Best MS replica kit?
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Best MS replica kit?
I know they stopped production on the MS kit, but I really love the design. Anybody have any suggestions on the best MS replica kit is?
Also... fiberglass or urethane? I've had fiberglass before by VIS. Fitment was great, but durability wasn't great.
Also... fiberglass or urethane? I've had fiberglass before by VIS. Fitment was great, but durability wasn't great.
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before you get flamed.
get urethane. usually a good body shop would mold it in the correct shape with a heat gun first, then do the prep-work. really simple to work with as long as the fitment isn't too far off., and durable enough not to crack with the slightest bump or scrape.
get urethane. usually a good body shop would mold it in the correct shape with a heat gun first, then do the prep-work. really simple to work with as long as the fitment isn't too far off., and durable enough not to crack with the slightest bump or scrape.
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urethane is better than fiberglass obviously. fiberglass is as durable as cardboard. if you get in an accident, it will disintegrate lol.
i have fiberglass replica of mazdaspeed from Extreme Dimensions. I know their products are crap but I wanted a bumper as cheap as possible so I decided to gamble and went with it. Fitment wasn't THAT bad but wasn't perfect either. I spent my days bondo-ing, cutting, and fitting. It was like 150 or something for the bumper I forgot excluding paint job. I don't know the best company but I will tell you now, don't go with Extreme Dimensions. 9/10 times it would end up costing you more than an authentic kit to get it properly fitted. I was lucky..
i have fiberglass replica of mazdaspeed from Extreme Dimensions. I know their products are crap but I wanted a bumper as cheap as possible so I decided to gamble and went with it. Fitment wasn't THAT bad but wasn't perfect either. I spent my days bondo-ing, cutting, and fitting. It was like 150 or something for the bumper I forgot excluding paint job. I don't know the best company but I will tell you now, don't go with Extreme Dimensions. 9/10 times it would end up costing you more than an authentic kit to get it properly fitted. I was lucky..
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urethane is better than fiberglass obviously. fiberglass is as durable as cardboard. if you get in an accident, it will disintegrate lol.
i have fiberglass replica of mazdaspeed from Extreme Dimensions. I know their products are crap but I wanted a bumper as cheap as possible so I decided to gamble and went with it. Fitment wasn't THAT bad but wasn't perfect either. I spent my days bondo-ing, cutting, and fitting. It was like 150 or something for the bumper I forgot excluding paint job. I don't know the best company but I will tell you now, don't go with Extreme Dimensions. 9/10 times it would end up costing you more than an authentic kit to get it properly fitted. I was lucky..
i have fiberglass replica of mazdaspeed from Extreme Dimensions. I know their products are crap but I wanted a bumper as cheap as possible so I decided to gamble and went with it. Fitment wasn't THAT bad but wasn't perfect either. I spent my days bondo-ing, cutting, and fitting. It was like 150 or something for the bumper I forgot excluding paint job. I don't know the best company but I will tell you now, don't go with Extreme Dimensions. 9/10 times it would end up costing you more than an authentic kit to get it properly fitted. I was lucky..
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painting is already about 45-50 bucks an hour. you could imagine what prepping and fitting a crap bumper would be like. just look at what mrl84 posted. besides, i'm not talking about just any fiberglass replica. im talking about Extreme Dimensions' replica kits. the 9/10 times thing was referring to them since their products are **** lol. it would take days and countless hours not to mention even miracles to get their products looking flawless..
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painting is already about 45-50 bucks an hour. you could imagine what prepping and fitting a crap bumper would be like. just look at what mrl84 posted. besides, i'm not talking about just any fiberglass replica. im talking about Extreme Dimensions' replica kits. the 9/10 times thing was referring to them since their products are **** lol. it would take days and countless hours not to mention even miracles to get their products looking flawless..
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I did it myself.. took me a good 3-4 days of bondo-ing, cutting, fitting, and all that good stuff to get it looking right. Original fitment wasn't bad enough to the point where it needs to be professionally done,... but like i said, i was lucky to get a decent bumper from extreme dimensions. bumper was like 150-170 or so and got it painted for 400.
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yeah thats definately the shop rate, im sure the guy doing the work would/is making a very small percentage of that. plus say it actually takes 16 hours of work youll get charged for 18-24 i bet.
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painting is already about 45-50 bucks an hour. you could imagine what prepping and fitting a crap bumper would be like. just look at what mrl84 posted. besides, i'm not talking about just any fiberglass replica. im talking about Extreme Dimensions' replica kits. the 9/10 times thing was referring to them since their products are **** lol. it would take days and countless hours not to mention even miracles to get their products looking flawless..
my body shop is 45 an hour but most of the time, they usually just charge 350 a panel
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Hi,
Came across this a couple weeks ago. They don't seem to have the MazdaSpeed Rear Diffuser but Front Bumper and Side Skirts for $89 bucks a piece.
http://www.versusmotorsport.com/#/li...rx8_body_kits/
Good Luck & Best Regards...
Came across this a couple weeks ago. They don't seem to have the MazdaSpeed Rear Diffuser but Front Bumper and Side Skirts for $89 bucks a piece.
http://www.versusmotorsport.com/#/li...rx8_body_kits/
Good Luck & Best Regards...
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the only problem is that they are "frp" which is essentially Fiberglass for the most part so it will still crack. not to mention its located in SoCal, so your going to have to pay for shipping. most of these "distributors" still require you to pay them "fees" in exchange for picking them up rather than shipping. why? because we both know that they jack up the shipping price a bit to make another profit.
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What about these guys ? I was in the process of arranging a group buy with them, until he just flat out never replied anymore .... :S
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What about these guys ? I was in the process of arranging a group buy with them, until he just flat out never replied anymore .... :S
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What about these guys ? I was in the process of arranging a group buy with them, until he just flat out never replied anymore .... :S
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