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Would you buy a NWP Dead Pedal?
10-07-2011 | 09:33 AM
#41
10-07-2011 | 09:39 AM
#42
John, have you ever considered entering your car in any shows? I bet you could walk away with some prizes/awards. No joke. Not many seven-year old imports out there that look like they're still in showroom condition.
10-07-2011 | 09:50 AM
#43
But thanks, Brett. I appreciate the compliment.
10-07-2011 | 12:20 PM
#44
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No, I'm kidding. But I know, at the end of the day, this is all in good fun.
Although, if I had something such as a dead pedal installed on my car, I'd be terrified of accidentally scuffing up something as nice as I'm sure Aaron could produce.
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Point taken, and I'm sure Aaron's well-aware of what he's doing. My biggest concern with development of something like this, honestly, at the end of the day, isn't in the product, but the target crowd itself. I'd hate to see Aaron put work and effort into bringing us something, only to have the org, in its typical, orgy (
) fashion, shoot it down as "overpriced," and a waste of money.
No, I'm kidding. But I know, at the end of the day, this is all in good fun.
Although, if I had something such as a dead pedal installed on my car, I'd be terrified of accidentally scuffing up something as nice as I'm sure Aaron could produce....
Point taken, and I'm sure Aaron's well-aware of what he's doing. My biggest concern with development of something like this, honestly, at the end of the day, isn't in the product, but the target crowd itself. I'd hate to see Aaron put work and effort into bringing us something, only to have the org, in its typical, orgy (
) fashion, shoot it down as "overpriced," and a waste of money.
But my entire goal when designing a new product is to make sure it can be priced within our customers' budget first. As already expressed here in this thread, if the dead pedal is priced much more than $30, it will reduce our sales considerably. Not many people will spend $100+ on a single dead pedal, even if it is an absolute gorgeous piece of metal that takes hours to fabricate! In fact, a lot of people would say it's overpriced and believe that everything else from NWP is overpriced, resulting in a damaged reputation.
If I can't find a way to keep our prices reasonable on a new design, then it would be better not to release the product instead of offending our customers by trying to charge $100 for what appears to be a simple piece of flat metal.
I have scrapped several projects and/or ideas over the years simply due to the fact that I was unable to design it in a way that would get the retail price within our customers' budgets. Or it was scrapped because I was not able to prove the performance gain that I was originally hoping for. I haven't talked about all these scrapped ideas on a public forum since I knew they would never be released to the public.
All it takes is for NWP to release one sub-par product and people will think all NWP products are designed similarly. That is why it sometimes takes so long to design, test, and release a new product. I have to make sure it is tested thoroughly first. The product that is expected to release within the next couple months has been in the works for almost a year now. When it is finally released, people may not understand why it took so long to make what appears to be a very simple product design. But it will have been tested THOROUGHLY all while operating NWP Engineering at the same time. Along the way, several prototype design changes have been made so far. And I expect several more design changes once I get the test vehicle on the dyno and test out the prototypes.
Sorry for the long post. I bet you can tell I'm excited about NWP's new products on the horizon!
10-07-2011 | 12:47 PM
#46
10-07-2011 | 12:58 PM
#47
Your're not the only one Aaron. I know I'm excited and I'm sure everyone else is too.
If we did come up with a dead pedal design, it would have to be pretty stain resistant. More than likely, it will still be soft aluminum that can get scratched by pebbles on the bottom of your shoe. But, I would probably make sure it is clear zinc plated to prevent it from getting too dirty over time. Or it's possible that I'll make it out of a completely different type of stain resistant material.
But my entire goal when designing a new product is to make sure it can be priced within our customers' budget first. As already expressed here in this thread, if the dead pedal is priced much more than $30, it will reduce our sales considerably. Not many people will spend $100+ on a single dead pedal, even if it is an absolute gorgeous piece of metal that takes hours to fabricate! In fact, a lot of people would say it's overpriced and believe that everything else from NWP is overpriced, resulting in a damaged reputation.
If I can't find a way to keep our prices reasonable on a new design, then it would be better not to release the product instead of offending our customers by trying to charge $100 for what appears to be a simple piece of flat metal.
