Injen Intakes @ Stillen
06-12-2008, 03:38 PM
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Injen Intakes @ Stillen
Stillen has the Injen Intake posted plain as day for $540. Just an FYI.
I'd check out some of their prices on other parts offered by vendors on this forum. You may find that some forum vendors are not hooking you up like you all think. (i.e. Tanabe exhaust, greedy exhausts, and Injen intakes for $700, ha, but introductory price of 555 or something.) If your going to set up group buy deals make them actual deals please!
I'd check out some of their prices on other parts offered by vendors on this forum. You may find that some forum vendors are not hooking you up like you all think. (i.e. Tanabe exhaust, greedy exhausts, and Injen intakes for $700, ha, but introductory price of 555 or something.) If your going to set up group buy deals make them actual deals please!
06-12-2008, 03:43 PM
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"Stillen has always sold injen products though."
Yea but I'm just kinda surprised when they're selling a direct competition since Stillen has their intakes too for G37.
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Yea but I'm just kinda surprised when they're selling a direct competition since Stillen has their intakes too for G37.
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06-12-2008, 03:46 PM
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They are deals if you compare to what the list price is gonna be in a few weeks or even next month. Many of the vendors here are smaller companies and are just looking to get their name out with these types of deals.
The only reason why Stillen can offer it at this price is because there a bigger company compared to the vendors on the stie that are just after market shops.
Let's not forget these shop owners have expenses of their own as well.
The only reason why Stillen can offer it at this price is because there a bigger company compared to the vendors on the stie that are just after market shops.
Let's not forget these shop owners have expenses of their own as well.
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Yeah, but I guess that's why Stillen is different from the other companies like Injen, Greddy, HKS etc, since they offer all products and brands. That's kinda what they hang their hat on.
06-12-2008, 03:49 PM
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^Cool, competition=win for the buyers.
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06-12-2008, 03:55 PM
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They are deals if you compare to what the list price is gonna be in a few weeks or even next month. Many of the vendors here are smaller companies and are just looking to get their name out with these types of deals.
The only reason why Stillen can offer it at this price is because there a bigger company compared to the vendors on the stie that are just after market shops.
Let's not forget these shop owners have expenses of their own as well.
The only reason why Stillen can offer it at this price is because there a bigger company compared to the vendors on the stie that are just after market shops.
Let's not forget these shop owners have expenses of their own as well.
Being a small shop they should meet competitors prices, but be able to offer a more personalized service. That's the only way they would earn my trust over a large vendor such as stillen.
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From the pictures they look like a different set of intakes. They look short and have a cover almost like the stillen ones. It is possible that they are not the same ones from the group buy, but they call them CAI because they have the shield on them.
06-12-2008, 03:59 PM
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They are probably using a stock photo of another intake of their as they probably have had the marketing dept. take the photos for catalog shots.
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Trust me i understand it has to be hard to compete with larger companies, but wholesale is wholesale. So they are determining their mark up. This whole business of the first round being cheaper, if anything the first round should be the most expensive to try to make up for the R&D if the product flops, not after we find out its a success and jack up the price to $700, why would one vendor have to start charging $700 after a point, but others will be able to charge the regular retail price.
Being a small shop they should meet competitors prices, but be able to offer a more personalized service. That's the only way they would earn my trust over a large vendor such as stillen.
Being a small shop they should meet competitors prices, but be able to offer a more personalized service. That's the only way they would earn my trust over a large vendor such as stillen.
