FC Sunroof panel?
04-29-09, 08:05 PM
#327
Shoot
Jesus christ, are ALL of you on your period ? Seriously, A> I didnt say **** negative, I said the ******* FACTS and I also related them EXACTLY as Ken stated them, NOT ME. So if you have a problem with ANY thing I said talk to him, ******* bunch of ******* queen bleeding bitches, you people need to examine your attitudes BEFORE you jump ape **** on someone for entirely NO ******* reason. And honestly I dont give two ***** what your name is man, I ONLY care about people doing what they say they will or say they HAVE and more importantly here me not having to answer 100+ pms about some stupid ******* product that I have NOTHING to do with creating.
Get
off
me.
Get
off
me.
04-30-09, 01:55 AM
#329
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I spoke to Ken yesterday. He IS NOT TAKING MONEY NOR DOES HE WANT ANYONE TO CALL OR PAY FOR THIS PART.
The first panel literally is going to be done Wednesday or Thursday, that panel goes to JT for actually giving Ken the sunroof from which the panel is made from, the second panel goes to me for other reasons that are similiar, from #3 on down to 27 or 30 how many ever people actually show up to buy and are still interested, once he has the pictures posted and the first few done #3,4,5 etc he will start just accepting money from people, probably a week or two away tops.
The first panel literally is going to be done Wednesday or Thursday, that panel goes to JT for actually giving Ken the sunroof from which the panel is made from, the second panel goes to me for other reasons that are similiar, from #3 on down to 27 or 30 how many ever people actually show up to buy and are still interested, once he has the pictures posted and the first few done #3,4,5 etc he will start just accepting money from people, probably a week or two away tops.
04-30-09, 11:44 PM
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I am so sorry to bring up a dead thread but i have been useing the search feature and there are no new or up-to-date threads on this and i would like to know if this part was ever made? The FC i am purchasing has a really messed up panel and i would hate to buy another sunroof panel and skeleton from Ebay. If the thread and part research is dead then ok but i would really like to be on the list if this is still happening.
05-01-09, 12:49 AM
#333
I spoke to Ken yesterday. He IS NOT TAKING MONEY NOR DOES HE WANT ANYONE TO CALL OR PAY FOR THIS PART.
The first panel literally is going to be done Wednesday or Thursday, that panel goes to JT for actually giving Ken the sunroof from which the panel is made from, the second panel goes to me for other reasons that are similiar, from #3 on down to 27 or 30 how many ever people actually show up to buy and are still interested, once he has the pictures posted and the first few done #3,4,5 etc he will start just accepting money from people, probably a week or two away tops.
The first panel literally is going to be done Wednesday or Thursday, that panel goes to JT for actually giving Ken the sunroof from which the panel is made from, the second panel goes to me for other reasons that are similiar, from #3 on down to 27 or 30 how many ever people actually show up to buy and are still interested, once he has the pictures posted and the first few done #3,4,5 etc he will start just accepting money from people, probably a week or two away tops.
05-01-09, 02:50 AM
#334
Shoot
JD, hard to do when you keep getting asked the same inane, redundant questions over and over again, but because in my mind this IS a community I feel responsible for/to answer any/all questions within my purview/skillset etc. But thanks for saying it anyhow.
Red Dragon if you simply read the post 3 directly above what you wrote all your dreams and wishes, or just the answers to your question will come true.
Red Dragon if you simply read the post 3 directly above what you wrote all your dreams and wishes, or just the answers to your question will come true.
05-01-09, 11:55 AM
#336
Lemme get your glass' *wink Haha ha, I just watched that
movie the other night again. Who knows, probably since you
and me and the 'other' guy are the only ones in contact with
Ken, or saying what's going on they assume you're in on the
gig. Start tagging in "In no relations with..." at the end of
every sentence.
You going Carbon Fiber, Carbon Kevlar or Fiber Glass?
Two men enter, one man leaves :: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, serious flashbacks
For you kids to young to remember Mad Max (god I feel old), torrent link Here
/facepalm
05-01-09, 12:02 PM
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Thank you, i will just wait then, once the car is here with me i will almost pay anything to get that horrible panel fixed. Even my auto body guy is not willing to try and fix the panel.
