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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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Anyone use or tried Raceon aero parts?

heres a link to what i found on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...932018973&rd=1 i was wondering if anyone has had any 1st hand experience with products from them. I know its ebay but if its its good stuff and alot cheaper than the real thing, its gravy -alex
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 10:49 AM
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That looks pretty decent and clean. I don't know about durability though. It's made out of FRP, which is fine, but doesn't take impact very well from what I've heard. I've been looking to see how much one of the stock S4 kits would cost. I helped one of the rotary bros. a couple of weeks ago with his TPS, and he had a factory kit that was pretty sweet. I like how the rear bumper has the knock-outs for people that have gone to a single setup as well.

It had a skirt that went over the front bumper, a lower rear bumper, side skirts, and had a spoiler that was really cool. It had the same line as the TII, but it was filled where the TII has spaces underneat, and had another skirt thing that went up along the hatch over the roof, and had little Mazda logos on it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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Ok, I've been digging aroudn a bit, and was checking the brochures on Aaron's site, and came across the kit I've always wanted. Does anyone know how much you can expect to pay for one of those aero kits used? I'd hate to spend a ton, but I really like the spoiler off that kit. I don't like the front as much, but it's just a piece of moulding that is screwed on over the stock bumper, so I could nix it. I wish I had gobs of cash for the FC.

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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 02:15 PM
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I was looking at that kit too.... also curious about quality
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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I'll be able to tell u wat i think of their kit in a week. I should be getting my car back from the shop within a week and it will have the GP-style raceon kit on it.

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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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It looks pretty nice. I'm not sure if a body-kit is my top priority, but... If someone's got money, buy it and tell us how it fits, lol.

Hey guys, scroll down to the 10th pic, the fully zoomed out side profile shot--does anyone else think the kit would look better without the back-ends lower side-skirtish peice? I know it follows the lines of the KIT, but I think it takes away (not much) from the lines of the car, by making the backend flatter, lower and not as aggressively angled upwards (from a profile). I think one of the higher styling points on the fc is that the lower line of the body (profile) is not just a straight-across horizontal line, but that there is some variance upwards in the rear... Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 03:21 PM
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If you look at the pic in my sig, you can see that the lower profile "line" is even accentuated a bit more by the s4 aero peices I have on the sides. Making it appear that the rear is angled more sharply upward... Am I alone on this 'like' I have? lol
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by eriksseven
If you look at the pic in my sig, you can see that the lower profile "line" is even accentuated a bit more by the s4 aero peices I have on the sides. Making it appear that the rear is angled more sharply upward... Am I alone on this 'like' I have? lol
I agree with you on the varience. Some cars look good with the flat body lines (VWs, some Civics, etc), but the FC needs that little tail up action in the rear. It forms a more slanted triangular look with the way the fron tis designed as well. It's like a huge pinewood derby wedge racer, lol.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by uRizen
I agree with you on the varience. Some cars look good with the flat body lines (VWs, some Civics, etc), but the FC needs that little tail up action in the rear. It forms a more slanted triangular look with the way the fron tis designed as well. It's like a huge pinewood derby wedge racer, lol.
I've never thought about that, 'pinewood derby wedge racer'... Good point, lol. FC's > ...EVERYTHING!
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 07:08 PM
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i dunno...... im just wondering if the frp is sprayed on or handlaid...
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 10:35 PM
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Hmmm, not a bad looking kit.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 11:16 PM
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its a factory stock kit
my bud has one on his 87 t2
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bcty
its a factory stock kit
my bud has one on his 87 t2
there are two different kits being mentioned on this page. One is the ebay link at the top (mimicing the GP sport kit) , the other is the factory kit in the pic shown above.
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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hey thread starter-

the site that sells those kits is " raceonusa.com " maybe u should check it out if u havent already... u might b able 2 find some info on it
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