You all seen this? Trans tunnel from uscartool

Have you priced a sheet of 12 ga sheet steel lately?
$189 for a sheet.
Now add the labour which is likely near 4 hrs for this. At a shop rate of $50 (likely higher) unless workers are being paid with peanuts.
$200 for labour


So lets say we already have $300 invested in labour and materials.


Who designed this?
Now if they could manage to make these in bulk the price would be reduced because the machines would be setup already and they could be spit out quicker.

But we are in the mopar world and we all seem to want everything for free, or close to it.
They likely have a very limited market because we all know not everyone will swap to a newer drivetrain.
Might sell 500 of these over 10 years. Making one kit every 3 months does not make it cheap. If they could sell 1000 a month for 3 years it would make it cheaper.
You are looking at material costs alone before even starting to make the pieces. You need to break it down into cost per piece. They can probably get 20 sets out of that sheet of 12 guage, and probabaly 2 or 3 top pieces out of a sheet of 18 guage. Not counting labor, you're probably looking at about $100 est. in material. A good metal man could probably whip it out in 2 hrs. if he has the schematics already.