its called WACS, on youtube it sounds amazing and i found a website but it looks like its in spanish which i cant read so if anyone can translate or know of some way to get it to canada i would be greatly appreciated. i also dont know the price due to some crazy currency ive never seen lol. anyone? i want this exhuast!
link for sound
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=d2efIWY2QnM
link for the site
http://www.wacs.com.br/
i see comprar so that means buy so and it cost like R $1,106.00 whatever R means
Si, es muy bueno... por es mucho dinero. No se... That IS the sound I'm looking for though!!! Hah, should've read this post first... lol.
:icon_rolleyes:
Dan
That does sound pretty good.
I think it's brazilian. I don't know anything about it though. It would be a Buddha Loves You on shipping costs.
that is a nice sound. wonder if a group buy would get the cost down.
i'd bet you could get 10 people interested from the sound on that video.
yep, portuguese, its a brasilian site.... R means reales, current brasilian denomination.
carbon fiber = 1,106.00 reales = 481.773 USD
aluminium = 487.00 reales = 210.850 USD
1 real = 0.432956 usd / 1 usd = 2.30970 real
Quote from: Papu on October 10, 2008, 06:49:37 AM
yep, portuguese, its a brasilian site.... R means reales, current brasilian denomination.
carbon fiber = 1,106.00 reales = 481.773 USD
aluminium = 487.00 reales = 210.850 USD
1 real = 0.432956 usd / 1 usd = 2.30970 real
That's not too bad.. wonder what the shipping costs would be?
can anyone contact them to get a cost on shipping or maybe a group buy? i would myself but i dont speak portugese. man for like 250 bucks for a full exhuast that sounds that good im willing to spend up to 500 total with shipping. lets see what we can do. anyone here speak portugese? if you can please contact them!
ok well i sent them a message with a rough translation as to what we are inquiring about. hopefully they can understand me. if we could do a group buy who would be interested?
If the shipping cost is reasonable, count me in.
(Is that a full system for sure?)
I agree with all of you that the sound is nice, but take into consideration that the video is shot inside of a garage or some room,
this amplifies the sound and prolly distort it too :thumb:
if you speak same language as the person who posted the video you could ask him to make another video outside, just for comparison
cheers
Kamel
Here's another vid with the 500 & WACS. Vid quality isn't that great but it is outside, well partially.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0JgGhPk84&NR=1
If a full system and reasonable shipping I'd be down with a purchase.
Full system translated and prices converted by Google (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.wacs.com.br/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwacs%2Bexhaust%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DY3k):
even the rough vid sounds amazing. if there is a way to get this exhuast for even the same price as say the jardine system i think id buy this cause it sounds better and its waaay more unique. ill let you know if i get a reply from them. if anyone can help figure this out better than me it would be really appreciated.
Count me in on the group buy! Sounds like the LeoVince, only meaner.
Dan
ok so a group buy would be doable now we just need a portugese guy to talk them into shipping stuff to us. god i wish this was easier. i want this exhuast so bad!!1
Have you heard back from them about the group buy or are you just saying we have enough people now?
I emailed them in english hoping they might want to translate it. I didn't want to use an online translator because you never know what the translation is saying.
Depending on shipping cost, I might be in.
Hi by the way, if you haven't seen my first post in the For Sale forum, I ride a '06 GS500F and I'm new to the forum. Hello everyone!
Ya it is Barazilian it cost 1,106.29 BRL which is about $478 USD. The other one is about $210 USD. Idk about shipping.
i havent recieved an email yet. if you can order from them with decent shipping costs that would be ok. but if we could get a discount from a group buy i think that would be better. does anyone here speak portugese? lol
I would definitely be down for that! (provided the shipping costs aren't too bad...) let us know if you get an email! I would be even more excited if there was a discount for a group buy.
i dont think they are gonna get back to me. ill try again. ill try calling them too. from what i can tell from their site its like 200 ish for the exhuast and like another 200 for shipping but it looks like if you order 3 or more parcels the shipping turns to like 40 bucks or something. im probably wrong but im hoping we can make this work and if i can get a group buy then ill post a group buy and have everyone sign up.
