Where are all the knock off vertex ridge kits gone?
12-11-11, 09:18 AM
#46
Spare me the typical CL bull. Just help me find what im looking for.
I already have the kit on my car and I need a new front bumper.
AND this will be my 4th bumper................. do you have any idea how much i would have spent had i bought the real one. I have a car that gets driven it doesn't sit in the garage.
And my raceon kit fit pretty dam good for only costing me 750.
Let also not forget i have real pieces on my car too and i ask people to point to them.... they never can.
I already have the kit on my car and I need a new front bumper.
AND this will be my 4th bumper................. do you have any idea how much i would have spent had i bought the real one. I have a car that gets driven it doesn't sit in the garage.
And my raceon kit fit pretty dam good for only costing me 750.
Let also not forget i have real pieces on my car too and i ask people to point to them.... they never can.
http://www.vertex-usa.com/no-knockof...entic-products
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12-12-11, 09:36 AM
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Running over fiberglass bumper at 80mph
I think that's more of a fluke, that the bumper survived being run over at 80mph.
Even original fiberglass Nismo bumpers, dry carbon jgtc bumpers are destroyed on impact, but sure sometimes they might survive a collision if everything is right. I wouldn't count on it as being an absolute outcome though.
Not to say that Vertex isn't good quality, it's very good.
Even original fiberglass Nismo bumpers, dry carbon jgtc bumpers are destroyed on impact, but sure sometimes they might survive a collision if everything is right. I wouldn't count on it as being an absolute outcome though.
Not to say that Vertex isn't good quality, it's very good.
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12-19-11, 11:26 AM
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The difference would be:
($3235 -1275= $1960 "x5" = $9800)
"$9800 of extra work" , I don't know where you take your car, but you need to find a competent body shop that works with fiberglass / body filler.
Even assuming you buy the original, the original rear quarter panels need to be glassed in to look proper, which is going to be a lot of labor even on the original. It is highly unlikely the shop is going to charge thousands more to fix a dime sized area of a corner when they are re-fiberglassing the rear half the the car anyways.
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12-19-11, 02:16 PM
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its because u did it urself
im not the smartest guy n the world or the sharpest knife n the box, but there is a reason they say PERFENSIONALLY INSTALTION REQUIRED most people and drill a few holes, use a few bolts sure, but the reason u wnt it installed by a body shop is because they NEVER COME PERFECT, unless u buy a engineerd polyurethaine kit, thats why those r so expensive they r made by computers 4 exact fitment fiberglasss on the other hand r not and u need to install on car make marks to add or to remove material to make gaps correct or fitment better most people think oh im just gna put it on and bam its gna b perfect but it never will b there is ok, like crap, and perfect so if u wnt it to b perfect buy it and take to some1 who knws how to do body wrk and u will see they can take that same bumper and make perfect 4 ur car and it will look right thats all i can say on that subject
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12-19-11, 02:46 PM
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im not the smartest guy n the world or the sharpest knife n the box, but there is a reason they say PERFENSIONALLY INSTALTION REQUIRED most people and drill a few holes, use a few bolts sure, but the reason u wnt it installed by a body shop is because they NEVER COME PERFECT, unless u buy a engineerd polyurethaine kit, thats why those r so expensive they r made by computers 4 exact fitment fiberglasss on the other hand r not and u need to install on car make marks to add or to remove material to make gaps correct or fitment better most people think oh im just gna put it on and bam its gna b perfect but it never will b there is ok, like crap, and perfect so if u wnt it to b perfect buy it and take to some1 who knws how to do body wrk and u will see they can take that same bumper and make perfect 4 ur car and it will look right thats all i can say on that subject
I couldn't understand every word but I think I understand why you say you're not the "sharpest knife n the box" or why its better for you to get it done professionally. I agree 100%. If you can't do it right, pay someone to do it.
12-19-11, 02:56 PM
#54
I mean if you're going to show those pictures, at least have the kit fitting nice. And body filler? Why are you just rivetting a widebody kit on and painting over it without doing it properly?
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12-19-11, 11:16 PM
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CFhoods from the first time ive seen them advertising has had some terrible pictures representing their products.
If the company making these products cant get them installed and fitting properly, why would I even bother.
Seems like its some sort of company based out of a guys garage or backyard type deal.
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They couldnt even find a set of nicely fitting wheels to promote their product, its unreal how half assed they are .
12-20-11, 12:12 AM
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im not the smartest guy n the world or the sharpest knife n the box, but there is a reason they say PERFENSIONALLY INSTALTION REQUIRED most people and drill a few holes, use a few bolts sure, but the reason u wnt it installed by a body shop is because they NEVER COME PERFECT, unless u buy a engineerd polyurethaine kit, thats why those r so expensive they r made by computers 4 exact fitment fiberglasss on the other hand r not and u need to install on car make marks to add or to remove material to make gaps correct or fitment better most people think oh im just gna put it on and bam its gna b perfect but it never will b there is ok, like crap, and perfect so if u wnt it to b perfect buy it and take to some1 who knws how to do body wrk and u will see they can take that same bumper and make perfect 4 ur car and it will look right thats all i can say on that subject
