At this piont, we'll just wait for Vans new part since it sounds like they might have it any day. Until Mike's comment above about January, I was under the impression that it might be a lot longer. I made up some parts in Solidworks:
This is the same as Vans, but 1" longer. We can't get the price low enough anyway unless we make quite a few of them which wouldn't make sense in this situation. It would be better to have a part from Vans anyway.
I understand that making the boxes is a trivial task to some builders. Many of our customers would like to have a pre-made box if they can get one though. Every builder looks at things a little differently.
Right now, we just want to take care of the customers that are wanting front carpets for their planes

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