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01-10-2013, 09:15 AM | #1 |
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Essex Harness Bar: Now Available!
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Our harness bar is now available for pre-order. You can see details on our blog (we are offering a pre-order special price). Below is a quick refresher on the specs. You can see the installation instructions here, which should clear up any construction or install questions. Essex has created what we feel is the ultimate harness bar for the FT86 chassis. While our bar is definitely attractive, our goal was not to create a 'style bar.' Our design objectives were focused almost exclusively on function. We wanted to make the stiffest, lightest, and most versatile bar possible, and we believe we have succeeded:
The image below shows the bar installed, before the plastic panels have been reinstalled to cover it.
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01-15-2013, 02:26 PM | #2 |
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Below is a pic with the plastics back in the car. As you can see, the install is about as stealth as you can get overall, and blends nicely with the car. Only one small panel at the top of the shoulder belt area remains out of the car. Everything else is hidden behind the factory plastics.
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01-15-2013, 03:01 PM | #3 |
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lil matte black spray can on the blue bits and presto!
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Can you (a) still fold down the rear seat and (b) stack four wheels and tires under the bar? (I'm guessing the answer is no, but it would be awesome if you could)
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$600 for this!?!?!?!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME...
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Businesses operate to make money. Low volume products like this take plenty of time to develop and they have to make sure they get return on their investment in R&D. If you don't like the price, don't buy it. Please, just don't bitch about it.
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Posts like this always provide me with a good laugh. How much do you think it costs to design and manufacture the product we're selling?
I'm not sure that you realize what is involved with the design and manufacture of our harness bar. This is not a 'metal bar' that some 'group of guys' decided to shove into the car.
Oh yes...and as d1ck mentioned we would actually like to make a few bucks profit as well, so we can stay in business and continue to provide parts for these cars that our customers actually want and need. It's true that it would have been easier for us to buy a $50 made in China, POS, flimsy extendable curtain rod from Lowes and repackage it as a harness bar. If we did that though, we'd have to mark it up to $75. That would leave us with $25 to pay for labor to go buy it, take pics of it, load it up on our website, add it to our price sheets, write an announcement for our dealers, take the time to post here on the forum about it, hold inventory, repackage it, pay for our building's mortgage, electric, water, and phone bills, keep the computers for our staff up to date, pay their salaries, and make sure we have our customer service staff on hand from 8-5 every day to answer any questions if people ran into any issues during install. Still though, $75 wouldn't be too bad for a cool looking curtain rod with an Essex sticker, would it? Our harness bar costs the same as a set of race tires. The difference is, the harness bar will last for the life of the car, and you'll be able to sell it when you're done with it and get a good chunk of your money back.
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We designed it so that with the bar in the highest position (which is where most people will set it), yes you can fold down the rear seats. You can probably get one set of wheels under it, but you can't stack them. I'm pretty sure you could still get all four wheels in the rear cargo area though.
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I'm not in the market for a harness bar, but if I was, based on that reply alone I'd go with you guys. Bravo.
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Thanks gents. We put a lot of time, thought, energy, and money into our products. It's very frustrating to see someone debase them without any actual knowledge or understanding of them! We really appreciate the support from those of you who "get it.":happy0180:
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02-25-2013, 08:43 AM | #14 |
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I think our engineers have the car in the air right now, but I'll see I can get this done later today or tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.
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