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Originally Posted by project86
Maybe you can get mazda interested  |
They are way too expensive in material and processing to make for OEM to be interested.
The special work alone in processing is over 20 hours work in each set, they would never be down for that. They cost me allot! but money was no object in coming up with a solution I found acceptable.
Mazda on the other hand have a very different design brief, lowest cost, durability, safety factor, and power limit many orders lower.
I can make the Mazda seal for around $15 a piece (main beam and corner), the material is basic shit, the hardening of the tip is 'simple', the finish is average. I am sure they get it made for less than that. For the application they are o.k. (just) and I am sure Mazda can make it for less than I could? outsourcing to Mahle or similar company..... either way they make an absolute killing on the parts when selling it to end users, that is a fact.