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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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Default Now that the 370 is here will aftermarket parts go up or down for the 350?

I mean the prices. Any opinions?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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Don't know why they would change - some aftermarket parts are year-specific anyway, or at least a year/range specific.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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I dont really know to be honest. We will have to see later this year if prices start to fall down or going up. I truely hope they go down so I can mod my car more. lol
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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i dont see why they would, most of the aftermarket parts are not that expensive anyway.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by s31t8n8
i dont see why they would, most of the aftermarket parts are not that expensive anyway.
Yeah that's not a broad statement at all
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by s31t8n8
i dont see why they would, most of the aftermarket parts are not that expensive anyway.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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Personally, I enjoy expensive parts.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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^It makes modding more exclusive. If parts were suberbly cheap then everyone would be doing it. I see a lot of Z's around unmodded and when I ask why they tell me it costs too much.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:04 AM
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has greddy lowered the TT price since it went bankrupt?
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using funny-economics, supply is up, demand is down...so $ = down?
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No why would they? Porsche released the new 911 with PDK, will prices on 350z aftermarket parts go down?

The two are totally unrelated. Just because they appear to be the same car (name wise) they are not. So when a new car is released it has no effect on the price of parts for another car. The only thing that has an effect on price is the age of the car, number of companies trying to sell parts in that segment and how many knock offs are floating around for that car.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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I am going with the notition that they will remain the same until more parts start coming out for the 370z. The 350z is a cash cow the 370z is the up in coming....
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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I highly doubt there will be any sort of correlation; different engine means different parts, for the most part.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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i dont think so. The manufactures and retailers have to cover their costs and make a profit. Since there are so many 350z's out there, there will still be demand for 350z parts. I would look at 300z's vs 350z's and their aftermarket support for an example of what may happen to 350vs370s.
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No way. 300zx parts are still crazy priced and that cars old as grampa farts.
I mean the supras old and even though the cars price dropped it still cost 100k to get it in the 1000 hp range. I mean its going to affect car prices but aftermarket knows as long as that cars being drivin theres someone that will pay as much as needed to mod it.
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^It makes modding more exclusive. If parts were suberbly cheap then everyone would be doing it. I see a lot of Z's around unmodded and when I ask why they tell me it costs too much.
Exactly.

This also allows everyone to easily pick out the broke *** kids and flat out retards.

Look for the cheap add-ons.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by HOMiEZ
I mean the prices. Any opinions?
they have not gone down in 6 years, only gone up. i do not see this happening at all
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Originally Posted by 350z-Jim
No why would they? Porsche released the new 911 with PDK, will prices on 350z aftermarket parts go down?

The two are totally unrelated. Just because they appear to be the same car (name wise) they are not. So when a new car is released it has no effect on the price of parts for another car. The only thing that has an effect on price is the age of the car, number of companies trying to sell parts in that segment and how many knock offs are floating around for that car.
although they are two different cars, they are related. although its only been out a month, im going to assume (guess) that a fair share of buyers would be previous 350z owners.

if the supply of parts related to the 350z stay the same, but more owners are swtiching to the 370z, i would figure that the manufacturers would want to get rid of their excess inventory. hence, why i think prices would go down.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by halcyon901
although they are two different cars, they are related. although its only been out a month, im going to assume (guess) that a fair share of buyers would be previous 350z owners.

if the supply of parts related to the 350z stay the same, but more owners are swtiching to the 370z, i would figure that the manufacturers would want to get rid of their excess inventory. hence, why i think prices would go down.
This thread is full of fail, please cite some kind of study or show some credible research you've done yourself to support this. You can't just say more 350z owners are switching to the 370z, and not back it up with fact. Fact of the matter is the price of a 350z (the car) will be affected no doubt as time moves on and new models come out. Aftermarket car parts are a totally separate market, and subject to different supply and demand.

This thread is like asking "Wendy's has a new chicken sandwich; will the price of it's milkshakes go up or down?"
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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learn to read: "im going to assume" this is based on the interest level from the 370z threads on this site (both positive and negative), so in that sense, the two cars are related (unlike previous post relating porsche PDK to 370z)

second, of cousre i would like to back up my post with facts, but please show me how to compile these statistics you are asking for. so im supposed to search the amount of 370z's sold, and then find out what the previous owner's car was? if you can figure out a solution, please tell me

aftermarket parts are indirectly affected as the 350z gets older, and more models come out. do you think the manufacturers are going to produce more of the products for older cars? do you think they are going to keep R&D on these older cars or relocate them to newer models?

and to answer your question, if wendy's new chicken sandwich came out, it could affect the price of milkshakes, based on customers said preference of sandwich w/ drink, seasonal adjustments (summer/winter), yadda-yadda-yadda....but im just being factitious here, so i apologize
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