General Complaint to all After-Market Product Makers

[yoda13]

If I am going to complain about the aftermarket, I would complain about the lack of adequate installation instructions with many products…

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[booneja]

Right now at this point, and I know it is not entirely the fault of the aftermarket industry, but I would complain on the lack of availability and stock. The companies are at the mercy of material supply shortage, and in return we have an end user product shortage, it sucks.....now something they do have control over is to have their sites updated with acurate stock numbers, if it says in stock, it should be in stock. I ran a company that had a program that would automatically update the available stock once a product was taken off shelf to be delivered, these systems exist and should be used.....ok, my rant is over, lol

 

[cuellar13]

As someone that worked in auto accessories in college, I can confirm what others are saying about cost. Here are a few other things to consider with "color matched" items:

• If someone were looking to have all OEM color codes available, they would have to maintain a large warehouse for inventory, manufacture items upon order, or potentially deal with constantly being out of stock; that increase in overhead cost= increase in retail cost. Most consumers don't like that
• Even "color matched" items don't necessarily match. I'm sure the process has gotten better in the last 20 years, but in the auto paint world, black isn't just black, red isn't just red, and non-primary colors are often the most difficult to match; the reason that auto body shops blend panels when they are painting is that a perfect color match can be difficult to achieve, so you have to trick the eye. Minor color variations also exist batch to batch (off the assembly line), but are very noticeable in the right lighting. I'm sure people would be bitching about the color being "off" in the sunlight if they ordered color match and it wasn't just right. We used to have to remove and send in the fuel door if a manufacturer was having color matching problems for a vehicle, so that the they could custom blend the paint formula, even with a color code. In FL, a 6 month old vehicle that is not garaged will have some fade, especially the red ones.
• Most accessories aren't marketed as color match items, with the exception of certain body parts (which require them to be painted after they are ordered). I guarantee that a black bumper isn't a color match of the paint on a black gladiator, nor will the red be, and I've yet to see a carbon fiber Gladiator.

 

[AZCooWhip]

A very wise man once said “you can have any color as long as it is black”. Economies of scale ......rule.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Oh if wishing made it so.

I'd be the happiest (or perhaps the most worn out LOL) guy in the world.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

A very wise man once said “you can have any color as long as it is black”. Economies of scale ......rule.

 

[staying_tuned]

Use the lack of support for Snazzberry gear to your advantage to having a truly custom rig... Find a good powder coating shop local, order up some sample swatches from prismatic powder (very cheap to do) and get er' done.

There are even mail order powder coating shops these days. Powder is cheap, powder coating is cheap and I've never once seen an aftermarket parts coating match the durability and quality of a dedicated powder coating shop's work. Body armer especially, I'm convinced they coat to simply protect it from rust until you open the box.

I got a steal on a set of the wheels I wanted because they were gray and didn't sell well. The black versions were $70 more per wheel. That is cheaper (per wheel) than I pay for powder coating and the end result will be perfectly matched sarge green wheels.

For plastic, order factory touch-up paint in 5oz cans then hit it with a coating or two of 2K Clear and once again, you have a finish far stronger than most aftermarket painted plastic is going to provide.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Use the lack of support for Snazzberry gear to your advantage to having a truly custom rig... Find a good powder coating shop local, order up some sample swatches from prismatic powder (very cheap to do) and get er' done.

There are even mail order powder coating shops these days. Powder is cheap, powder coating is cheap and I've never once seen an aftermarket parts coating match the durability and quality of a dedicated powder coating shop's work. Body armer especially, I'm convinced they coat to simply protect it from rust until you open the box.

I got a steal on a set of the wheels I wanted because they were gray and didn't sell well. The black versions were $70 more per wheel. That is cheaper (per wheel) than I pay for powder coating and the end result will be perfectly matched sarge green wheels.

For plastic, order factory touch-up paint in 5oz cans then hit it with a coating or two of 2K Clear and once again, you have a finish far stronger than most aftermarket painted plastic is going to provide.

