[Ron in SoCal]

Hey Marcus...you how I feel about this, cause we've talked about it quite a bit. The bottom line is chassis manufacterers are very protective of their designs and rightfully so. A lot of investment and R&D goes into that. However, RS did not invent IRS, they just made it their own way. They did not even invent c5/6 IRS either, so they really can't be mad at you for that. If you took their design elements and yours looked like an exact copy, if you took theirs made some measurements and started making an exact dup (especially to bring to market), I wouldn't blame them for getting seriously ticked off. But you're not doing that; your guy is fabbing his own so I really don't see an issue.

One point I would ask you to consider for yourself, after spending all the time on the phone how would you feel if you educated a potential customer and he took enough data away and built his own? If the subject of price came up early, I think the RS would be asking. 'if he knew it was out of his budget, why did he keep calling? Just to learn how to do it?'...Perhaps a gentlemanly discussion w RS is in order?

Good luck Bro.I commend you for being willing to discuss this in a public forum!