rharr
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- Tucson, AZ
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- 21 JTRD 3" RKK lift, (former) 95 XJ 5sp 8" lift
when i got my ARE a year ago, i was told the main delay was the big ice and snow storm that knocked out power to Texas (we won't talk about the root of why the power took so long to come back) and caused sever disruptions to the fiberglass and resin manufacturers in that state, which apparently supply the whole country. With limited raw materials to make caps and dealers still taking orders, ARE i would imagine created a self induced back log that they can't dig out of. Then combine that with no red blooded American wanting to do hard and dirty work any more in a crappy fiberglass plant (based on the quality of workmen ship) and the clamping down on hiring foreigners that are willing to do hard work for cheap, the fact that we are married to china and no matter what we build here there seems to be a few finish parts needed from them (locks, rails, clamps ect.) but can't get them shipped expeditiously because china is still on lock down. I can see why it takes so long.
This is the new world we live in, we made ourselves dependent on china and just in time manufacturing in pursuit of mass quantities and low prices, at least ARE is still on US soil.
This is the new world we live in, we made ourselves dependent on china and just in time manufacturing in pursuit of mass quantities and low prices, at least ARE is still on US soil.
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