mightyslash

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weaklink

the pic doesn't work. Anyway, like I said, ENJOY!

JoeD

has it ever crossed your mind that maybe, just maybe....Chuck says that the original stuff fits like **** so he could sell more knockoffs. oh yeah...and it makes a lot of sense that a kit molded from another which supposedly doesnt fit good, fits better. riiight. honestly, all of the "high quality" knockoffs that Chuck sells fit like ****, and are really obvious that the kit is a knockoff.

i have seen Tony Yeh's car in person. the fit of the kit can not be described by words.

Victor, nice choice on the kit man! i knew you would make the right decision! . may i ask, where is your car now? i rolled by your house a few days last week dropping off a friend, and noticed your car wasnt there. cant wait to see the bumper installed!

JoeD

the only person making claims that original Japanese kits dont fit properly is Chuck, and it just so happens that he sells knockoffs of those kits too.

1FooknTiteFD

I would have to second that. I don't doubt that chucks kits are good quality replicas, but I've seen some scoot hoods (real ones) that tony has sold to some customers and they fit fine. Also go to www.rxecret7.com and look in gallery's. again, tony (who has the real feed kit) has a bumper that fits perfectly. JoeD, I park my car in the garage now since I haven't been driving it lately

weaklink

well Chuck sells the originals too. Since he sells both, and his originals sell for about the same price as everyone else, I don't see what Chuck would have to gain by making false claims about what fits how. He doesn't care if you buy the replica, or the real thing. I saw the pictures. Claims about "well it wasn't professionally fitted"....duh! That goes for the pics of the replicas too. Straight out of the box it appears that the replicas fit better. ALL fiberglass products require fitment...PERIOD, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a difference in the two when fitted by the same person. I don't see the advantage to buying body kits that cost more than the car is worth unless you just have extra money to throw away. I'd rather spend the money on the engine. Now we've all been burned buying something and finding it cheaper somewhere else. Sure it's embarrasing, but hey, GET OVER IT. Go polish your badges or something.

1FooknTiteFD

You don't think he makes more money selling the replica's over the originals? If you are so sure that the replicas fit better than the originals, then I challenge anybody else who has purchased the FEED replica from rotaryextreme to have the kit professionally painted and fitted. After that have pictures taken and post them on this forum again. My bumper will be professionally fitted as well, but i have money on the fact that I think mine will still fit better based on the fact that i've seen one fit perfectly before.

94RHDFD

iTrader: (3)

IMO JoeD and 1FooknTiteFD it sounds like you guys are playa hatin. Is it that he is doing something that you guys want to do or unable to do? If you think what he is doing is so wrong, this is America, the land of opportunity, go out and start your own ****, but don't hate one someone because they are getting money and making a living. You two buy stuff that has been copied everyday. I could have my car in front of you and you wouldn't know if it was a replica or the real thing, so what the **** does it matter!!!! So what if someone wants to save money, HELL half the people that see my car don't know what kind of car it is, muchless know if I have a replica kit on it. I have a little moto that I like to live buy and maybe you two should try it.............DON'T HATE THE PLAYA, HATE THE GAME.

1FooknTiteFD

I'm playa hatin'? so what are you going to do bust a cap in my ***? Since when was I labeled as a hater? If you read this whole thread you would have seen that I was thinking about getting one of chuck's replicas. however, I came across a good deal on getting the real thing (no i didn't pay $1700 for it). If you could have the real thing for as good of a price (new) compared with a replica which would you rather have? I don't have a problem with people getting replicas provided that they are good quality. Chuck's fiberglass guy uses hand laid fiberglass, so i'm sure it's strong. However, I've seen tony's car in person and the kit fit perfectly. I've seen pictures of the FEED replica from rotaryextreme and pictures of Nocabs car. I have no problem with what chuck is doing, I think he's actually helping a lot of people out who don't want to pay more for the real thing. the fitment of his kit was ok, but the real one is still better, it has closer fender/hood gaps. Have you even seen how well a real kit fits or are you just talking out of your ***? if you put tony's car next to Nocabs car I wonder how many people will know which one is the fake one?? But like i said, I challenge anyone who thinks that the replica would fit better to get one and post pictures of it and then compare it to the real thing, that's all that needs to be said

potatobbq

I think you all you guys are missing something here... For those of you who've seen the authentic FEED bumper and say it fits perfect... guess what? Since the owner spent the money on an authentic FEED bumper, chances are they also spent the money on a really good body shop. Event if it DIDN'T fit perfectly before it was installed, it sure as hell will fit perfectly once it's been prepped and painted. Knockoff or authentic, how well your kit fits is very much dependant on the body shop you take your car to. I've seen good body shops make piece-of-crap-fitting-type knockoffs actually fit very well when it was all done and installed on the car. I'll bet an authentic FEED bumper and a rotaryextreme knockoff will be visually indistinguishable once prepped and installed by a good body shop.

