Upgraded IWE gear replacement interest

Are you interested in an upgraded IWE gear?

  • Yes definitly

    Votes: 82 71.3%
  • Not at all

    Votes: 2 1.7%
  • Maybe Later

    Votes: 31 27.0%

  • Total voters
    115

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SVT_Aaron

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My apologies for lack of update.

As of now, it does not look like this is making it to production. The cost to outsource manufacturing is just astronomical. We've looked into several options (companies and procedure) for manufacturing our product to our exact specs, and none have turned up a figure that will make this affordable for 95% of raptor owners (even with massive bulk order discounts). I will not consider a overseas company to do make these as I value quality above all. We are not RCV that specializes in cutting gears, thus we have to outsource.

This does not mean I have stopped looking into having these manufactured. I currently still have schematics out with 2 other companies for a quote.

Overall it's unfortunate, as we finally had a breakthrough after I hired a metallurgical engineer to take a look at our designs. In layman's terms, we had finally achieved both a alloy and heat treatment that allows us to have super strong/hard teeth to keep from shearing, and a "softer" (relatively to the teeth) core to keep the unit from cracking under impact loads. We've been testing this prototype for over 10k miles, with about 1,200 of them in hard 4wd/off-road. After removal, we have observed zero excessive wear (within 0.00013 of our original specs, baseline OEM/dorman after 1500 miles averaged 0.00086 out of original spec, if not broken).

After the last 5 quotes, the lowest prices to have these manufactured are over $1k /pair with a bulk order of 100 units (at just my cost! Just absurd...). There's just no way I can market these until I get to a retail price point under $500/pair, which is still steep in my own opinion. At this point I don't know if these manufacturers just don't want to make these or if I am doing something wrong.

Sorry for the bad news guys, I'm just as disappointed as many of you are. I've sank a LOT of money into these....



Damn that is a bummer Joe, but the fact that you took the time out of your busy life and spent your own money to try and come up with a solution I can appreciate. so I thank you for trying and at least keeping us in the loop!!
 
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Damn that is a bummer Joe, but the fact that you took the time out of your busy life and spent your own money to try and come up with a solution I can appreciate. so I thank you for trying and at least keeping us in the loop!!

Yea your telling me bud. I haven't given up hope yet, still a few tricks up my sleeve. But maybe my molecularly perfect solution isn't the answer :ROFLJest:

Thanks for the appreciated support, it means a lot! Only regret I have looking back, is I could of had a decent suspension by now haha.
 

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Shot in the dark, but has anyone made any progress finding/making upgraded IWEs? I know the @HAYNES OFFROAD solution hasn't worked out. @RPG told me they have some, but I can never get a hold of them to verify this.

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We have them in stock.. Submit your order

How? They aren't on your website.

I called again two hours ago, spoke with Andrew, who supposedly will email me a quote, then I can buy one.

No email.

My credit card is in hand.
 

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How? They aren't on your website.

I called again two hours ago, spoke with Andrew, who supposedly will email me a quote, then I can buy one.

No email.

My credit card is in hand.

You and I seem to be on the same page a lot lately. I have a set on order as of this week. Reach out to Rick at Freedom Motorsports and he will get you take care of.

I will be running these with the upgraded boots and silicone lines from Forged Offroad. If this setup doesn't hold up them I'm going to run the eliminators.

[email protected]
 

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You and I seem to be on the same page a lot lately. I have a set on order as of this week. Reach out to Rick at Freedom Motorsports and he will get you take care of.

I will be running these with the upgraded boots and silicone lines from Forged Offroad. If this setup doesn't hold up them I'm going to run the eliminators.

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So others have these as well?
Silicone vacuum lines?
 

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So others have these as well?
Silicone vacuum lines?

No, I think only RPG gas the upgraded IWE rings. But Rick is a dealer for RPG. Good guy. I buy a lot of parts through him. He has relationships at the shops and tends to be able to move things along a little faster.

Yeah the Forged silicone vacuum lines...

https://forged-offroad.com/product/...we-replacement-forged-offroad/?v=7516fd43adaa

And these Empi boots...

https://forged-offroad.com/product/2010-2014-ford-raptor-cv-boot-kit/?v=7516fd43adaa
 
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