Re: SEMA 2012
Man, that's awesome you got to do SEMA, one of the items on both my wife and I bucket list.
As for the HUMMER showing at SEMA---realistically, that's what you've got to expect. SEMA showcases all the latest new and innovative products for the automotive industry. Vendors are targeting mass markets like the Jeep where their products fit a wide variety of mass produced vehicles that will be in production for years to come=dollars and company health and growth.
It does not make finanacial sense to to develop products for dinosaurs that are now obsolete and the numbers dwindling by the day with every time one comes off the road and into a wrecking yard or somebodies driveway as a project that may not get worked for years, if ever.
The sad truth is that HUMMER's are now done, stick a fork in them. They had their glory at SEMA from 2003 up to about 2008.
If we all showed up at a show like SEMA, people would probably think, cool ride, but they still wouldn't jump to mass produce parts for them that would only sit on the shelf and collect dust.
Trust me on this--I've been one of the guys swooping in on killer parts deals where vendors were selling brand new parts at less than half retail just to get rid of them.
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