I think where the difference will be is in the durability of the fiberglass... if you guys have noticed, most of the knockoff fiberglass kits are much thicker and more rigid than the originals, which make them very prone to cracking and chipping. The originals are usually thinner and more flexible so they don't crack as easily. I'm not sure if it's the materials or the way the fiberglass is laid but there is a definate difference in the durability of the fiberglass parts. Compare an authentic Bomex bumper with an Andy's Autosport or whatever bumper...

1FooknTiteFD

I agree with you to a certain extent...You need a professional bodyshop to properly fit a bumper, however if the bumper isn't good quality to begin with then no matter how good the bodyshop is it will still fit like crap. Also there are some places that a bodyshop can't fiddle around with.

I agree that some replicas are good, but Andy's autosport is just about the worst I have ever seen! I was at a shop once and they were installing an Andy's autosport kit on a civic, and the guy who was installing it accidently pressed on it too hard and broke it!!! IMO, andy's and VIS are the worst quality kits

BRADYMAHONEY

Have any of you heard anything new about Chucks Carbon Fiber Scoot Hood?

weaklink

ok that's cool, but keep in mind you haven't seen nocabs bumper installed. For those pics he had the damn thing propped up against the car using a jack and some other ****. So, check yourself before you talk **** "out of your ***." Still, due to the fact that you will actually own an original, I at least respect your opinions here, unlike some other people.

mightyslash

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

You sound like an uneducated buffoon in this post. Do you actually own a 20B powered FD?

1FooknTiteFD

probably not, he seems pretty cheap. anyone who could do a 20b conversion would probably buy real bodykits instead of knock-offs

potatobbq

Well of course everything has it's limits, but generally, a kit that fits very close can be made to fit "perfect" by a good body shop and rotaryextreme kits seem to fit fairly well. I think as far as the fitment, it's pretty much a non-issue with rotaryextreme copies. Of course there's only so much you can do with an Andy's Autosport or a VIS kit, but I've seen body shops work magic with those pieces of crap.

black99

IMO I couldn't care too much who uses a real aero peice or a replica aero peice. Why it matters to so many people is beyond me. If you bought a real one then that's cool, if you bought a replica, that's cool too. Nothings wrong with either. Performance of a car gains my respect more than who has a "real" bumper over a knock-off.

I like alot of J-Spec stuff but alot of it is out of my budget or more than I would want to spend for aero parts. I'd rather see a 11 sec FD with a $200.00 bumper than 13 sec car with a $2000.00 bumper... And no that's not directed at 1FookntiteFD because his car should be faster than 13 secs in the 1/4, but I was just making a comparison.

Anyone who could afford a 20B would buy "real" body kits instead of knockoffs? Did you take a poll on people with 20B conversions and what they prefer in aero kits? Actually most of the cars I've seen with 20B conversions(I've seen a couple) in the U.S. are wearing stock body work(no body kits) with a stock front end. If you exclude the banzai's that is.

weaklink

EXACTLY!

user 84205

im just curious, i dont care what people buy. Im just curious of the person that likes fake better then real.

Do you shop for your clothes at TARGET?

Do you eat real food, or eat imitation food?

I think a car is like a person, you treat it good, it
will treat you back the same way.. No, im not
crazy, but I use my car for all its got sometimes,
and hardly ever talks back. It must like the real
stuff I put on it..

94RHDFD

iTrader: (3)

As a a matter of fact I do have a 20b, it's not in yet but will be soon, and for that very reason I have a knock-off kit. If I had the money to buy the real thing after the 20b conversion I would, but trying to do both is not economically feasable for me so I got replica, and guess what if I don't tell, no one will know

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Yes, but nobody buys "top of the line" everything. Just doesn't happen.

Just because someone doesn't shop at Target for clothes doesn't have anything to do with whether they purchase a replica or original piece of fiberglass.

People choose to spend there money on what's important to them. To some people, clothes are more important than fiberglass. To you, an original bumper may be more important than dining at a fine resturant instead of fast food.

user 84205

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user 84205

well if it was my only meal ya I would go to a fine resturant.... I mean how many bumpers are you planning on buying? I can see a little how you mean.
Just arent the cars important enough for the real
stuff? Im just lost on the whole fake thing, someone was selling a new RE-amemiya wide body kit on Yahoo in Japan. All I could think of is, who would want anything that is just imatation.. I think its just the way some people think, I know Im not alone on this... I was just trying to see it the way you guys do..

user 84205

sorry about the double posts...