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    Originally posted by paultvx
    Well, it's pretty clear that if there aren't 25 orders, you'll have nothing to see and nothing to commit to. Even if we do make it to 25 orders, at the current pace, I doubt there will be a second run. I seriously doubt they would fill just one order for your sake, if you like what you see. But then again... who knows. It really doesn't matter. If there aren't 25 orders, all bets are off.
    I was under the impression that the 25 orders are to "tool" the design. Once that's done, they'll sell them piecemeal on their website like every other design.

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    Originally posted by IsuZOOM
    I was under the impression that the 25 orders are to "tool" the design. Once that's done, they'll sell them piecemeal on their website like every other design.
    I have to agree...they need 25 orders to make their "investment
    in time to engineer/develop product" worth their while. Once
    that occurs... any other orders would be icing on the cake for
    them...whip out CNC program and/or CAD program and stamp out
    another one.
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    The font hasn't been decided yet. We should probably gather together a list of fonts everyone might want and then vote on them.

    As has been said though, w/o 25 pre-orders we are SOL.

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    If you're going that route - Scott can you dig up the font we discusssed earlier?

    And you're not SOL without 2 orders. 12 of you could just pay $206, or 6 of you could pay $412

    Or, someone here could buy 15 of them

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    Originally posted by IsuZOOM
    And you're not SOL without 2 orders. 12 of you could just pay $206, or 6 of you could pay $412

    Or, someone here could buy 15 of them
    That isn't the program. If there isn't 25 the whole thing is off. SOL. That's what it means.

    Regarding fonts... too many cooks in the kitchen. I think this buy has a better chance if we just kept thing simple.

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    Originally posted by paultvx
    That isn't the program. If there isn't 25 the whole thing is off. SOL. That's what it means.
    They want $2500 to tool the design. I'm sure they'll take it any way they can get it.

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    I'll be putting 2 orders, in the next few days. I'd like to see the final board selected font before I actually add an order, so lets get some choices posted and make a decision.

    Also, to those that have already placed an order or those that are considering it. What options have you selected for your dials? (ie: what does the bottom left of their flash program tell you is selected) I'm just interested to see what options people are going for and what their's will look like.

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    Ok, so there was some question as to them providing the dials after the initial pre-order was finished.

    Here is what aaron said
    "We will offer it on the site for single orders after the initial group buy"

    So, if we ever reach the 25 mark for them to actually produce the initial buy then they will be available on their website.

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    Hey, I just thought of something. If we have the same dash as a Rodeo we should post this on other forums and maybe some other Rodeo owners will jump on it.

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    Originally posted by IsuZOOM
    They want $2500 to tool the design. I'm sure they'll take it any way they can get it.
    What makes you think their entire business hinges on this deal? I'm sure they'd fine selling to their existing market without the hassle of tooling up for a small run or even a run of just one. The VX is a limited market. Why do you think there are hardly any aftermarket support for it? If it wasn't for Tone and individual efforts like what Inaba has done here, there wouldn't have been any. That fact that we haven't gathered 25 orders quickly after the intial post was made pretty much tells them that there isn't enough of a market to justify the trouble. Don't be surpised if the whole thing goes up in smoke if we don't get 25 orders.
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    Originally posted by AlaskaVX
    Hey, I just thought of something. If we have the same dash as a Rodeo we should post this on other forums and maybe some other Rodeo owners will jump on it.
    It's a slightly different instrument panel. We have TOD, I don't think the rodeos do. The temp gauge is a little different too. See one of the earlier threads, I think it's the third one. It has a link to a kit for the Trooper kit by a different manufacturer. On the same site there are Rodeo kits.

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    Originally posted by paultvx
    What makes you think their entire business hinges on this deal? I'm sure they'd fine selling to their existing market without the hassle of tooling up for a small run or even a run of just one. The VX is a limited market. Why do you think there are hardly any aftermarket support for it? If it wasn't for Tone and individual efforts like what Inaba has done here, there wouldn't have been any. That fact that we haven't gathered 25 orders quickly after the intial post was made pretty much tells them that there isn't enough of a market to justify the trouble. Don't be surpised if the whole thing goes up in smoke if we don't get 25 orders.
    Why are you always so abrasive?

    I don't understand what you are missing here. They want a commitment of $2500 before they'll tool the design. If one person offered them $2500, they'd tool the design. This isn't rocket science.

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    Originally posted by paultvx
    It's a slightly different instrument panel. We have TOD, I don't think the rodeos do. The temp gauge is a little different too. See one of the earlier threads, I think it's the third one. It has a link to a kit for the Trooper kit by a different manufacturer. On the same site there are Rodeo kits.
    Hmm, are the two main panels (tach and speedo) the same? If so, there might be a possibility of them sharing our pre-production ordering. Can't hurt to ask.

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    Originally posted by IsuZOOM
    Why are you always so abrasive?
    I am not even going to waste my time to address that one.

    Originally posted by IsuZOOM They want a commitment of $2500 before they'll tool the design. If one person offered them $2500, they'd tool the design. This isn't rocket science.
    Okay. Who's going to pony up $2500 for a sheet of plastic with numbers and hash marks printed on it along with a inverter? are you? Allright for you if you are.

    Let's leave it at that and try to help make the group buy possible or answer questions others may have rather than submitting your own private thoughts about what you want to do... which really don't help those who wish to make this group buy a reality.

    It's a good idea to see if the Rodeo guys (93-97, I believe) or even Speedhut would be interested in a partial kit. I don't think they are aware that the speedo and tach can be shared. Once they know they might consider lowering the price since by making a kit for us... they'd almost kill two birds with one stone. They don't have any offerings for any Isuzu's at this moment. The speedo and tach may even be used with the Troopers and it would certainly look better than the one posted earlier in this thread.
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    Arrow Bump

    Just trying to keep this thread in recent memory...

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