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NorCalDiscoII said:I stand corrected
I only know that because I just read the write-up in Car and Driver...I swear I'm not an expert on Japanese SUVs!!
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Ignorance is bliss as far as Japanese SUVs go. Gotta give it to the xterra crowd in the midwest. Saw some club out playing last time we were at attica In....
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I went and it was an eye opening experience to say the least! It is truly amazing to see how large the bling market is and how few companies were representing useable products especially in the ?off-road truck and SUV area?.
95% of the products in the off-road area were 15? lifts for super duty fords, 22? wheels, LED clear tails lights or some blinged out chrome side steps. Granted there were a few useable products that peaked my interest but most of the rest was worthless.
I had a chance to look over the G4 LR3 and it was ok. The lady that was showing off the LR3 had a nice southern accent and was easy on the eyes so I did not give her too much crap about the IRS/IFS.
All in all it was worthwhile for me (- the blisters on my feet) because I went with a very specific list of people that I wanted to talk with. Hopefully the trip resulted in some new business relationships.
If I get time in the next few days I will post some pictures of the LR3
95% of the products in the off-road area were 15? lifts for super duty fords, 22? wheels, LED clear tails lights or some blinged out chrome side steps. Granted there were a few useable products that peaked my interest but most of the rest was worthless.
I had a chance to look over the G4 LR3 and it was ok. The lady that was showing off the LR3 had a nice southern accent and was easy on the eyes so I did not give her too much crap about the IRS/IFS.
All in all it was worthwhile for me (- the blisters on my feet) because I went with a very specific list of people that I wanted to talk with. Hopefully the trip resulted in some new business relationships.
If I get time in the next few days I will post some pictures of the LR3
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dave_lucas said:I went and it was an eye opening experience to say the least! It is truly amazing to see how large the bling market is and how few companies were representing useable products especially in the ?off-road truck and SUV area?.
95% of the products in the off-road area were 15? lifts for super duty fords, 22? wheels, LED clear tails lights or some blinged out chrome side steps. Granted there were a few useable products that peaked my interest but most of the rest was worthless.
Welcome to SEMA. They do NOTHING to promote vehicle USE and everything to promote "bling". An awesomly engineered 3" lift will be ignored, and a hobbled together 15" lift with a good coat of red glossy paint will win "best in show" product. Igoring the fact that there will be 100 times more 3" lifts sold than 15" lifts. The 15" lift will make it into the magazines...adding the SEMA award assures it. Now, when 19 year old young studly looses control of his F950 HEMI powered V12 Quad Cab long bed Dualie...he'll sue the Truck manufactuer...not the company that sold him the crappy lift kit...or SEMA for promoting it. Or when, after 5,000 miles he's gone through 5-U joints, he'll blame the auto company for making cheap parts, not the lift company for failing to properly compensate for driveline angles.
The SEMA "performance" show is the same way. a 1000 HP turbo kit guarantee'd to blow the motor in the first 500 miles gets and award, but a well engineered kit that only makes 1/3 the HP or well engineered suspension setup get's ignored.
Hell, last year one of their "awards" went to a Nitrous purge kit that lights up the "cloud" of purged Nitrous with a colored LED. Oh boy, that's sure going to improve everyone's ride. Talk about a MUST HAVE.
SEMA is only about SALES and SHOWMANSHIP. Not quality. Not Saftey. Not reliability. Sales and Showmanship. It's a "car show" for aftermarket manufacturers. Nothing has to really work. Nothing has to really perform or last. It just has to "look good" in the magazine photos/writeups.
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Just saw the SPEED channel special on SEMA show. Um yeah... My favorite attraction was the new suspension for H2- they figured out how to lower it, yet another two inches (obviously this truck keeps heading in the right direction ). Wouldn't it be funny to see EE put this under their Suspension section:
). Wouldn't it be funny to see EE put this under their Suspension section: OME HD shocks and springs. Lower your Discovery full 2-3 inches. Keep your sway bars too! Note: EE recommends our Expeditionware Dreadnought Sliders - the perfect protection for your Discovery for every time you get high centered on the parking lot speed bumps!
I was there. We had a booth there. We manufacture solenoid valves for industrial use and have landed in the aftermarket carhopping and air ride market.
The show was huge. I don't think people realize how big it is. I enjoyed breaking away and heading up to the offroad section and going outside to watch the rock crawling.
The International CXT was something to behold.
It is mostly "bling bling"! I'll tell you this though, there is a lot of money to be made there.
Anyway, our valves work!
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The show was huge. I don't think people realize how big it is. I enjoyed breaking away and heading up to the offroad section and going outside to watch the rock crawling.
The International CXT was something to behold.
It is mostly "bling bling"! I'll tell you this though, there is a lot of money to be made there.
Anyway, our valves work!
Ken
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I prefer the "The Off Road Expo" There was some Bling and plenty of Silicone but mainily Hardcore truck parts.
More on it can be found here
http://www.off-road.com/events/2004offroadexpo/index.html
More on it can be found here
http://www.off-road.com/events/2004offroadexpo/index.html