for a free part or discounted part. This can end badly or well for the owner of said vehicle. For me... Only piece of exhaust I have is an overpipe. I paid DIRT cheap for one through XYZ company and then wrote a review for the part on this board under their group buy product page. Did it work? Yes. Did I get the part? Yes. Why wasn't it free? Well, The first part had poor welds, the second part was solid but the gaskets failed, so I bought new gaskets which ultimately led to snapped header to overpipe studs, and recently that was all fixed. Pay to play.

There are people who are known tuners in this community. They get discounted / free parts in exchange for word of mouth sales for the hundreds of people they work with.

There are racer drivers in this community who get discounted / free parts. That's because they win and paid all upfront to play, plus have the company name in giant font on the side of their vehicles.


Now, I've had vehicles sponsored for racing, I've have a part which was "semi-sponsored" on my FRS (Overpipe) and I have called and spoke with companies such as Rally Direct, Jonmotoring, and they are all not sponsoring anyone at this time, but also have been a complete joy to work with, though I couldn't keep my end of the deal with Jonmotoring due to financial obligations I had outside of this.

So call around, check the HTTPs, get to racing, and don't expect this is an easy or free process. It's a business transaction in which they are investing in your car for one reason or another and you have to return on that investment one way or another.
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