Extreme Dimensions JUNK! Carbon Crap..
03-09-2005, 01:30 PM
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Extreme Dimensions JUNK! Carbon Crap..
My RX8 was involved in an accident in which a Semi decided to back into it twice.. Images are below...
So instead of doing stock, I decided to order all Carbon Creations CF Products... CF Fenders, CF Front, CF Hood, CF Sides, CF Rear, CF Trunk...
ONLY THE TRUNK FIT.
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As you can see the side skirts ARE NOT installed because they DON'T Fit... they are too long...
If this was fiberglass and cost around $1000, I could understand. However This is Carbon Fiber which is not fixable without messing up the visual characteristics of the parts and has a retail value of over $4500.
So what does Carbon Creations say about this? Fitment was good on our SEMA car and its not gonna fit 100% and they can't offer any refunds. This is insane since even the mounting taps on the bumpers are WRONG. Heck even the factory turn lamps don't fit in the front bumper...
In Conclusion... this kit is CRAP from them out the box. My installer has been making molds for a fiberglass and carbon company for years. It has taken him over 3 weeks to come up with ways just to get it to look SOMEWHAT decent.
So instead of doing stock, I decided to order all Carbon Creations CF Products... CF Fenders, CF Front, CF Hood, CF Sides, CF Rear, CF Trunk...
ONLY THE TRUNK FIT.
Check out the images below
As you can see the side skirts ARE NOT installed because they DON'T Fit... they are too long...
If this was fiberglass and cost around $1000, I could understand. However This is Carbon Fiber which is not fixable without messing up the visual characteristics of the parts and has a retail value of over $4500.
So what does Carbon Creations say about this? Fitment was good on our SEMA car and its not gonna fit 100% and they can't offer any refunds. This is insane since even the mounting taps on the bumpers are WRONG. Heck even the factory turn lamps don't fit in the front bumper...
In Conclusion... this kit is CRAP from them out the box. My installer has been making molds for a fiberglass and carbon company for years. It has taken him over 3 weeks to come up with ways just to get it to look SOMEWHAT decent.
03-09-2005, 01:40 PM
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sorry it does'nt fit..that really sucks paying so much and gettign let down so hard
i feel for you....infact i'm sharping my knives and dusting off my slug-throwers time to monkey stomp carbon creations
i feel for you....infact i'm sharping my knives and dusting off my slug-throwers time to monkey stomp carbon creations
03-09-2005, 01:47 PM
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Yea, I am not gonna deny that at this time the carbon on the stock red car looks like crap, I was talking about the fitment. The car is sponsored by BASF and was going to be in several booths but the fitment has delayed the paint and pearl job we had planned this month. I was simply posting the quality of the poor fitment they offer on some high $$$ products.
03-09-2005, 02:07 PM
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Will do... should have some completed photos this evening... I am located in Virginia and I am having the car done in San Francisco CA... So I am flying out there Friday and will be driving it across the usa
03-09-2005, 02:14 PM
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Im not in the financial industry, but im going to offer this route up. If you paid for this via a credit card I would contact the credit card company regarding filing a "dispute" over the charge.
Obviously you have not received the product that was expected.
Obviously you have not received the product that was expected.
03-09-2005, 02:32 PM
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Like he said before, not the carbon fiber part.. but the fitment. I'm surprised Carbon Creations/Extreme Dimensions haven't done something to remedy this situation instead of.. "tough luck." If you are trully disappointed with the product and it is not as promised, you can file a dispute with the credit card company. Then if that still doesn't work, there are other ways to handle this situation... since you did spend a lot of money for the parts, a lawsuit could be brought up... contacting the BBB..etc.
Where's Spicy in this response? :P
Where's Spicy in this response? :P
03-09-2005, 03:26 PM
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I dont know if it fitted right then the front half of the car would be sweet. I love the way the carbon fenders, hood, and bumber look together but the color contrast to the red middle of the cars just clashy. Sucks that it doesnt fit after all that money too.
03-09-2005, 05:10 PM
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sorry to hear that. hope it all turned out okay for you.
if you look at their original car, you can sort of see some gaps here and there, and being a C/F version, you can chop and reshape them to make them fit better.
good luck and pls let us know what procedures were made to make it fit/look half decent by your installer.
if you look at their original car, you can sort of see some gaps here and there, and being a C/F version, you can chop and reshape them to make them fit better.
good luck and pls let us know what procedures were made to make it fit/look half decent by your installer.
03-09-2005, 05:16 PM
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dam… the fitment is terrible 
I bought ED’s urethane kit and haven’t had time to fit them yet… I noticed few days ago that they are not listed as a vendor any more… This makes me really nervous….
Anyone here w/ Extreme dimension’s urethane kit? If so, how’s the fitment?
I bought ED’s urethane kit and haven’t had time to fit them yet… I noticed few days ago that they are not listed as a vendor any more… This makes me really nervous….
Anyone here w/ Extreme dimension’s urethane kit? If so, how’s the fitment?
03-09-2005, 05:28 PM
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ED is here in irvine , cali
that sucks if they dont correct this problem
that is too much money
I saw there rx8 car at HIN in cali last week and it had all the same cf parts you do but they seemed to fit. They probably took more time on that show car which is not fair to you.
outlaw is right
where is ED to comment on this?
that sucks if they dont correct this problem
that is too much money
I saw there rx8 car at HIN in cali last week and it had all the same cf parts you do but they seemed to fit. They probably took more time on that show car which is not fair to you.
outlaw is right
where is ED to comment on this?
03-09-2005, 05:31 PM
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I can only join the others and offer my condolences... that fitment is ****. Hope you get this issue sorted out.
My personal opinion is though that even if the fit was perfect, that much carbon fiber would look bad with any color. I simply can't understand the fascination with replacing this many body panels with CF. It looks out of place.
My personal opinion is though that even if the fit was perfect, that much carbon fiber would look bad with any color. I simply can't understand the fascination with replacing this many body panels with CF. It looks out of place.
03-09-2005, 05:44 PM
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geez thats a bad fit..sorry to hear of your unfortunate event...get your money back man!! or tell them to send you a new kit!...it's really bad where the hood and the front bumper meet
03-09-2005, 06:17 PM
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holy smokes!!! 
The fitment is bad as others have commented, I'm sorry to see that. Regardless, isn't there some type of general return policy in California? You give them $4,500 and they run for the hills? That doesn't sound right???
The fitment is bad as others have commented, I'm sorry to see that. Regardless, isn't there some type of general return policy in California? You give them $4,500 and they run for the hills? That doesn't sound right???
03-09-2005, 06:50 PM
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Images of the Completed Project... Overall this took about 2 weeks now to get to this status and alot of cash had to be shelled out, but good thing its a close friend.
