Just saw the LPE mini tub kit again and the price is back up to $995? I thought it had gone down to $895 or lower, a little bit ago.

ANY competing products or lower prices from anywhere else????

I know I do not absolutely need the kit, but do like the fit&finish.

May end of cutting it up myself, since I really cannot justify in my head the cost of $995 for some wider innner fenders liners, some molding and some nuts and bolts. F*in

 

Man I swore I just looked at that a week or two ago and it was 800ish. Hmmm....

Description now says "full kit" not sure if it said that before and what it might mean. Maybe Ed will chime in?

 

I was wondering the same if their was anyone else who made a tub kit...

 

For what you get it shouldn't cost that much. Maybe you could try a GP? They should have room to discount the kit I would think.

 

GP would be good and I might be in if the price was right.

 

Keep in mind that for the $995 LPE minitub kit doesn't include installation.....which is about $1,000+.

 

 

I had LPE install the tub kit in my little blue vette and have been very pleased. The linners in the wheel wells look like origional equipment and people who don't know vettes (many vette people included) have no clue that the car has been tubbed.

The only trade off is that you can not take off the top and secure it in the back.

 

Do the work yourself and save $900 in parts at least. It is so easy to cut the fender and glass the new section in. This is one of my winter projects

LPE does great work but that is way too expensive!!!

 

I was quoted $750 from a local shop for the install. I would love to see LPE's margins on these kits. A GP would be nice, but I would expect that the price needs to be cut down under $500.

Still thinking about doing it myself with some help from a friend. The only thing that concerns me is the shock adjustments. Plan on using LG coil over this time (versus the POS proshock kit).

 

Do a 'Search' on 'mini-tub' in the C5 sections and you'll find a wealth of great information.

Mark

 

If you have Bilstiens shocks you can have Bilstiens modify them for about $60 per shock...I did. You can read about it and a whole lot of other stuff pertaining to mini-tubbing here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=773334

BTW the new link to the "Tubbing.PDF" is here: http://home.hot.rr.com/playtoy97c5/corvette/Tubbing.pdf

 

Hi Guys -
Let me try to help clear up some confusion. We did have the C5 minitub kits on sale a couple of weeks ago for $895.00 complete, which includes the shock modification pieces. They have since been raised back to the everyday price of $995.00 for the complete kit.

If you remember, these complete kits originally sold for $1295.00, but we are constantly trying to find cheaper ways of making parts, and passing those savings on to our customers.

One thing you need to be aware of is that we have started having weekly specials, here is a link to this weeks prices:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/lpefeatureditems.asp

If you want to get on the list and have the specials e-mailed to you every week, send an e-mail to:
horsepower-subscribe@lingenfelterc6corvette.com

Make sure to sign up since a lot of these deals are for list subscribers only.

If a few guys are interested in a GP on the tub kits, post here, and I will see what I can do.

Thanks,
Ed

 

The amount of money I paid for 2 pieces of plastic and some "hardware" was outrageous. That aside, I could never get the inserts to fit flush.

 

Ed -

Can you confirm that with the mini-tub installed you can no longer store a coupe's roof panel in the hatch area?

Thanks

 

I would be interested in a GP if the price was right. Maybe you can give us an indication of the discount we could be looking at.

OR
Do you sell the "Shock-Travel-Limiter & Shock-Mount-Relocation-Bracket" seperatly? No need of the liners or expansion panels. How much would just that cost? That would probably be a good way to go.

Overall, it seems to be the consensus that the kit is largely overpriced at the current $995 and even $895. Could you maybe enlighten us as to why your kit is priced at the level it is?

 

 

Hi Guys,

To answer some questions on the wheel tubs, the roof panel will no longer fit. With the inner wheel tubs moving in 2" on each side, you lose a total of 4" of space between the wheelwells.

We are only able to sell them as a complete kit, and not the individual pieces. This is due to ordering all of the parts in minimum quantities, we have to keep the numbers the same, or else we end up with a kit missing pieces.

As for the pricing, we try to do what we can to keep the prices down, which usually requires a chage in manufacturing technique to get parts made cheaper. That's exactly what happened with the shock mount parts, which enabled us to drop the total price of the kit almost $300.00! These parts are all made to the highest quality standards, and will fit perfectly when properly installed. The kits come with everything you need down to the last screw, and can easily be installed in a weekend.

For some people, it is much easier to take apart the back of your car, and modify everything for more tire clearence, then re-install the original, modified parts. That guy can probably do the whole wheel tub job for about $50.00, and a weekend of his time. Can we all do this? no, for the rest of us we have to count on someone to make those parts, and someone to install them for us. All of this labor on everybodys part comes at a price. Unfourtunately, each step of they way in producing these kits, everybody needs to be paid, and that all adds up. We will continue to do all that we can to give people the highest quality parts at the best price, and constantly try to find cheaper ways of doing things so we can lower prices.

I met with everyone involved and we aren't going to be able to offer a GP right now, because the tub kits are going on special again in the next few weeks. Everybody needs to sign up for the e-mail list by sending an e-mail to:
horsepower-subscribe@lingenfelterc6corvette.com

This will automatically notify you of weekly specials.Jeff or I will also post a new thread each week with the new specials.

Hopefully this helps, let me know if I can answer anything else.

Ed

 

Ed at Lingenfelter,
I have to agree with the above comments. This kit is far too expensive for what you get and if you have it installed the price goes through the roof.

Perhaps part of the problem is perceived value. Does the kit include more than most of us understand? I think that many people see it as a few pieces of plastic designed to fit the tubs and replace the existing liners. It seems likely that I am not the only one wondering why this kit can't sell for $500 or $600 dollars?

 

Well stated Ed..........that’s why I started turning wrenches long ago.......my fleet maintenance costs would kill me otherwise
Now that I think about it, will you guys offer just the inner liners for sale as a pair?
I was talking to Jeff as I recall at the CF CI V this year and really liked the fit & finish but have done my own tub to fit the top in the back and only need the liners for a nice clean factory look.
TIA
Steve