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I Vtec, do you? · 05-19-2008, 05:48 PM

Edit - Just an update, KY is replacing my entire spoiler, so I suppose I made this review in haste. I'm a happy camper now

So I got it in this morning. Despite what a lot of people have said about the place selling this, it came in very well wrapped up. All the pieces were in a thick plastic bag, wrapped completely in bubble wrap and then put in a cardboard box. Looked good enough to me:

(after looking at this, I just noticed that weird doll on the couch is just about the creepiest thing ever. I've never even see it in my house before.. lol)

However, there was still some slight damage to one of the pieces in the box. One of the side parts had two little chips in it, and a small chunk out of one part, which a bodyshop quoted at $60 to fill in any chips or pin-holes(?) in it along with the chunk missing and sand (entire spoiler). Sorry for the blurry pics, but this is the best I could do:

Now the unfortunate part comes in here. I guess you DO get what you pay for, because the top part of the spoiler is actually like an inch or two too long. Because of this, when it's all connected together, the spoiler is longer than the bottom part of it, so there's a gap. Guy told me it'd be another $100 to file down the top part to make it fit. Couldn't really get a pic of this because I need the spoiler bolted on to make it all fit without holding it, and I had no one else to help me take the pic. Here's a pic of it, though:

It looks like it should fit, but the top part of the side pieces curves in, which means the top part of the spoiler needs to be shorter than the bottom.

Because of those things, I'm probably just going to sell it. I was just going to attempt to paint myself, but I can't fix those issues as well as I'd like it to turn out. Hopefully the guy I bought it from will give me back some money so I can sell it at a lower cost on here so that whoever buys it doesn't wind up spending $600 on a knockoff like I would be.

So there you have it.. The lil chips in the paint and the small chunk on one part missing was about what I was expecting, but I wasn't counting on spending another $100 to fix the length issue.

Somewhat assembled:

Luckily, aside from the top part being a lil too long, the rest of the pieces do fit together flush. All in all, I suppose for a $320 spoiler vs. the $1200 one, it's still pretty good. There are a lot of those lil black scuffs that you can see, but they really aren't damage to the spoiler. The guy told me he'd just sand down the entire thing since the parts he would fix would need it anyway.

05-19-2008, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
I Vtec, do you? Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MN Age: 23 Posts: 14,583 Jeremy	Mugen Replica Spoiler 'review' Edit - Just an update, KY is replacing my entire spoiler, so I suppose I made this review in haste. I'm a happy camper now So I got it in this morning. Despite what a lot of people have said about the place selling this, it came in very well wrapped up. All the pieces were in a thick plastic bag, wrapped completely in bubble wrap and then put in a cardboard box. Looked good enough to me: (after looking at this, I just noticed that weird doll on the couch is just about the creepiest thing ever. I've never even see it in my house before.. lol) However, there was still some slight damage to one of the pieces in the box. One of the side parts had two little chips in it, and a small chunk out of one part, which a bodyshop quoted at $60 to fill in any chips or pin-holes(?) in it along with the chunk missing and sand (entire spoiler). Sorry for the blurry pics, but this is the best I could do: Now the unfortunate part comes in here. I guess you DO get what you pay for, because the top part of the spoiler is actually like an inch or two too long. Because of this, when it's all connected together, the spoiler is longer than the bottom part of it, so there's a gap. Guy told me it'd be another $100 to file down the top part to make it fit. Couldn't really get a pic of this because I need the spoiler bolted on to make it all fit without holding it, and I had no one else to help me take the pic. Here's a pic of it, though: It looks like it should fit, but the top part of the side pieces curves in, which means the top part of the spoiler needs to be shorter than the bottom. Because of those things, I'm probably just going to sell it. I was just going to attempt to paint myself, but I can't fix those issues as well as I'd like it to turn out. Hopefully the guy I bought it from will give me back some money so I can sell it at a lower cost on here so that whoever buys it doesn't wind up spending $600 on a knockoff like I would be. So there you have it.. The lil chips in the paint and the small chunk on one part missing was about what I was expecting, but I wasn't counting on spending another $100 to fix the length issue. Somewhat assembled: Luckily, aside from the top part being a lil too long, the rest of the pieces do fit together flush. All in all, I suppose for a $320 spoiler vs. the $1200 one, it's still pretty good. There are a lot of those lil black scuffs that you can see, but they really aren't damage to the spoiler. The guy told me he'd just sand down the entire thing since the parts he would fix would need it anyway. Last edited by I Vtec, do you?; 05-20-2008 at 03:46 AM.
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