I powder coat master cylinders, starter housings, suspension and steering parts, brake parts, etc. for classic car restoration. It's a durable finish that will handle heat, fluids, minor impacts, heck, I even did the springs for my 70 Javelin and yes, the powder colors today, even custom colors, it's crazy.

 

[MPMB]

I have a Snazberry Mojave...trust me, we aren't getting color matched parts I'm trying to find a better color to match with it than the Mojave orange...it just don't flow:

It likely would be some shade of green.

Opposite colors on the color wheel offer great combinations. Purple/gold, Red/Green, Blue/orange, etc.

The opposite hex (web) color of Snazzberry (unofficially) is #B1F2EC, a light blue-green.

If you were to redo the stickers, I'd try Cyan or maybe even something close to Hydro Blue (might be a bit too dark) as the outline. A bright green would be quite striking, but it may draw too much attention.

 

[IamAlan]

1st world problems suck bro...
1st time poster and the thread the OP starts off with after buying a brand spanking new JT is a complaint thread. I call BS.

I like SPAM. Fried crispy, garnished with yellow mustard. On cheap ass white bread.
And the OP is just voicing what I've been wrestling with for 6 months. But I don't get vocal about it.

 

[MPMB]

I powder coat master cylinders, starter housings, suspension and steering parts, brake parts, etc. for classic car restoration. It's a durable finish that will handle heat, fluids, minor impacts, heck, I even did the springs for my 70 Javelin and yes, the powder colors today, even custom colors, it's crazy.

Yup. When I worked on the first late model from the ground up, we powdercoated the chassis a metallic silver/gray (I think it was close to an M-B color). The we had red, black, gray, white, and blue chassis. The last driver I worked for just bought a chassis and had it done in a color best described as red chrome. I think it was a 2-stage coat - base white then a tinted clearcoat. It was 10 years ago and the owner sold it just after he got it for some reason.

 

[IamAlan]

It likely would be some shade of green.

Opposite colors on the color wheel offer great combinations. Purple/gold, Red/Green, Blue/orange, etc.

The opposite hex (web) color of Snazzberry (unofficially) is #B1F2EC, a light blue-green.

If you were to redo the stickers, I'd try Cyan or maybe even something close to Hydro Blue (might be a bit too dark) as the outline. A bright green would be quite striking, but it may draw too much attention.

I'm going to go the brown/gold route starting with a new set of Katzkins I ordered today. Mahogany brown. If my pinstriper ever calls me back we'll be talking gold scrollwork.

 

[MPMB]

I'm going to go the brown/gold route starting with a new set of Katzkins I ordered today. Mahogany brown. If my pinstriper ever calls me back we'll be talking gold scrollwork.

Please have "You boys like Mexico?!" on there somewhere. :D

From the few times I've seen the Snazzberry, I think gold would work really good with the color.

 

[staying_tuned]

I powder coat master cylinders, starter housings, suspension and steering parts, brake parts, etc. for classic car restoration. It's a durable finish that will handle heat, fluids, minor impacts, heck, I even did the springs for my 70 Javelin and yes, the powder colors today, even custom colors, it's crazy.

I had the down-pipe on a Golf R ceramic coated for a whopping $50. They were kind enough to slot me into an existing run and give me a discount. I posted it on the MK7 Golf forum and a few folks called dibs on it simply because it was "custom" coated having no idea it cost me a few bucks in gas and $50. I ended up selling it for nearly what I paid for it new after 2 years of use. Not many know how cheap and accessible it is. The color combinations are indeed mesmerizing. I cherish my silly swatch samples like a kid with baseball cards or something ridiculous.

I had posted PP's sarge green awhile back, it's spot on.

Ceramic/powder makes everything glorious.

 

[MPMB]

I had the down-pipe on a Golf R ceramic coated for a whopping $50. They were kind enough to slot me into an existing run and give me a discount. I posted it on the MK7 Golf forum

OT, but were/are you on vwvortex?

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