We had originally hoped to have grilles done by late last month, but there have been some delays on our end. I wanted to post an update to let you guys know where we stand and what you can expect.
First, I’d like to point out that the grilles are in production right now. In fact, the actual surrounds have all been completed…as well as the mesh. The delays we’re waiting on right now is painting. Our painter got tied up in some other work, so our grilles have literally been sitting there waiting on him to be ready.
We’re told that painting will resume after this holiday weekend, so we’re hoping to really get things started by next week. Once grilles are painted, mesh has to be installed, and have to box things up. Somewhere in there we’ll start to take orders (when we feel ready and confident that we know when grilles will start to ship).
Please make sure to stay tuned to the blog for updates…we’ll definitely be posting them as I have them to post.
Update 7/24/08: I wanted to post another update to let you know guys know where we stand. We’re still incurring delays from our painter, which is the bottleneck at this point. He’s only managing to paint batches of one color per week so far. He has finished the black grilles earlier this week, and plans on finishing the silver grilles by early next week.
While we do have the grilles, we will not be taking orders until everything is ready to sell, meaning all colors are painted, meshes are all installed, etc. I realize there have been delay after delay, and I apologize for that…but we’re doing the best we can to get them completed as quickly as possible. We’re just as frustrated about the delays as you are. There is far more demand for the grilles than we can produce, and there’s really no reason we wouldn’t try our best to get them out to you as quick as possible.
Update 8/20/08: It’s been a while since the last update. We have a decent inventory of grilles painted, and are slowly installing mesh as time permits. We’ll be starting to take orders soon, and will hopefully have an update with an actual date estimate by the end of the weekend. Until then, stay tuned, and please be patient. We have something like 200 people on a list that want grilles, and nowhere near that many…we are trying to get these out as quick as possible.