y'all crack me up. I've said this before and I'll say it again: The AEM isn't that expensive. Call any NOPI in the US (I use the one in GA) and they will sell you the Viper AEM for ~2450. Chris is my guy at Nopi in Atlanta. (770) 434-0200 . But any NOPI should be able to hook you up.
not to sound bull-like, but y'all need to listen up! If you are shopping for an item purely on price, there are resellers in the mustang and corvette world who are used to selling w/o viper tax. call one of them up if you need an item that is cross-vehicle (paxton, aem, mcleod, etc...) and get a non-viper-tax price from a reputable import or otherwise dealer. I'll always try JonB first b/c I want to keep the $$ in the viper community. But if someone wants to screw me on price, i'll go elsewhere.
The mcleod twin disc is suppose to be close to 2k. then why will a corvette parts shop sell me the viper piece for 1350?
it is all about product margin. and I hate like h*ll to see people pay $$ in pure profit to people who want to make more than just a buck.
A shop has to make money to stay in business. But me, personally... I'm not willing to pay 30+% markup on ANYTHING.
Even summit's profit margin on profit is between 4% and 20% on most things. some are slightly more, but why should we (in the viper community) pay the higher end of this? F-that!
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JD