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Old 04-25-2011 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Drew Ellis
On the tires you guys have to look at the Euro. Right now it is pretty high, I think around 1.45. So that really effects the end price of tires for American's. Most of the company's bring in tires have to pay in euro's

I can tell you at RCAmerica we bring in the SRC line of tires, which are made by Ennetti and we cut it close on the profit margin, just so we can keep the cost down to the racer. So needless to say we don't make a whole lot of money on the tires.

I also know the price of foam from Japan has went up in the last 2 years. I think somewhere to the tune of 2 years ago you can get a container for around 50,000
Thanks Drew
thanks drew makes sense. Nice job at the worlds. With the new car Ralh was looking awesome before the mishap. See you in Chaplin.
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