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> 914 / 916 RS America Syle door panel sets, We would really like some feedback from you on our newest product
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post Dec 20 2007, 09:29 AM
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Bob at APPBIZ here

Really would like some feedback from you guys on our newest product.

We have been the leading vendor of 911/930 door panels for years. We have been asked by many 914 owners to develop more 914 products. After nearly a year we finally have 914 door panels in production. We had a big battle forming the top piece and finally decided we would do it in metal like the factory did on some cars. We think the results are spectacular.

Pictured above is our 914 RS America Plus panel. It features a 911 RS America Handle with OEM Bezels and a 916 style accordion pocket. Pictures of our other 914 panel sets will be added to this post as we upholster them. This model was the most complex so we figured we would tackle it first.

We have just begun production and will have several versions of 914 / 916 panels available very soon.

Again I would really appreciate your comments on these. We really value the opinions of you guys and with your help we can make this a terrific product.

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post Dec 20 2007, 09:44 AM
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I like it. I'm glad you got rid of that ugly old map box.
How much?
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post Dec 20 2007, 09:52 AM
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Looks great.

Is it in production?
Will it break the kiddies college fund?

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post Dec 20 2007, 09:59 AM
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Bob -- The panel looks great. One question; are you prepared to market to 914 owners? We have a reputation of being pretty tight with a buck.
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE(hydroliftin @ Dec 20 2007, 07:59 AM) *

Bob -- The panel looks great. One question; are you prepared to market to 914 owners? We have a reputation of being pretty tight with a buck.


We are still working out our pricing on these.
Preliminary Pricing

RS America 914 panel set with Pockets $399
RS America 914 set (no pockets) $299
As always we offer a 15% discount to PCA members (lie to us if you must...)


The reason these are slightly more exensive than our 911 RSA panels is that the 911 uses a separate pad on top of the door panel. To make the 914 set we had to have tooling made to form the top area from metal (don't even ask what that cost). We tried vacuum forming it and laying it up in fiberglass but we were not happy with the results. Because of the metal upper piece these are very easy to re-uphoster and not affected by moisture and heat.

Some of the 914 panels we purchased for R&D had metal top portions others were formed from particle board and were in pretty bad shape. Mimicking the metal top piece was really the only way to produce a top quaility product.

Both sets include door panels retainers and RSA handles with OEM Porsche bezels.
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:45 AM
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Would it be possible to get them without the map pocket? Have you thought about making them with the RS style pull tab instead of the stock pull handle?

If you could do it without the pockets and with the RS pull tab, I'd definitely be interested! They look great!

Edit - You beat me to it. I guess you can get it without the map pocket. What are the panels made of?

Cheers,
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:48 AM
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QUOTE(mike_the_man @ Dec 20 2007, 08:45 AM) *

Would it be possible to get them without the map pocket? Have you thought about making them with the RS style pull tab instead of the stock pull handle?

If you could do it without the pockets and with the RS pull tab, I'd definitely be interested! They look great!

Cheers,


The problem we have with the RS opener strap is how to make unlocking and locking the car from inside possible...... As the unlock mechanism is integrated wiith the opener

Any suggestions
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:49 AM
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Me think the foam is too thick.

I like the pocket ! ...
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:50 AM
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QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Dec 20 2007, 07:52 AM) *

Looks great.

Is it in production?
Will it break the kiddies college fund?

Zahc



They are in production now. Initial quantities are limited.
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post Dec 20 2007, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE(appbiz @ Dec 20 2007, 08:48 AM) *


The problem we have with the RS opener strap is how to make unlocking and locking the car from inside possible...... As the unlock mechanism is integrated with the opener

Any suggestions
Bob



Good point! I never though of that issue. It would be quiet a bit more work to incorporate that. Could it be possible to have the lock tab directly above the pull strap, and work it into the bezel somehow? I imagine that would take a lot of work though.

I never lock my car, so I don't think it would be less of an issue for me, but I imagine most owners would want some way to lock it.

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post Dec 20 2007, 11:59 AM
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Awsome, I want a set. I will be contacting you after the first of the year.
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post Dec 20 2007, 12:09 PM
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QUOTE(johannes @ Dec 20 2007, 09:49 AM) *

Me think the foam is too thick.

I like the pocket ! ...



(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) looks to puffy to me
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post Dec 20 2007, 12:26 PM
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Here is a pic of our standard 914 panel without armrest hardware installed

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QUOTE(Ferg @ Dec 20 2007, 10:09 AM) *

QUOTE(johannes @ Dec 20 2007, 09:49 AM) *

Me think the foam is too thick.

I like the pocket ! ...



(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) looks to puffy to me



The puffyness may be an optical illusion, the guys hit that set with armorall before we took the pic and it was very sunny out, the pic of the standard panel i just posted has the same 1/4" foam. does it look better?

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Looks much better. (less puffy)
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I like the looks of the standard panel. Will it have a pull? Perhaps a red one like on the 911 RS?



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post Dec 20 2007, 01:03 PM
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QUOTE(jgara962 @ Dec 20 2007, 10:36 AM) *

I like the looks of the standard panel. Will it have a pull? Perhaps a red one like on the 911 RS?


We are still scratching our head on how to do that. The main problem is engineering a way to lock and unlock the door from the inside as the lock unlock mechanism is intergrated with the latch handle. Any thoughts?
Bob

BTW the pic you posted is of our 911/912/930 RS America offerings, where did you find that pic? Was it from our website www.appbiz.com ?
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post Dec 20 2007, 01:03 PM
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Are thoes prices for both doors or just one? I may be intrested in a set come April.
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Are thoes prices for both doors or just one? I may be intrested in a set come April.


The prices are for a complete set, both driver and passenger panels and associated hardware
Thanks for your interest
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post Dec 20 2007, 01:34 PM
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I think someone asked this already, but I didn't see the answer. What are the panels themselves made of?

They look nice!

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