05-01-09, 01:40 PM
#338
Shoot
Red - true
E - Probably, you feel old ugh that makes me dinosaur old then I guess, I think FRP for my "street rx" not sure yet about my other one, honestly I just see carbon fiber now and because without looking very closely you can not discern good carbon from ****, for example. My 93 CYM I had paid about 5k total to bring the only mazdaspeed approved/badged carbon fiber hood from Japan over, have it painted cym underneath and on top, perfectly matched to the car (had the mica brought from JP (you may or may not know mica is the metallic flaking used inside paint to make the flake/shimmer effect look etc, it is made from the scraping of shells actually. Because of water temperature and chemical makeup etc of different locations in the world no mica is the same as another and thus provides a different sheen, color temp, look etc) hopefully the insert was something you didnt know and you didnt just read all that for no reason lol.) It (the hood) was basically nuts looking on the car and in my mind was THE only option for replacement for such a rare car, NOTHING I did to that car was "normal" if anything was touched at all, I meticulously replaced every single panel inside the car with 99 panels when they became available even though the 23k original miles had no panel inside flaking. Anyhow all this is to say I see carbon parts now on cars, STI's, Audi's, Honda's etc and I basically cringe because sigh carbon is rice now.
I know I know I said it but it is man, look around the freeways and streets its everywhere, theres a carbon fiber hood on the guys sentra two streets over from you I promise.
The ONLY acceptable use of carbon fiber parts now in my mind is if they are painted to match the car OR you have EVERY SINGLE PART of the car in carbon for an RX that would be hood, fenders, doors and hatch THEN and only then can you keep your carbon clear and then it would look ridiculous anyway.
Carbon Kevlar is nice but you can't really tell it apart from anything else far away so.....
/rant /facepalm x2 /paint your carbon its rice otherwise.
What are you going with ?
E - Probably, you feel old ugh that makes me dinosaur old then I guess, I think FRP for my "street rx" not sure yet about my other one, honestly I just see carbon fiber now and because without looking very closely you can not discern good carbon from ****, for example. My 93 CYM I had paid about 5k total to bring the only mazdaspeed approved/badged carbon fiber hood from Japan over, have it painted cym underneath and on top, perfectly matched to the car (had the mica brought from JP (you may or may not know mica is the metallic flaking used inside paint to make the flake/shimmer effect look etc, it is made from the scraping of shells actually. Because of water temperature and chemical makeup etc of different locations in the world no mica is the same as another and thus provides a different sheen, color temp, look etc) hopefully the insert was something you didnt know and you didnt just read all that for no reason lol.) It (the hood) was basically nuts looking on the car and in my mind was THE only option for replacement for such a rare car, NOTHING I did to that car was "normal" if anything was touched at all, I meticulously replaced every single panel inside the car with 99 panels when they became available even though the 23k original miles had no panel inside flaking. Anyhow all this is to say I see carbon parts now on cars, STI's, Audi's, Honda's etc and I basically cringe because sigh carbon is rice now.
I know I know I said it but it is man, look around the freeways and streets its everywhere, theres a carbon fiber hood on the guys sentra two streets over from you I promise.
The ONLY acceptable use of carbon fiber parts now in my mind is if they are painted to match the car OR you have EVERY SINGLE PART of the car in carbon for an RX that would be hood, fenders, doors and hatch THEN and only then can you keep your carbon clear and then it would look ridiculous anyway.
Carbon Kevlar is nice but you can't really tell it apart from anything else far away so.....
/rant /facepalm x2 /paint your carbon its rice otherwise.
What are you going with ?
05-01-09, 09:02 PM
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On the subject of Carbon i have to agree with Trust on this one. My mustang has a carbon fiber hood, but after 5 minutes of being on the car i decided to paint it. Carbon is everywhere now, and if i do buy a CF hood or this panel for the RX7 i would paint it as soon as possible.
