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Originally Posted by ST185RC
Not knocking OP's purchase at all (his money, his taste), but knocking instead on TRD. WTF were they thinking when they priced this thing out? How much R&D and engineering did it take to make that button? That thing is worth $2 tops in material and manufacturing. The capital to make the original button is already in place, just change the colour and lettering and housing slightly and bam, $225?
Kevin O'Leary is probably having an orasm just hearing about a 11150% profit on a $2 part.
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Hmmm, yes and no. The raw materials - plastic, copper, steel, etc might amount to the $2 your mentioning.
This is like saying "Hey, that car is only worth $300 in raw materials. Why are they charging 30K?"
This switch has a lot going on, like any other switch in an automobile.
I think you would be hard pressed to find any automotive switch, relay, harness, etc that would cost $2.
It's not just red. It's an entirely new switch that is plug and play with the existing harness.
When you are talking about something as important as ignition, I think it's worth the 200 bucks cost of entry. Hence, why I have the STi version on my car.