Costs of factory upgrades... that aren't done at the factory

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Hi All,

I’m trying to gauge the costs of the CV factory upgrades that are done through distributors about the world.

The reason i ask, is i’ve just been quoted a price to upgrade from the Moog Distributor closest to me and I hyperventilated a bit.

I was kinda expecting it to be about the same as the price quoted on the Moog site, maybe 20-30% more. not 200-300% more.

were my expectations a bit high (low)?

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Hi,
I live in New Zealand and had to get a pitch wheel repair/calibration for my Stage II Little Phatty locally in New Zealand - so I figured I’d get the CV Output Mod while it was away.

The total price was NZ$500 which is about US$422.. I’m not sure what the ratio of repair cost/mod cost was, but if it’s roughly half to each, then it was pretty close to the US$200 Moog Factory CV Output Mod cost..

My example is probably not the best (most clear), I don’t think the mark up should be 200-300%.

Regards,
David
NZ

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I think they didn’t want to do it, and were thus pricing themselves out of having to do it.

leaves me with 3 options:

  1. pay for the upgrades - not worth the cost.
  2. sell it and buy one with the CV out mod (and other upgrades) installed - not worth cost.
  3. send it out of the country (or back to the US) for the mods - not worth the risk or hassle.

or i could just forget about doing the upgrades. sigh