lets get some iX mudflaps made. Who can help?

[Alaska Ted]

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Got the page, unfortunately, I sold mine to stonea. Might try hitting him up.

[325ixa]

then why dont you go out and find a cheaper price. Since we already have the part it shouldnt be a problem for you right?

we dont have a part, at least i dont and no one is willing to send it acros the globe, that is why i asked for 3d scan.

I was talking to a guy who is making all sort of rubber products and his price range for mold is around 300 euros. How and why is he more than 10 time cheaper, its beyond me. Could have something to do with knowlege and labour prices in poor countries.

and please, please, don't take it personally. I really want see this happen and not get ripped off in process.

[2santiago]

The hunt continues for flaps. 😁

[flyboyx]

i spent some time today doing a little research on digital printing.

it doesn't really sound very feasible by the conversations i had today.

we talked about materials. i figured the temperature range should be from around 0 degrees to about 130 degrees F. basically, it doesn't sound like there is a readily available material. something that "might" be available would apparently be pretty expensive.

it sounds like 3d printing molds/ or stamps might be a better choice.

apparently, 3d printed molds won't last as long as those that are machined. however, they are much cheaper to produce.

we talked about the cost of machined molds. he thought about 2k would be a reasonable price.

3d molds could be made for a few hundred dollars.

[mtnbimmer]

for making a new product, prototype, with some try and fail, and everything that goes with that, yes, that could be a price. This is pirating, copying...

Again, you better get schooled on modern production costs. It's got nothing to do with "new product, prototype, etc" Molds cost $, it's that simple.

[z122643]

Can we just end this discussion.

Not to be a downer, but this is never going to happen.

[2santiago]

Lol, I feel your pain! I mean... Does having replicas of the oem flaps make our iX's more valuable?

[6A LDY]

Lol, I feel your pain! I mean... Does having replicas of the oem flaps make our iX's more valuable?

Realistically only if someone was looking at 2 of the exact same cars and one had the mudflaps and the other didnt. I think it's a nice bonus, but that's not why anyone would buy one. I guess it does show somewhat that the person that owned the car was a true enthusiast which is good, but I don't think it adds value

[mtnbimmer]

Lol, I feel your pain! I mean... Does having replicas of the oem flaps make our iX's more valuable?

No, but they do help protect the skirts and the sides of my fenders, which is really what they are for.

[flyboyx]

No, but they do help protect the skirts and the sides of my fenders, which is really what they are for.

[bradnic]

No, but they do help protect the skirts and the sides of my fenders, which is really what they are for.

^ this. it's a friggin IX. those mudflaps protect the lower rear part of the front fenders. Never seen an IX without severe rust damage in that area.

[AWDE30]

^ this. it's a friggin IX. those mudflaps protect the lower rear part of the front fenders. Never seen an IX without severe rust damage in that area.

I'm willing to get these made for everyone. I just need a better lead on manufacturing. If someone wants to chime in with a link or contact I will start looking into pricing. Obviously if the manufacturing costs are going to make repos $500 a set I don't feel they will sell. (Even if that's what OEM sets are going for now) What we need is a manufacture in the US to replicate these for us at a reasonable cost. Well that and buyers to show interest.

[mtnbimmer]

^ this. it's a friggin IX. those mudflaps protect the lower rear part of the front fenders. Never seen an IX without severe rust damage in that area.

I guess I might be the exception to this, so this is exactly why I would like some decent reasonably priced flaps to keep it that way. Pretty much what I think we all want.

While I like the posts above proposing yet another new solution to this problem, I (like probably most of you..) have heard and hoped for an answer for so long that until I see an actual finished product with a semi-reasonable price, I'm in the pessimistic camp that this will ever happen.

[6A LDY]

I guess I might be the exception to this, so this is exactly why I would like some decent reasonably priced flaps to keep it that way. Pretty much what I think we all want.

While I like the posts above proposing yet another new solution to this problem, I (like probably most of you..) have heard and hoped for an answer for so long that until I see an actual finished product with a semi-reasonable price, I'm in the pessimistic camp that this will ever happen.

Don't lose hope brother!

[supernaughtIX]

some of us with cnc mills at hand only need some 3d models or a set in hand...