05-01-09, 11:37 PM
#340
Plus One, all my CK is painted. It's not for looks, or show or bleh,
its for stupid strength and raw durability. I'm going Carbon kevlar
like my fenders and hood. (Both painted btw). Incase of rollover
at autox again I should have about 1.25/1.45 more tensile strength
to take the impact of a plus 90mph flip. Worth the extra few hundred
dollars IMHO. Plus Kevlar doesn't shrapnel quite like carbon fiber,
making it a bit less dangerous in case it is blown to pieces.
Carbons looks great on show cars, it works great on race
cars. I don't show, I go. /rant
05-02-09, 12:16 AM
#341
Shoot
^ true story.
I have flipped my fair share of cars, all in all I prefer sheet metal to any composite but they have their place, like in/on my driveshaft :P ever seen an rx7 spin to 10k rpm and free fall 14 seconds to idle ? lolz.
I have flipped my fair share of cars, all in all I prefer sheet metal to any composite but they have their place, like in/on my driveshaft :P ever seen an rx7 spin to 10k rpm and free fall 14 seconds to idle ? lolz.
05-02-09, 12:28 PM
#342
Red - true
E - Probably, you feel old ugh that makes me dinosaur old then I guess, I think FRP for my "street rx" not sure yet about my other one, honestly I just see carbon fiber now and because without looking very closely you can not discern good carbon from ****, for example. My 93 CYM I had paid about 5k total to bring the only mazdaspeed approved/badged carbon fiber hood from Japan over, have it painted cym underneath and on top, perfectly matched to the car (had the mica brought from JP (you may or may not know mica is the metallic flaking used inside paint to make the flake/shimmer effect look etc, it is made from the scraping of shells actually. Because of water temperature and chemical makeup etc of different locations in the world no mica is the same as another and thus provides a different sheen, color temp, look etc) hopefully the insert was something you didnt know and you didnt just read all that for no reason lol.) It (the hood) was basically nuts looking on the car and in my mind was THE only option for replacement for such a rare car, NOTHING I did to that car was "normal" if anything was touched at all, I meticulously replaced every single panel inside the car with 99 panels when they became available even though the 23k original miles had no panel inside flaking.
E - Probably, you feel old ugh that makes me dinosaur old then I guess, I think FRP for my "street rx" not sure yet about my other one, honestly I just see carbon fiber now and because without looking very closely you can not discern good carbon from ****, for example. My 93 CYM I had paid about 5k total to bring the only mazdaspeed approved/badged carbon fiber hood from Japan over, have it painted cym underneath and on top, perfectly matched to the car (had the mica brought from JP (you may or may not know mica is the metallic flaking used inside paint to make the flake/shimmer effect look etc, it is made from the scraping of shells actually. Because of water temperature and chemical makeup etc of different locations in the world no mica is the same as another and thus provides a different sheen, color temp, look etc) hopefully the insert was something you didnt know and you didnt just read all that for no reason lol.) It (the hood) was basically nuts looking on the car and in my mind was THE only option for replacement for such a rare car, NOTHING I did to that car was "normal" if anything was touched at all, I meticulously replaced every single panel inside the car with 99 panels when they became available even though the 23k original miles had no panel inside flaking.
So that's where mica comes from...I learned something new today.
05-03-09, 11:46 PM
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Well I dont know if there is any new updates on this but i found out that Aeroworks got their site back up and running and they have their CF panel for sale. I would really like to see Shine bring out a nice hybrid or CF panel before i go over there and just buy an Aeroworks one out of impulse.
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05-04-09, 05:24 AM
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Well I dont know if there is any new updates on this but i found out that Aeroworks got their site back up and running and they have their CF panel for sale. I would really like to see Shine bring out a nice hybrid or CF panel before i go over there and just buy an Aeroworks one out of impulse.
I am speechless
Tell you what, I have one that you can have for $50 + S&H
05-04-09, 06:59 AM
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Honestly the price does not matter to me, only the quality and the customer service. I have dealt with R&D like this before when i was waiting for a Rachet shifter for my car. The venders on a forum i am on ask us questions about what would we like for their product. Currently TCI is the only company that has made one and B&M has been working on one for 3 years now and still has not released a working prototype. I would rather go with TCI though because i have heard nothing but great things from them and alot of my friends use their torque converters and transmissions. B&M has been having some issues ever since they bought out Hurst.
