1969 Torino

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Sieg...FTW!

[intocarss]

Sieg sure has a lot of gold bling

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by intocarss

Sieg sure has a lot of gold bling

No gold on the wife, house, or car.........only gold in our family is a few old crowns. Silver, platinum, Ti, brushed-nickel, pewter, etc. is the way we roll.

[214Chevy]

Great looking brakes Rob. But, I have one question for you and anybody else can answer this. Why does one have to assemble Wilwood brakes for the money they cost? To me that is an inconvenience to the customer. I mean, I know there are more expensive brakes on the market, but to spend anywhere from $1200-$2000 and up on brakes and then have to assemble them is just bewildering to me. I understand some things in this hobby need assembling, but I haven't seen this practice too common with any other manufacturer that "I" know of. Again, great looking brakes and they look awesome, but I been wondering about that forever.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Great looking brakes Rob. But, I have one question for you and anybody else can answer this. Why does one have to assemble Wilwood brakes for the money they cost? To me that is an inconvenience to the customer. I mean, I know there are more expensive brakes on the market, but to spend anywhere from $1200-$2000 and up on brakes and then have to assemble them is just bewildering to me. I understand some things in this hobby need assembling, but I haven't seen this practice too common with any other manufacturer that "I" know of. Again, great looking brakes and they look awesome, but I been wondering about that forever.

Nothing in life is free. You pay for everything one way or another. If your rotors came pre assembled to the hats then you paid for it in the cost of the brakes. I'd rather pay for R&D and material or machining costs than for assembly. I feel with Wilwood you get better quality at the same or lower price point than some of their competitors.

It may also have to do with inventory management. For my application I wanted 14" slotted e-coated rotors and floating hats.

Somebody else may substitute standard hats with the same rotors. or smaller rotors or drilled rotors, ect.

By not assembling the complete package you don't need to stock as much inventory and yet can likely have exactly what the customer wants in stock when they order. The customer doesn't get stuck with the choice of get what I have or wait For a smaller company they offer a large product line that is readily available.

I'd say their model works pretty good.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Sieg

I've never seen that safety cable system, very cool and quick!

You see Sieg my thread isn't all bad after all

Originally Posted by b757jetdr

Rob,

That is the gem! We use it when access is limited. I will try and round mine up here at work and if your interested in trying it let me know.

Chris I wish you were closer I'd take you up on that. Right now I'm justifying adding one to my tool inventory. I mean they are only $ plus about $1.10 per cable.

Originally Posted by Sieg

[Rick D]

Glad to see someone's posting progress pictures

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Glad to see someone's posting progress pictures

Yup How do you like Siegs new hair do??

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Nothing in life is free. You pay for everything one way or another. If your rotors came pre assembled to the hats then you paid for it in the cost of the brakes. I'd rather pay for R&D and material or machining costs than for assembly. I feel with Wilwood you get better quality at the same or lower price point than some of their competitors.

It may also have to do with inventory management. For my application I wanted 14" slotted e-coated rotors and floating hats.

Somebody else may substitute standard hats with the same rotors. or smaller rotors or drilled rotors, ect.

By not assembling the complete package you don't need to stock as much inventory and yet can likely have exactly what the customer wants in stock when they order. The customer doesn't get stuck with the choice of get what I have or wait For a smaller company they offer a large product line that is readily available.

I'd say their model works pretty good.

It's a Brake Buffet Extraordinaire!

All your points are good, though I wonder if liability factors in.

As previously mentioned I really enjoy assembling components like those.

[FETorino]

Hmm