Sweet :thumb:
GOOD NEWS!!! I FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE AND ITS A GOOD ONE!!!
well not good but a promising one. here is what the owner said:
Dear Stu Graham,
We will verify the cost of the transport for FedEx and for ship for 10 groups of exhaust.
As soon as obtain the values, we will enter in contact again.
Greetings,
Ronaldo Perini
(55 11) 4187 3588
so hopefully we can get this ball rolling
I'm a little excited..
But... I'm trying to -save- money right now!
Now... we're all POSITIVE that this is a FULL system for under 300 US dollars???? (give or take shipping charges)...
Because that's a F'n STEAL even if it has to come all the way from Brazil. :cookoo:
Dan
Quote from: Darkmyst on October 14, 2008, 07:50:19 PM
But... I'm trying to -save- money right now!
It would be illogical not to spend your hard-earned money on this..
Yea i would be down on a group buy!!! lol if it helps my friend is can speak Portuguese idk of use i can ask him. that was a great sound for the price man!!
Here's a screen capture of the WACS site translated by google:
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/WACS.jpg)
Looks promising
Quote from: ADG on October 15, 2008, 04:45:45 AM
Here's a screen capture of the WACS site translated by google:
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/WACS.jpg)
Looks promising
Although, I think the prices are still shown as reales, not USD.
ya they are. google wont translate money cause it doesnt know the exchange rates but its like 1 US Dollar = 2.11181 Brazilian Real
I just want to buy somebodys stock exhaust once everybody gets this new one. :)
Jeesh....didn't even catch that google can't convert to $s... :cookoo:! Even mo' better bargain! Thanks for catching that HotRod and Yev... :thumb:
Quote from: ADG on October 15, 2008, 11:06:27 AM
Jeesh....didn't even catch that google can't convert to $s... :cookoo:! Even mo' better bargain! Thanks for catching that HotRod and Yev... :thumb:
Yeah when I saw that the CF was going to be $1000+ I was discouraged.. but then I realized that it was still in reale.. I was stoked once more.
so once i get all the info from them ill post a group buy and see how many people are interested.
It's official... I'm tingling and so is my 'bike savings' money.
Mmmmm pipe! :bowdown:
Dan
OH, and BTW...
CONVERSIONS: http://coinmill.com/BRL_USD.html#BRL=487.47 (http://coinmill.com/BRL_USD.html#BRL=487.47)
Dan
im really hoping that this goes through cause i lost a bid on ebay for a slip on lol. god i want a wacs exhaust
I'd been watching this thread and was anxious to hear the out come of shipping, but since that seemed to be taking a little while I contacted them myself....and here's the response:
Dear Drew Lighthill,
Complete exhaust (collector of steel carbon chrome-plated + oval muffler of aluminum) for GS 500 cost US$ 276.97
Complete exhaust (collector of steel carbon chrome-plated + oval muffler of fiber of carbon) for GS 500 cost US$ 618.34
Unitary value.
The shipping, I still lucking for a cheaper one.
By Mail: EMS (3 to 5 days) US$ 391.00 it one
Economical (15 to 30 days) US$ 274.00 it one
FedEx: 2 to 4 days US$ 518.00
I'm seeking a dispatcher customs officer (I don't know if it is like that you call in English), I believe that it is cheapper, but you will have to remove at the airport or port.
To know the price, I need to know your city and state.
If you know a best way...
Atenciosamente,
Ronaldo Perini
(55 11) 4187 3588
www.wacs.com.br
it was only taking a while cause he had to get back to me. i just got the exact same email last night, so what does everyone think about it?
Damn... the shipping is more than the product.. I hope they can find something cheaper.
So do I, although that was a quote for shipping 5+
Companies in the modern western world FTW!
Quote from: dlighthill on October 22, 2008, 06:54:17 AM
So do I, although that was a quote for shipping 5+
Oh I thought that was individual.. in that case.. That's not too shabby.. If we get 10 people at $500 fedex that only 50 per person.. still a great deal.
ya so what do you guys think? what should i tell him?
Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 22, 2008, 07:49:25 AM
ya so what do you guys think? what should i tell him?
I am in as long as we have some rules to this group by.
How is the overall transaction going to take place and all that other important info..
i have no idea lol
Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 22, 2008, 10:35:43 AM
i have no idea lol
Yeah, neither do I.
I have never been involved in a group buy and don't know 1) how the money will be gathered and sent to the company and 2) how the items will be shipped to the participants (sent to one central location and then distributed or sent to each individual location)
These are probably good things to find out before we make anything final.
I'm in too if we can keep the shipping cost around $60, but the logistics seem super complicated. Somebody want to step up? :thumb:
if some one who has done a group buy before and knows how it goes down please feel free to send me a message and we'll talk.
The $400 EMS shipping quote seems WAY high. I've had a bunch of heavy/bulky parts shipped from Japan via EMS and never paid anywhere NEAR that much.
Are we talking 400 bucks to ship 12-20 complete kits? Because that's not overly crazy. That's only 20 bucks a pipe.
Dan
I was under the impression that it was $400 to ship one pipe over. Hence my going WTF?!
me too, if its only $20 for shipping then this is now in the birthday present price range :)
Quote from: dohabee on October 27, 2008, 06:27:56 PM
me too, if its only $20 for shipping then this is now in the birthday present price range :)
That's what I'm saying.. We need unification and clarification!
its hard when they dont speak english.
Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 28, 2008, 08:23:25 AM
its hard when they dont speak english.
I know. This is all one big tease.
I'm guessing getting scammed in a foreign language is just as bad as it happening in English. Not saying they are scammers, but seems like there is massive potential for it to end badly for everyone involved.
ya thats why im hesitant
Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 28, 2008, 02:02:14 PM
ya thats why im hesitant
Same here.. I think we should keep our money for the sure thing.. If they want to find an business that will carry their products in the US.. then I would buy from that US based importer.
Now who knows someone that will become an importer of this exhaust system? LOL
ya, too bad, it was sick sounding exhuast
After closer inspection and looking at OTHER videos on YouTube of that exhaust... it sounds and looks EXACTLY like the Jardine full system.
Just my thoughts... but check these out... you be the judge.
GS500 Jardine Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncIcagdz6o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncIcagdz6o)
GS500 WACS Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi5_0Yuw2M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi5_0Yuw2M)
I dunno, sounds pretty close.
Dan
Quote from: Danny500 on October 28, 2008, 07:16:41 PM
After closer inspection and looking at OTHER videos on YouTube of that exhaust... it sounds and looks EXACTLY like the Jardine full system.
Just my thoughts... but check these out... you be the judge.
GS500 Jardine Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncIcagdz6o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncIcagdz6o)
GS500 WACS Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi5_0Yuw2M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi5_0Yuw2M)
I dunno, sounds pretty close.
Dan
I think the WACS sounds distinctively better than the Jardine, but when options are limited.
On another note.. did anyone notice the rear wheel on the bike with the WACS??? I wonder if that guy ever makes turns?
Quote from: Yev on October 28, 2008, 08:26:49 PM
I think the WACS sounds distinctively better than the Jardine, but when options are limited.
On another note.. did anyone notice the rear wheel on the bike with the WACS??? I wonder if that guy ever makes turns?
I think it's a tad... TAD.. deeper, but I also think it depends on where that video was taken... in a garage it's gonna sound HUGE compared to outside. :cookoo:
That, and I did notice the 3 inch chicken-strips on that rear wheel.. lol. Maybe it was just washed and he rolled it there for the vid.
I think I'll save my moula for a jardine though.. or a good slip-on. :dunno_white:
Dan
nothing beats a laser deep tone.
Quote from: Bluehaze on October 28, 2008, 11:59:01 PM
nothing beats a laser deep tone.
Those are a little pricey though..
Do you have a sound bit of yours btw?
did anyone ever go through with this exhaust buy? i likey.
8 years ago? .. might still have it! ;)
Is it worth it?
Vance and Hines still sells their the Super Sport exhaust pn 12029 for $330.95. Gives the bike a nice tone, add a db killer if its too much for you.