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Old 07-12-2006, 06:25 AM
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AWR68 makes a great point " he cant afford it" well most could not at that price! and again not that these guys arent doing there job indeed it is a great peice, and sure people will always spend money on things that seem cool because there new! "Jonny 51" but dollar for dollar and product for product even in a high horsepower good looking show car! alston is still the way to go! again my opion and if i was spending my hard earned jack it would not be on a $7,000 Half a frame hell you could have a complete tube chassis built or than again order that better looking and better all around frame from alston and still have enough left over almost to bye those fancy fikse wheels that only make 4 styles in lol Boys there are other awesome products out there but props goes to Detroit for the effort and they may rob a few of you folks sounds like it got a few suckers already good luck
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Since you refuse to answer my questions about what data you have about the two subframes I will just assume you are trolling. I have a feeling that you really don't know much of anything about either part besides price.

Just going on and on and on how one product is better than the other only based on price and the fact you think one "looks" better (the only two data pieces you present) is useless. It's almost like your a Alston employee, except I know Chris and he has WAY WAY too much class for that.

And for the record I am running a 21st Century Frame and Alston shocks, so I really don't have a dog in the DSE fight.. I just find your posts annoying and repetative. If you can't give any data I will "prune" future posts in this thread..
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LOL .........This is getting funny......Im here to back DSE......If you cant afford it then dont by it.....Dont sit their and complain about it.....does anyone remember the BIG Debate about billet Hindges....Same thing....They are bad A$$ .......Thats why they are expensive....Same with the subframe ....Its Bad A$$......I think some of you will get what i am trying to get at here.........


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Old 07-12-2006, 07:47 AM
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Wow I step away for a few hours and you guys make a mountain out of an aunt hill! no i dont work for alston and nor do i care, But my point is. unless you are reading other than you want to read out of all this, there is other products out there, and i havent bashed Detroit i have said they make a great peice just not for the money and it hasnt been out long enough to prove my point different as of yet anyone can type how good there product is, time will tell its a great idea but a good point was made by "leadfoot1" with normal street drving you are not going to notice that much of a difference, and with that said your out of $6,700 Jack compared to a better looking and "Probably" handling peice time will tell but for the money and from what i'm reading dont think the money would be justified also were not even talking about the other frames. Ones that you have mention and even the total cost unit that is made, they make a great tubular peice so to each his own, and as for me, Money is not a problem, Being smart enough to make good purchases is.
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For all the research and costs involved in bringing this piece to the public, trust me 6700 is a bargain. You will never loose on it.

G- Body, try and work on some grammar and spelling. Its hard reading your posts, that is the least you can do.

So many people look at the price, if you bought something for 30 K that was quality and engineered well and sold it for 30K you come out even. If you spent 20K for non quality and sold it for 10K then you lost 10K, but only spent 20K. Simple economics, look at value big boy!
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Money is not a problem, Being smart enough to make good purchases is.

If money is not a problem, then why bash on something you don't know anything about? Just because you don't have the money and others do, doesn't mean that the product you think is best is. Fact is, you really don't have a clue on what you're talking about. You should research Corvette geometry and Mustang 2 geometry. It's a world of difference, and this is one reason why your argument carries no weight. This I can say. The Detroit piece is far superior in construction due to the hydroforming, corvette style geometry, and build quality then an Alston piece. Yes it's going to handle better, and be stronger. This is why this frame is more expensive, but I'm sure you didn't know this already. You really should know your facts before you open your piehole and call it and us suckers for buying the product.
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Wow I step away for a few hours and you guys make a mountain out of an aunt hill! no i dont work for alston and nor do i care, But my point is. unless you are reading other than you want to read out of all this, there is other products out there, and i havent bashed Detroit i have said they make a great peice just not for the money and it hasnt been out long enough to prove my point different as of yet anyone can type how good there product is, time will tell its a great idea but a good point was made by "leadfoot1" with normal street drving you are not going to notice that much of a difference, and with that said your out of $6,700 Jack compared to a better looking and "Probably" handling peice time will tell but for the money and from what i'm reading dont think the money would be justified also were not even talking about the other frames. Ones that you have mention and even the total cost unit that is made, they make a great tubular peice so to each his own, and as for me, Money is not a problem, Being smart enough to make good purchases is.
Once again you failed to answer my questions which leads me to believe you really don't know what you are talking about..

I guess to be blunt you're just talking out your ass and have zero data to back up your claims
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...I looked at DSE's website and could not find any specs regarding suspension geometry...Aside from the introduction at the beginning of this thread, what do we have to work with so we can compare?

Steeve, please don't lock up this thread i'd really like to see the end results!

I understand nobody has the same budget. But i tend to share a bit of this "Too expensiveness" from DSE. I posted a thread once about their 4 point cage selling for 650$ ( ) when you can get an SnW or Comp 10 point (very nice products that can compare in every way) for 200$....This is kinda ridiculous don't you think? I mean, even if you have the dough, at some point, it becomes a thing of the inflatable neighbourgh....No?

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Their is no specs because ...........IT JUST CAME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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