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


Shane
-Carbon Amateur-
*Never give up!*

F1Rob is right.. I too have seen guys making parts which are bad.. I mean really bad and they sell them because they are cheap. But it does nothing when you then get to see those same parts up close and are asked to fix them when you were looking at doing those parts yourself..  I think you need to look at what is being sold already in the market you are looking at and how many are doing it.. You find those who got in there first are the ones who will sell the most. Then you find those who are selling really cheaply are  getting sales but will not be there  long if the quality is really bad. 

You need to find the right thing at the right time in most cases. I have been lucky with a few thing and way off with others. But I keep my quality as high as possible and stick at it. Setting up is not cheap and is always hard work.  But if you feel you can make it work go for it...