304 Stainless TRI-Y headers by Clear Image Automotive

I'm happy to say our tooling and press worked out as designed. Though we will not have a finished set of 304 stainless TRI-Y's until next week, here are a couple pictures of the collectors we can now produce:

http://www.clearimageautomotive.com/Pictures/P1040050.JPG
http://www.clearimageautomotive.com/Pictures/P1040049.JPG
As compared to the final collectors our competitor is capable of producing:
http://www.clearimageautomotive.com/Pictures/304%20SS%20TRI-Y5.jpg
http://www.clearimageautomotive.com/Pictures/304%20SS%20TRI-Y4.jpg
http://www.clearimageautomotive.com/Pictures/304%20SS%20TRI-Y3.jpg

As you can easily see our collectors are perfect! There are no wrinkles and no bulkiness. This will allow for a much nicer finished product which is more visually appealing.

Pictures of our complete 304 stainless TRI-Y's coming very soon.

I'm sorry this took so long guys. Here is what I posted in the exhaust section:

As promised, we took our time on releasing our 304 stainless TRI-Y headers. We were not willing to compromise on forming the collectors. So, we made new forming tools, had them hardened and are now able to form perfect 304 stainless collectors. My computer crashed and I have not been able to up-date my website with pictures. But, Todd was able to post them on another site and I'm happy to let you all take a look at our 304 stainless TRI-Y headers, built by the original manufacturer. We may not have been the first to bring stainless headers to the B-body community but we are certainly bringing the best to you.

And another:

The first set, as shown with polishing, is shipping next week. We have another set going for ceramic coating soon. This set is available.

Since our competitor has chosen to market a little differently than we do, I will follow suit so you guys can compare apples to apples. Well, more like Red Delicious apples to Macintosh apples...

Our 304 stainless TRI-Y headers are $974.00 as compared to our competitors price of $899.00. However, we include the polishing in our price. Our competitor charges an additional $150.00 for the polishing, bringing their total to $1049.00

We both charge the same $45.00 for shipping.

So, besides offering our headers with perfectly formed collectors, I'm happy to be able to offer these for $75.00 less!

Of course you can order the competitors headers without polishing to save some money. But consider this. Order ours without polishing and it drops the price by $30.00. So you only save $45.00 to order a knock-off header. We both have the polishing done by Performance Coatings and, as always, I never mark-up the cost. We both pay $30.00 for the process. I charge the customer $30.00 and our competitor charges $150.00.
Remember I mentioned the difference in marketing?

Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks again for your patience and support!

Thanks KW! We were talking about building a set in titanium next. It wouldn't be cost effective by any means, but it would be nice to show everyone what we are capable of. And talk about a weight savings.

Maybe for my car.
I wonder if there would actually be any interest? I'm afraid to even call for a quote on tubing...

Maybe after we move to the new shop and actually catch-up on current production. They would be great for our display anyways...

Dammit.. Should of bought these instead.... Any possibility on trading my Steel Tri ys for Stainless?

My Impala wish list keeps getting bigger and bigger ..........wish my play money did the same....

Dan,

I KNOW you have already thought of this but no one has asked yet, That I can tell.

I love the new 304SS Try-Y's, but have you considered, or worked up a price for the 304SS in the New Design Try_Y's that you have comne up with.

Since the New Design will be easier and cheaper to make per your statement, I assume the 304SS may be as well.

I know you are in the process of moving right now and don't have all the resources to work all this out till you are settled in, but the question begs an answer.