I have scrapped several projects and/or ideas over the years simply due to the fact that I was unable to design it in a way that would get the retail price within our customers' budgets. Or it was scrapped because I was not able to prove the performance gain that I was originally hoping for. I haven't talked about all these scrapped ideas on a public forum since I knew they would never be released to the public.
All it takes is for NWP to release one sub-par product and people will think all NWP products are designed similarly. That is why it sometimes takes so long to design, test, and release a new product. I have to make sure it is tested thoroughly first. The product that is expected to release within the next couple months has been in the works for almost a year now. When it is finally released, people may not understand why it took so long to make what appears to be a very simple product design. But it will have been tested THOROUGHLY all while operating NWP Engineering at the same time. Along the way, several prototype design changes have been made so far. And I expect several more design changes once I get the test vehicle on the dyno and test out the prototypes.
Sorry for the long post. I bet you can tell I'm excited about NWP's new products on the horizon!
But my entire goal when designing a new product is to make sure it can be priced within our customers' budget first. As already expressed here in this thread, if the dead pedal is priced much more than $30, it will reduce our sales considerably. Not many people will spend $100+ on a single dead pedal, even if it is an absolute gorgeous piece of metal that takes hours to fabricate! In fact, a lot of people would say it's overpriced and believe that everything else from NWP is overpriced, resulting in a damaged reputation.
If I can't find a way to keep our prices reasonable on a new design, then it would be better not to release the product instead of offending our customers by trying to charge $100 for what appears to be a simple piece of flat metal.
I have scrapped several projects and/or ideas over the years simply due to the fact that I was unable to design it in a way that would get the retail price within our customers' budgets. Or it was scrapped because I was not able to prove the performance gain that I was originally hoping for. I haven't talked about all these scrapped ideas on a public forum since I knew they would never be released to the public.
All it takes is for NWP to release one sub-par product and people will think all NWP products are designed similarly. That is why it sometimes takes so long to design, test, and release a new product. I have to make sure it is tested thoroughly first. The product that is expected to release within the next couple months has been in the works for almost a year now. When it is finally released, people may not understand why it took so long to make what appears to be a very simple product design. But it will have been tested THOROUGHLY all while operating NWP Engineering at the same time. Along the way, several prototype design changes have been made so far. And I expect several more design changes once I get the test vehicle on the dyno and test out the prototypes.
Sorry for the long post. I bet you can tell I'm excited about NWP's new products on the horizon!
10-08-2011 | 07:28 AM
#50
no offense but, you may want to do some research into the amount of time it takes to build a quality set of headers as well as the cost of materials alone. i'm as cheap as they come but even i can see the value in a well designed/produced product.
10-08-2011 | 07:39 AM
#51
Guys, there's a thread for all that. This thread is here simply to needle Aaron into making a dead pedal.
I'm thinking of a solid piece of thick metal, with a raised edge on the circumference. A pattern of beveled holes that matches the OEM (HLSD) gas pedal, while allowing for mounting screws. And the NWP logo at the top, in perpendicular orientation to the upright pedal, raised like the logo on his polished Block-off Plate.
Can you guys see that?
I'm thinking of a solid piece of thick metal, with a raised edge on the circumference. A pattern of beveled holes that matches the OEM (HLSD) gas pedal, while allowing for mounting screws. And the NWP logo at the top, in perpendicular orientation to the upright pedal, raised like the logo on his polished Block-off Plate.
Can you guys see that?
Last edited by Rochester; 10-08-2011 at 08:44 AM.
10-08-2011 | 07:58 AM
#53
10-10-2011 | 04:10 AM
#55
10-10-2011 | 06:50 PM
#58
Yes I know the majority of Maximas have the stock black pedals but if they plan on upgrading the dead pedal it will look stupid with stock black pedals. Since an upgraded dead pedal would look stupid with the stock black pedals people will want to upgrade their other pedals also and if the dead pedal is made by itself any other pedal chosen to upgrade the clutch/brake/gas pedals will not match.
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