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!*

One thing I noticed that no one has mentioned yet and was something that ruined a short lived idea for me was shipping. My initial passion and still is, was metal working. I needed a part for a chevelle that after looking I realized no one made. It was easy for me to produce. I could pop them out quickly so cost of making and materials wasnt too bad. But when I went to ship them. It cost me the same amount to ship them as it did to produce them. The part was just sheet metal. 18guage thick, 47 inches long and 6 inches wide. So Not all that big. I sold it for 150 in bulk a piece or 190 per part. It cost me 145 to ship them. So in the end i did the labor for free after paying for the metal. I cant imagine a hood or other car part will be cheap to ship unless you are a business that does shipping daily.