SuperiorEngineering wrote: Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My 2 bobs worth, if you havent driven a lamborgini you would not know the difference from a commodore , in other words so the average guy who wants a good ride in their 4wd a gas shock, foam cell , tough dog, boss shock , EFS , ect is gunna do fine.
So mediocraty is what you should aim for, your saying, dont look at broadening an horizon, or gaining experience, just go with the flow, follow the sheep tracks, and take the path of least resistance...
Go the 80-20 rule on it, and just accept it?
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SuperiorEngineering wrote:Really at the end of the day the mass amount of shock sales in the world is these types of shocks not remote and triple bypass shocks- they should stay in comp scenes not on the street for the "average " 4wd, really who even wants to cut and mod mounts , ( a small amount of the 4wders )
Michael Hayes
Superior Engineering.
Thats why we werent just talking triple bypass, that seems to be more of a persons illusion of what was going on, when bolt ons are not only available, but work, and arent as dear from the same manufacturer, and a large percentage of these bolt ons are high pressure gas/oil
[Bilstein Germany make 40,000 per day].
Mass shock sales as you say, are mainly a set type of shock, mainly a set type of vehicle construction they go onto, mainly round coil springs that fit in roughly the same place, on cars mainly bought in the same fashion, most of which are ?????
Bought by people who form an opinion on the requirement based on several factors, and if talking to people who sell the equipment is one of those, are they best served by those who want to take the path of least resistance, and not test drive a lambo, and stick to a commodore, and simply want a sale of product regardless, or someone who continually tests, tries, asesses performance, and market options, and fits whats best for purpose, or recommends who could fit whats best for purpose ?
The benefit that can come from that in a business sense you ask?
Well, if you work on a profit margin % of cost, would you rather have to order in, stock, store, price, and send out 10 x $100 items, or 1 x $1000 to pay the wages each week ?
Its why Myer and David Jones, and Big W and Target can exist in the same shopping complex, or plastic sunglasses with an O on them cost $250, or anything with a marketed logo seems to cost more, but people still buy them, and why, generally, the more expensive items have better support, and customer service orientation, and save the customer having to feel like they should explain why they didnt get what they really wanted, because they got what they could afford RIGHT NOW! [not by planning it out].
Now,
Most people wouldnt even know how to adjust bypass shocks correctly, and they end up with a big learning curve where as the truck impoves with a change, where the improvements only grow as fast as the drivers expectations, as they "fiddle" with the valving on a bypass, after what they have expected form generic bolt ons ["in their 4wd a gas shock, foam cell , tough dog, boss shock , EFS , ect "] bit like this thread really, where some cant seem to get past cost, or one type of shock abosrber, or where they "think" they belong, when value for money-cost-deire-and purpose are what is really the factors to look at, not just what they say they cant afford.
Sometimes, just because you can, doesnt mean you should, and looking outside the bubble of what you do, talk to, and serve, can add experience benefits you wouldnt of thought of, [like driving as lambo, to see how the hydro lift suspension works, to stop it dragging on kerbs and driveways, and if the concept can be applied to the next 4wd project cost effectively using other parts, as an example] spending the time to dyno test not only what you sell, to see how it stacks up as a shock absorber, but how all the others work, and if they last also. All cost, all have great teaching potential, to those who want to learn also.
sounds like they are working well then?
