Pimp up my ride...Sponsorship? Options

[chacha]

[b] i'm a little bit confused...how does sponsorship work and do you have to pay them back for all the upgrades? I have people[not just any people, but of those who have top noch business in import cars and audio] looking at my car and asking me to let them pimp up my ride & that they can help sponsor me...are there any catch?

[Supersprynt]

Ive read way to many bad things about SCP to take it seriously. What you have to do is apply for it (I've never seen someone turned down) and then you pay an IIRC fee ($88) and then you get a sticker, a list of suppliers and you get supposedly up to 55% off parts you want.

Now basically what they're doing is taking your $88 and giving you a slight discount on parts that they have deals with their "suppliers." So if you add up the # of people who pay $88 in "processing fees" and the amount of discount they actually give people you'll see where the profit is made. I do agree that a few people have recieved heavy discounts, but a business cant scam EVERYONE or word of mouth will get around. And then if you've ever heard there are people they hire to infiltrate forums, such as this, gain the trust of the community and then show support for such things. This is a known strategy.

On top of that, SCP has a banner up that says "2006 Sponsorships Filled." Hmm, interesting, even more so that this site: http://www.teamscp1.com/website/index.asp has popped up at about the same time. SCP means street car performance now.

Honestly, I stand by what I said. I think they are a very slick company who jumped on the tuner sponsorship bandwagon and they're taking alot of people for a ride. Please read as much as you can on the internet before you go and give out your credit card information.

[TheStreetzKing]

Ive read way to many bad things about SCP to take it seriously. What you have to do is apply for it (I've never seen someone turned down) and then you pay an IIRC fee ($88) and then you get a sticker, a list of suppliers and you get supposedly up to 55% off parts you want.

Now basically what they're doing is taking your $88 and giving you a slight discount on parts that they have deals with their "suppliers." So if you add up the # of people who pay $88 in "processing fees" and the amount of discount they actually give people you'll see where the profit is made. I do agree that a few people have recieved heavy discounts, but a business cant scam EVERYONE or word of mouth will get around. And then if you've ever heard there are people they hire to infiltrate forums, such as this, gain the trust of the community and then show support for such things. This is a known strategy.

On top of that, SCP has a banner up that says "2006 Sponsorships Filled." Hmm, interesting, even more so that this site: http://www.teamscp1.com/website/index.asp has popped up at about the same time. SCP means street car performance now.

Honestly, I stand by what I said. I think they are a very slick company who jumped on the tuner sponsorship bandwagon and they're taking alot of people for a ride. Please read as much as you can on the internet before you go and give out your credit card information.

i said i wouldnt reply but its not bad haha, i agree with you, they probably are a million dollar website off of everyone with there hondas now, and yea there have been way to many bad claims, but like i said most people jus expect things to happen while they sit back, i kno of 5 cases where when they bugggedd the shytt outta them and now they have at least 10 sponsors from them, granted they been into the scene and do this for a living not jus as some kid who goes to one show to look at cars. but i kno where your coming from and definitly way to many bad claims compared to the good maybe 10 outta 2999299484757575 lol

** i got a full sponsorship from a local audio company, im gonna now be there new demo car.. however i got lucky with this plus i know the owner and always bring business and stuff, i just picked up another sponsor last night but i have yet to hear weather its quasi or full, praying its full.. top name companies are really hard to get now.. Vis will not sponsor anything pretty much past 2000.. everyone is looking for newer cars on the scene and thats what there looking for, sponsors are hard to come by and for celicas they dont make that many parts as it is.. but i guess every little bit helps