Well for one, when a guy drops 4k to 6k on a turbo setup at least he gets a noticeable and considerable performance gain. I have a friend that makes his own Ti A-arms and stuff and while that stuff is more expensive it doesn't cost him that much. He sells his stuff at half the cost of what these other guys are selling it for. I have purchased carbon fiber stuff for my ATVs, dirtbikes and vehicles and NONE of it is expensive as sled stuff.
I have been around a long time, done a lot of mods and in my experience, most of these prices are driven my greed, not quality. In this economy things are tough for a lot of folks. One would think that prices would come down in order to make more sales. I'll put my XP against an XP with carbon fiber A-arms, tanks, whatever and I bet that mine will be right beside it. If you can afford to drop 1400 on 14 pounds, good for you. One should not criticize others for stating that the price is really expensive, because it is really expensive. It's bad enough that most everybody has to drop an average of 11k on a stock sled of any brand.