Carbon Fiber B Pillars
I'm Kind of a Big Deal
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Columbus, Ohio
Evo - Are there any left without the badge? If so I'll take a pair. If not, then I'll have to pass. I like the your previous look which was simple and clean. Its the reason I didn't go with the MS, or piano black w/ rotary, etc.
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From: Mars
The fit on these is HORRIBLE and I am pissed.
If I hadn't paid by Pay Pal I'd deny the charge.
For $100 USD they should fit like OEM,there's 4mm sticking out off of my door.
Now I'm out $100 and have to peel this **** off of my car
If I hadn't paid by Pay Pal I'd deny the charge.
For $100 USD they should fit like OEM,there's 4mm sticking out off of my door.
Now I'm out $100 and have to peel this **** off of my car
Last edited by Preacher; May 10, 2004 at 01:15 PM.
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From: Mars
....and I see that Evo doesn't accept PMs....
It figures,I wouldn't either if the parts I sold didn't fit.
I spent $100,and for that Evo-R buys,oh,$10,000 in bad press if this doesn't get fixed ASAP.
How f'ing hard could it be to correctly measure the b-pillars??
I can post as many pics as needed to prove my point....
Let's see what Evo says....
It figures,I wouldn't either if the parts I sold didn't fit.
I spent $100,and for that Evo-R buys,oh,$10,000 in bad press if this doesn't get fixed ASAP.
How f'ing hard could it be to correctly measure the b-pillars??
I can post as many pics as needed to prove my point....
Let's see what Evo says....
Last edited by Omicron; May 10, 2004 at 05:00 PM.
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From: Mars
And yes,they're correctly ALL lined up,it's just that whoever made these didn't do their auto-cad correctly.
Do not order these until they are PROVEN to FIT,unless you know how to trim carbon fiber (I don't!)
I'd be happy to tear them off the car and take a dozen pics of how they DON'T line up correctly if there's any questions....
Do not order these until they are PROVEN to FIT,unless you know how to trim carbon fiber (I don't!)
I'd be happy to tear them off the car and take a dozen pics of how they DON'T line up correctly if there's any questions....
2010 Prius - Miss the 8
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From: LA/SGV...Miss the OC
Makes me wonder what EVO will say... hmm
For $100... Isn't the original ones just a bit more? like 120-130 range for the RX-8 version? I got the Mazdaspeed ones for 180... but that was awhile back.
For $100... Isn't the original ones just a bit more? like 120-130 range for the RX-8 version? I got the Mazdaspeed ones for 180... but that was awhile back.
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From: Mars
I'd HAPPILY pay $180 if they FIT.....grrrr......I'm SO pissed....things like this have a way of wrecking my day.....
Yeah,we'll see whatEVO-R says....he doesn't take PMs,so I had to post it here....
It's goinna' SUCK if I have to buy MazdaSpeed ones JUST to get a correct fit....
I want a pair that fits or a refund,period.
Yeah,we'll see whatEVO-R says....he doesn't take PMs,so I had to post it here....
It's goinna' SUCK if I have to buy MazdaSpeed ones JUST to get a correct fit....
I want a pair that fits or a refund,period.
Last edited by Preacher; May 10, 2004 at 02:24 PM.
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From: Mars
I lined them up six times before installing them,that was the best that they'd do....and it's not good enough.
I've done enough mods to figure out this simple one,it's the parts.
I could take pics of every angle,but won't.
The pics I posted are clear enough,I believe.
If I made them fit the outer door line,they overlapped my doors windows by the same amount they currently outerlap my door.
This isn't a difficult installation if the parts are cut right,and I'm not the only one with ill-fitting ones:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=28036
Mabye some weren't cut right??
Right now I have a brand new car w ill-fitting,overpriced b-pil covers on it.....and there's no way it'd show well w these attached,so off they will likely come....I don't see any other way around it.....
Both sides are off,the passenger side moreso than the driver's side.
I was able to get them lined up easily enough,it's just that the width is 4-6mm too wide at midpoint (which I didn't see before installing)and they're about 6mm shorter than the black paint scheme....they don't fit over the painted area,there's a few mm top and bottom clearance over the cf pieces.
If you could trim them it'd be fixable,as it sits it's barely usable,and I wonder if I want to risk the paint underneath just to keep an imperfect modification.....
Let's see what Evo has to say.
I've done enough mods to figure out this simple one,it's the parts.
I could take pics of every angle,but won't.
The pics I posted are clear enough,I believe.
If I made them fit the outer door line,they overlapped my doors windows by the same amount they currently outerlap my door.
This isn't a difficult installation if the parts are cut right,and I'm not the only one with ill-fitting ones:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=28036
Mabye some weren't cut right??
Right now I have a brand new car w ill-fitting,overpriced b-pil covers on it.....and there's no way it'd show well w these attached,so off they will likely come....I don't see any other way around it.....
Both sides are off,the passenger side moreso than the driver's side.
I was able to get them lined up easily enough,it's just that the width is 4-6mm too wide at midpoint (which I didn't see before installing)and they're about 6mm shorter than the black paint scheme....they don't fit over the painted area,there's a few mm top and bottom clearance over the cf pieces.
If you could trim them it'd be fixable,as it sits it's barely usable,and I wonder if I want to risk the paint underneath just to keep an imperfect modification.....
Let's see what Evo has to say.
Last edited by Preacher; May 10, 2004 at 04:37 PM.