Krista from Buckle Up Buttercup visits IAG Performance - Shop tour and new products sneak peek video

[LostInArizona]

I am very happy to see IAG getting into the Bronco business. Coming directly from the Subaru community where IAG is one of the best/leading and most respected manufacturers, I know and understand their commitment to quality and look forward to seeing what they can come up with. We could not ask for a better manufacturer to be making stuff for these things! Granted most of the products they are making thus far are not really big items, the big items they do make for Subarus (like motors lol) are spectacular.

No I am not a shill lol! I just appreciate a good company making good products.

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[IAG Performance]

Looking forward to those interior lights! Question on those lights, can they turn on by themselves or do they have to be wired in?

They are designed to be wired into the dome light circuit so that when the doors open they turn on. You could certainly wire them to an independent switch if you were savvy enough with wiring. They are still in the development stage though so there may be some changes to that once the final product is released for sale.

 

[22OBX]

Ok, show me your prototypes and mockups then. I can go grab mabbets off their Facebook page like I said. Manufacture or not, they designed it and you're buying it from them and marking it up lmfao. And yes, 100%. The 4 door cargo mats shown in the video include the folding lip for when the seats fold down, exactly the same as mabbet. Come with receipts next time

Have you ever heard of open source molds? They may design something but the mold is usually made by the manufacturer they source from, especially in China. If you take the outsourced manufacturer a new design they are going to sell it to others if you don’t protect the mold, or maybe they sold them rights to the mold, thus making it open mold. There are MANY on Amazon and Ebay and Alibaba selling the same product with different names.

Given the economics of mold fabrication in China, it is not likely that the mold fabricator will use the mold design for its own purposes. Rather, the fundamental risk here is that the mold manufacturer will sell copies of the molds to other Chinese factories who have an interest in cloning your product.

This type of cloning is of course a thriving business in China.

 

[IAG Performance]

Have you thought about changing your policy on not accepting installed items for return? Maybe charge a restocking fee? Make customers pay return shipping? Something?

I bought an item from you guys, installed it and am not happy with the performance. I’ve communicated with your customer service who wanted me to reinstall the item, send pictures and work to find a solution. I don’t want to go through that hassle for a ~$90 product I’m not happy with.

If I buy from other companies, like Mabbet or other Amazon sellers, they will take a return no questions asked. Even if the product has been installed, 100% refund no questions asked if you are not happy. That is good business and how you get return customers in today’s world.

Also, in my last interaction with your customer service I responded to an email on a Friday afternoon. I didn’t receive a response back until Wednesday afternoon… not sure that’s how I would define responding right away from a customer perspective.

The reality is that we are not Amazon. Most of the time once the item has been installed it is not going to be returned to us in a resellable condition as a new item. Even with a restocking fee we simply don't have the staff to recondition an item that has been returned into a sellable item.

We look at every situation on a case-by-case basis, and we strive to try to figure out why a customer is having an issue with an item so that we can resolve their issues and make sure they get the enjoyment out of the item that they rightfully should.

I apologize that your email fell through the cracks. That is not typical for us and I completely understand the frustration. Overall, we have an average response time of 3 hours and try our absolute best to resolve any issues as quickly as we can.

 

[Erick2123]

Hey everyone. We were happy to welcome Krista with Buckle Up Buttercup to our facility last week to do a shop tour, check out our new products coming soon, and drive our test Bronco. You won't believe what happened on the test drive! Check it out below:




A word of note about the video. We are releasing a separate line of high-quality Imported products soon which will be dubbed the IAG I-Line. Our goal is to bring these products to the market at scale and with a fair price. While we'd love to make everything in house, it's simply not feasible due to limited resources. You can easily differentiate our Made In The USA offerings because they will not include the IAG I-Line name. Sorry for any confusion.

Interested,
any promo code for bronco forum members? Also what's the estimated production date

 

[805Bronco]

Does the bolt-on push bar for the modular bumper interfere with the forward camera at all??? It looks like it could be close...

 

[IAG Performance]

Does the bolt-on push bar for the modular bumper interfere with the forward camera at all??? It looks like it could be close...

Our Bronco does not have a front camera, so we can't say for sure just yet, but it will likely be slightly visible. However, it shouldn't be obstructing your view of what you actually need to see on the ground. We have some feelers out for local Bronco owners for testing purposes in the thread linked below if anyone would like to go check that out!

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/local-bronco-testing.46964/

 

[Blueoval]

Have you ever heard of open source molds? They may design something but the mold is usually made by the manufacturer they source from, especially in China. If you take the outsourced manufacturer a new design they are going to sell it to others if you don’t protect the mold, or maybe they sold them rights to the mold, thus making it open mold. There are MANY on Amazon and Ebay and Alibaba selling the same product with different names.

Given the economics of mold fabrication in China, it is not likely that the mold fabricator will use the mold design for its own purposes. Rather, the fundamental risk here is that the mold manufacturer will sell copies of the molds to other Chinese factories who have an interest in cloning your product.

This type of cloning is of course a thriving business in China.

Mabett didn’t design anything. They are a reseller that likely has some connection to the company listed below and therefore able to get their hands on some of the designs. They show all of their design work. If you want to see what may be coming out soon, check out their alibaba page and soon enough you will see the products listed for sale from different “vendors” on Amazon.

https://czdesai.m.en.alibaba.com/

 

[22OBX]

Mabett didn’t design anything. They are a reseller that likely has some connection to the company listed below and therefore able to get their hands on some of the designs. They show all of their design work. If you want to see what may be coming out soon, check out their alibaba page and soon enough you will see the products listed for sale from different “vendors” on Amazon.

https://czdesai.m.en.alibaba.com/

I 100% agree on open source as is most stuff on Alibaba. They may do design as I have seen some 3d printed work but once it’s made the mold is cloned.

 

[p3pete]

Eagerly awaiting four door full length steps that attach to factory rock rails. Any idea on availability date?

 

[Erick2123]

Eagerly awaiting four door full length steps that attach to factory rock rails. Any idea on availability date?

They never replied to my post asking, ended buying the rhino d6 instead.

 

[p3pete]

They never replied to my post asking, ended buying the rhino d6 instead.

Dang... Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'll go check those out...

 

[Carl Sagan]

I am a player for those running boards that attach to the rock rails! Those are nice!!

 

[IAG Performance]

Eagerly awaiting four door full length steps that attach to factory rock rails. Any idea on availability date?

We are only a couple of weeks out from the release of the full-length step!

 

[IAG Performance]

I am a player for those running boards that attach to the rock rails! Those are nice!!

They will be available soon!

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