On this matter i would rather wait and deal with a company that people trust rather than just go to the first company that has it available. I do not want to go over there, buy the panel, and find out the fitment either sucks or the product is such low quality that it was not even worth my time looking at it. From other products here that i have seen and what people have posted about them, to me Shine has a way better product and i am willing to wait.
Concerning my post i was only letting people know that there is a quick fix till Shine can release a good quality product or people can disregard my post and just wait.
On this matter i would rather wait and deal with a company that people trust rather than just go to the first company that has it available. I do not want to go over there, buy the panel, and find out the fitment either sucks or the product is such low quality that it was not even worth my time looking at it. From other products here that i have seen and what people have posted about them, to me Shine has a way better product and i am willing to wait.
Concerning my post i was only letting people know that there is a quick fix till Shine can release a good quality product or people can disregard my post and just wait.
05-10-09, 07:16 PM
#348
adding myself. anyword on this???
1. JwTeknix
2. knonfs
3. siscu (Spain)
4. Kron (UK)
5. ehime
6. Jorochimaru
7. Rotarygoth
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12. Iox106
13. Adam Swim
14. dial8
15. KiyoKix
16. JasonS
17. RxSim
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1. JwTeknix
2. knonfs
3. siscu (Spain)
4. Kron (UK)
5. ehime
6. Jorochimaru
7. Rotarygoth
8. TiddlesFC3S
9. blmcquig
10. javrosario
11. jorx7
12. Iox106
13. Adam Swim
14. dial8
15. KiyoKix
16. JasonS
17. RxSim
18. sen2two
05-11-09, 12:17 AM
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wow please copy the hole list
1. JwTeknix
2. knonfs
3. S5TII prev Kron
4. ehime
5. Jorochimaru
6. Rotarygoth
7. TiddlesFC3S
8. blmcquig
9. javrosario
10. jorx7
11. Iox106
12.12Adam Swim
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15. Jaso15S
16. RxSi16
17. wil87
18. Amhorach
19. CrazyJason
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22. Travis V
23. trust7
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25. blmcquig
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27. -B-
28. fc3s_nataku
29. Knivesm
30. nvrdone
31. Nealschumacher
32. JdmGtDriver
33. JdmGtDriver
34. puhpaper
35. Rithx7
36. Zionfarm
37. Blackball7
38. Rotarychainsaw
39. That Rx-7 kid
40. codered420a
41. eage8
42. katkaroto CFP
43. hello kitty
44. heydes
45. BurntOrangeT2
46. RotaSpinna69
47. airquin23
48. rotaryweaponse7en
49. Mutaku - rotary powa!
50. DRFTFC23
51. boog
52. Gregory Casimir
53. kaioken
54. FCS3!
55. sen2two
1. JwTeknix
2. knonfs
3. S5TII prev Kron
4. ehime
5. Jorochimaru
6. Rotarygoth
7. TiddlesFC3S
8. blmcquig
9. javrosario
10. jorx7
11. Iox106
12.12Adam Swim
13. d13al8
14. Kiy14Kix
15. Jaso15S
16. RxSi16
17. wil87
18. Amhorach
19. CrazyJason
20. FortyFiveD
21. ShadowArtsFC3S
22. Travis V
23. trust7
24. a143gsxr
25. blmcquig
26. AF_H1VLTG3
27. -B-
28. fc3s_nataku
29. Knivesm
30. nvrdone
31. Nealschumacher
32. JdmGtDriver
33. JdmGtDriver
34. puhpaper
35. Rithx7
36. Zionfarm
37. Blackball7
38. Rotarychainsaw
39. That Rx-7 kid
40. codered420a
41. eage8
42. katkaroto CFP
43. hello kitty
44. heydes
45. BurntOrangeT2
46. RotaSpinna69
47. airquin23
48. rotaryweaponse7en
49. Mutaku - rotary powa!
50. DRFTFC23
51. boog
52. Gregory Casimir
53. kaioken
54. FCS3!
55. sen2two