Group Buy: QA1 Coil-over Shock Bushings

UPDATE:
Placed the bushing order with Hill Eng.
SS clips & washers are on order.

Once I get the order confirmation with shipping costs on the SS hardware, I'll know the final price. It looks like it's going to come in less than the previous figures but not a big difference.

 

It looks like your kits will ship in late March.

Got eMAIL from Hill Eng. Bushings should ship Monday, 27th. Figure 2 weeks min. to get here & clear sustoms(sigh).

Have received the SS washers, & the clips are supposed to arrive around 10 Mar.

 

Got eMAIL from Hill Eng. saying they went out yesterday, so all is on schedule as long as US customes doesn't take too long.

 

Wow!
Hill Eng knows something Ferrari.uk doesn't. They're here! Now just waiting for the circlips to come in. Supposed to be here towards the end of the week. If so, I'll pack your kits up next weekend & they'll go out Tuesday AM via Priority Mail.

 

OK,
I've got all the pieces. Will assemble kits & ship as soon as I can.

I've got all the costs, but since I've had so many senior moments when calculating the bottom line, I want to double check my spreadsheet. Will post them soon.

 

Your kits are all packed up!!!

Will drop them at the post office tomorrow AM on the way to my 8-6 job.

Have made up a costed out parts list, checked it twice...


& here's your bottom line price which includes USPS Priority Mail shipping & insurance:

$183.47/4-wheel set.

Thanks to Hill Eng who made the bushings, & helped me locate a lower cost source for the circlips.

BTW, I bought enough bushings to provide 2 more 4-wheel sets at about this price, so If anyone wants one, speak up quickly. After they're gone the price is likely to be significantly higher unless you can get another group buy going.

Yes, All parts are corrosion resistant stainless steel.

 

So, $183.47 is what we are sending you? Or is it that amount less what we paid as a down payment?

Has this already been answered, if so, sorry, I missed it.

 

Sorry I wasn't clear.

It's $187.47 - your initial payment.
If you sent $65, then you'll owe $122.47

Again, my apologies for initially misscalculating the price.

They were at the post office 1st thing this AM, so you should have them by this weekend at the latest.

 

It's simple: 4 wheels x 1 shock/wheel x 2 bushings/shock = 16..... NOT!!!

Duhhhhhhhh,
BWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHH,
WUBBAWUBBAWUBBA,
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GAWD, what was I thinking.

I got 16 into my head back when the design was two top hat shaped bushings/end, also, it was the # of thick spacers for the earlier Al. design. No wonder I couldn't make the costs work out right when I did the detailed spreadsheet!!!

Unfortunately the person who checked out my final costing isn't a hands-on car person, so accepted my counts.

OK, It's clearly my fault, Of course I'll make good.

I just reran the numbers based on 8 bushings, etc. per 4-wheel set. The price now works out to close enough to my original costing that I can go with $127.00/set.

You can either:
1) return the 2nd set (ie: half of what you received & your price will be the original $127.00 price less your deposit & less the cost of shipping the 2nd set back by USPS parcel post(i'm in no rush),
or,
2) you can keep both sets at the 187.47 price less your deposit.

Please let me know which way you want to go.

BTW, Anyone want in at the $127/set price?

I bought a set for my car & what I thought were 2 sets on spec. to get the group buy price down. So I've got 5 extra sets not 2, may have more if some participants go with option 1.

 

Tnx, FerrariAds.com is a good idea.

Will take a picture & post an ad there.

I think it's premature to start a new thread just yet. Let's see what turns up in the next week or so. There were several people who expressed interest early on. They may still join in.

Also, interest in QA1 conversions is an annual thing. Most likely will be able to sell them next winter if they don't go right now. I'll honor the group buy price as long as these sets last.

 

I've still got a few QA-1 bushing sets at the $127/4-wheel set Group Buy price. Just click on my name, then select [Send eMAIL to Verell] from the drop down menu.

Please use the words "QA-1 Bushings" in the eMAIL subject line.

 

I did mine as an old group buy... best prices I've seen for the 3101G's are here:
http://www.suspension.com/ferrari.htm

 

Supercool!! That's group-buy pricing!

 

A few years ago I participated in the "group Buy" suspension/bushing purchase from energy suspension..what we later learned was that not all bushings for the 3x8 series are the same..
Not much customer service either, they wouldn't take them back.
check the old site.
just wanted to pass on a little buyer beware information.

 

Actually, I think we found out all the 308 bushings WERE the same. They sold us 2 different sizes. Huge fiasco. Some got them exchanged and others did not. I was one of the ones that did not. I think ES bushings are good quality but their customer service is horrible.

Wasn't this thread for the bushings needed to convert to QA-1 coilovers, not the control arm bushings?

 

That's correct, the ES bushings are a hijack... ;^)

However, for the record:

That's correct, the correct ES bushings for all 4 308 wheels is the 13-3101G. That $15.86 price is probably as good as you're going to find.

 

And I too must stand "corrected".. also I was one of many who did not get the correct bushings...and all this time I thought there was a difference. thanks for correcting me.

 

Damn straight!!! Good find bro!

Birdman