Just a note on how we do things here at SHR (and I expect that MGW would say things are similar at their shop seeing as this is their thread to begin with although I do not speak for them):

Our parts after in-house machining and de-burring are sent to a local finishing shop, where they are linear-sanded, bead-blasted or polished, and then either anodized or triple-chrome plated (separate copper, nickel, and chromium baths). These finishing processes can cost anywhere from 3.00 to 50.00 per piece or more if bigger or more complex and are part of the cost of the product we sell to you. Now if we didn't finish our parts, we could keep the difference, but we would rather put out a product that we are proud of putting our name on that will last for you for years to come. It is amazing though that we spend that money in our product, and yet our retail prices are at or below that of many of our competitors who do not...

As to our warranty policy - although the legal-eze on our website and in our product packages is pretty long-winded, we have never not taken care of a customer who had an issue with one of our products (rare as it actually is). I personally take the "warranty" issue sort of how it was put in Tommy Boy - either you can put something on the side of the box to make someone feel all warm and fuzzy, or you can put something in the box that doesn't really need one to begin with... that's why we use virgin resins that are UV resistant in our plastic products (and park trucks on top of them to show their strength...) and produce all of our billet products from true 6061 (or sometimes 7076 which is even a higher grade) billet aluminum direct from the metal supply plant. These parts are then finished, and hand inspected prior to packaging. 2024, and other alloys of aluminum would be cheaper (and probably not make any difference in most of our products and still be called billet) but we still choose to go the route of 6061 just for the machineability and quality of the finished part.

So, as usual, there are choices in the market place, it is up to you the customer to decide who to support. I'm just pointing out that the costs some of us just consider part of doing good business are not costs that everyone chooses to include when calculating their ROI.

 

Personally I liked the infinished look on the upr stuff. Right now I am more leaning towards blue anodizing like the upr shift **** I have. I've had upr and mgw both in my car at the same time. And from my personal experience. I like them both equally. Of course this being said. A new favorite is starting to appear. I've already got the SHR side louvers. Though my painter cannot figure out how to paint them right. And I look forward to seeing what else they can make. Long story short. I like all three companies. And will be buying from each.

 

Well, thank you for your business, we do appreciate it - seriously. You should know though that if you ever want custom work, we can always pull a part from production and have it custom finished for you - it sometimes takes a little while (have to fit it in with a production run as it happens) but the cost is normally a lot better than if you take a piece to an anodize shop yourself - unless you have an "in" at a shop We already do custom mixes on doors and stuff at N/C for customers, and have done custom engraving on a few occasions when the need comes up.

Just FYI.

On the paint for the louvers - if needed, have your painter give us a call - it's not like we don't have enough experience doing them - just seems to take forever to get the colors all done

 

"you can get a good look at your butchers *** by sticking your head up there, but wouldn't you rather take his word for it?" Er uh, I mean, "You can get a good look at a t-bone steak by sticking your head up a bull's *** but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it."

 

So long as I get the waitress to fire up the kitchen and get me some shrimp, I'll be all set

 

Someday I want to have a cold one from my SHR cupholder bezel with Marcello and his staff!