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]

In a true sponsorship you sign an agreement saying you will attend X amount of shows a year. They may give you free parts, perhaps a percentage of parts, perhaps all your entering fees for shows, but you definately have to attend shows. They are only sponsoring your car if they feel it will attract attention to help sell their product. Thats why these "carsponsorships.com" things arent real they're scams. You generally lose free reign on creativity on your car because they basically say hey put this on and you either do or you lose the sponsorship.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Feb 22, 2006 - 8:45 AM

[TheStreetzKing]

^^ wrong on one part, right on every other.. sorry the carsponsorships thing is actually not a scam, my friend has gotten 14 sponsors from it and its no joke, hes a cop i dont think he would lie.. most people say its a scam because they pay 90$ and jus sit and wait.. u cant do that, you have to bug the ****tttt outta them every single chance you get, everything and anything you do you gotta send pics, painted an interior piece take a pic and send it in, it works but you have to be patient.. and yes your gonna say no its not real if they wanna sponsor you then you shouldnt be paying and blah blah but w/e i guess thats how there making money and we all wish we thought of it first.. it does indeed work ive seen it work it at least 5 cases where 10 sponsors came out of it and no im not talking **** deals. i dont wanna fight over this so im done and not typing a response

moving on.. i actually just picked up 2 sponsors, one audio and one tuning/style? (parts from vis, tein, axis, etc so its like all categories i guess).. all you pretty much gotta do is attend shows, most important part, and you have to constintly be adding and working on your car, you cant win shows without parts and you cant win shows without having something new each show, show up an entire series with the same car and the judges are jus gonna be like ok..next..

erik was right your basically a walking bilboard, they send you out parts and you put em on, some sponsors (top named) will customize parts for you and send you parts that YOU want as long as its to a certain extent.. i kno sparco you have to have EVERYTHING they sell in order to keep the sponsor.. im talking pedals, steerling wheel, harnesses seats and anything they sell.. my friend has turned down many sponsors just because he didnt wanna lose some of his other parts.. so i mean with a few sponsors its cool, my friend has like 20-22 and basically hes redoing his entire car for free.. which is nuts but its like the 15th time hes changed it haha if your really big into the scene then sponsors are the way to go, get your car out there and help them while you do it.

This post has been edited by TheStreetzKing: Feb 22, 2006 - 10:58 AM

[bloodrain]

sponsors pay me NOT to put there name on my car lololol

[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.

[bloodrain]

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.

HA, I KNEW doGGY WAS WORKIN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE!!!!! lol

[Supersprynt]

Haha, Romas makes his own parts tho.

[lagos]

if it sounds too good to be true....

[JFrost9]

Ive had alot of audio suppliers ask to sponsor me...and by alot, i actually mean 3. Companys named Sound Creation, Custom Sounds, and AudioFX...(local) but even then, they only give you a discount, and its still more expensive then if i was to just buy the stuff off ebay and what not... So i always turn em down. I think it would be cool to have some sponsors..

This post has been edited by JFrost9: Feb 22, 2006 - 5:39 PM

[nik]

i have been turned down by bigger companies that i was looking to get sponcered by they want you to have so much done already which is true so after the engine is down im going back to toyota here local and try again see if i cant get a few parts at cost or maybe a freebee for sporting there name on the car in the few shows around here

[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

[chacha]

wow...good luck for you bro...keep at it...yeah...im still new at this, but i don't have the time to do all that changing...it's too much i guess, now that i got the 411 on that...dang...i do appreciate all of the opinions whether good or bad or just plain funny...