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Too expensive to make a profitable turnover?

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By Shane1985 - 8/5/2016 4:16:44 PM

Hi All!

Me again.

So after a while of planning,  arranging the workshop and almost placing myorder @ £2,000  with easy composites. Ithought I would do some workings out (yes I should have done this before)

So my plan was to make and sell various car body panels andsell them at a cost with a small profit margin. I estimated that the FIAT 500Bonnet in the video would cost about £350 to make, but speaking to easycomposites, it actually costs £600 in core materials.

Now bearing in mind that Carbon bonnets sell for around the£600 mark, I’m wondering whether I need to revisit the drawing board andactually work out if this is a viable business or not?

What are your thoughts? Does anyone on here make parts andhave a good turnover with a margin for profit?

Cheers all

Shane
By Shane1985 - 8/21/2016 9:16:18 PM

Thanks guys,

I currently use various couriers for shipping as they offer different prices for different types of shipments, like Hanaldo said you really need to shop to find the best deals.

I am not really planning to make bonnets as they are fairly common. My query on the bonnet was merely a benchmark exercise Smile