Fender Flares (The Continuation)

[OurJeepLife]

For approx 2 years I've been searching and contacting companies like Bushwacker and Warn in an attempt to have some fender flares made for the Jeep Commander (without any luck) and decided to designing my own. With the help of my cousin in TN (who is a co owner of a plastics molding company). I gave him a rough sketch of my idea and within 30 minutes on the computer, he worked something up.

After a few slight mods, he gave me a quote to have these flare made up for our Jeep Commander. Four flares each in increments of 3/4 inch, 2 inch & 4 inch widths. Total cost Just to have the mold made?.. $50,000 or which ever one would be more desirable.

Here is what is what I'm getting at. If this is something that many of us would be interested in having.. Would the group (this forum) be willing to contribute the funds necessary to get this product underway?.

What would be the legal route to take in order to have everyone involved in this and receive their far share in the profits or make the flares a club thing instead of going national.

Just need a show of hands for those willing to CoOp this venture.. Sign up here and lets brain storm this product.

[LWM]

Well I cannot speak for the rest of the members but it is my opinion that we would NEVER recover our $50,000 investment on this deal. The likelyhood of us finding 100 Commander owners willing to pay $500 per set is unlikely and there is NO profit at that price.

We would need to charge $800 to $1,000 per set AND pre-sell 100 units in order to make money on this deal.

[OurJeepLife]

Agreed and just asking for input and advice.. I'm getting the same type of response on the Haynes Repair manual issues.. Seems these are to things many would not follow or give advice on to some degree. Fender Flares = (not enough interested), Haynes Manuals = (Not enough Commanders sold)

[07JeepXK]

I doubt that you would even get 10 XK owners to purchase the flares. Everyone was all about getting a snorkel made for the XK and when it was finally made i think like three people ordered them. One of the three was the individual who's vehicle they used to make the snorkel. Good luck on this on.

[El Cid]

While I'd love to see some flares made, I concur about the marketability.

Some walls can be broken, some cannot. You probably shouldn't beat your head against either one, though.

[OurJeepLife]

Thanks El.. for the vote of confidence.. Thou I have a feeling this would be more of a personal venture for but the lotto would help get me started.. Even if I had these made for myself. I'm please at the out come. I'm just tired of these big companies pulling other ideas like mine on the back burner. Buchwacker and Warn already have the equipment and the names behind their products.. And because the Commander is a dyeing breed.. they would touch this with a ten foot pole. Because it doesn't fit into their "typically" idea for a jeep product. Besides I still have a few "Wrangler" projects I'm working on.. again Mold needed as well as the money to create the new product for them.