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Jan 25, 2018 | 03:01 PM

#16

Jaddy

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Originally Posted by otakusan

I don't believe neither the TRD or Aimgain (rep or real) will require drilling holes on the front bumper which will be visible after removal of the lip when you sell the car. TRD mounts on bottom and inside wheel well, while Aimgain mounts from bottom only.

thank you! Will debate on which but thinking if it’s even worth painting a rep.

Jan 25, 2018 | 03:06 PM

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otakusan

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Originally Posted by Jaddy

thank you! Will debate on which but thinking if it’s even worth painting a rep.

the thing with rep parts is that the fitment is not all that good most of the time... so if you plan on painting them, at least you can do some extra work (grinding, cutting, bondo work) to straighten it out and make it fit better, than paint can be used to cover up flaws... depending on how bad the reps are.. sometimes it might be worth the extra money to buy a real one.

Taking the aimgain rear piece I have for example, due to how large the price difference was between real and rep, I ended up buying a rep than painting it. For the front TRD pieces, since the real ones are factory prepainted I went with the real ones due to not a huge price difference. Also for something that goes on the front of the car, the TRD front pieces are made of urethane just like your bumper, they will flex a bit in case you scrape or something and reducing the amount of damage... for rep parts, they are either carbon fiber or fiber glass, which if you scrap.. chances are they will crack.

Jan 25, 2018 | 03:15 PM

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jnesss

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Originally Posted by Jaddy

thank you! Will debate on which but thinking if it’s even worth painting a rep.

the rep looks like a cheap faded piece of plastic with scratches all over. i had mine painted gloss black and installed with screws.

Jan 26, 2018 | 07:57 AM

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Sheddy

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Painted MVtuning TRD replica front lip. It requires 3 screws per side (2 bottom and 1 in the wheel well). Fitment is not perfect, but works for me.

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Jan 26, 2018 | 08:49 AM

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Jaddy

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Originally Posted by Sheddy

Painted MVtuning TRD replica front lip. It requires 3 screws per side (2 bottom and 1 in the wheel well). Fitment is not perfect, but works for me.

looks good! I thought about getting the MV Tuning one but it seems overpriced compared to the other reps. Particular reason why you bought this one?

Jan 26, 2018 | 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaddy

looks good! I thought about getting the MV Tuning one but it seems overpriced compared to the other reps. Particular reason why you bought this one?

I have the MV tuning eyelids, and they're a perfect fit. The other reps i would think are "get what you pay for". i think these are cheaper than TRD? but they should fit better than most Reps.

Jan 26, 2018 | 09:37 AM

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Sheddy

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looks good! I thought about getting the MV Tuning one but it seems overpriced compared to the other reps. Particular reason why you bought this one?

I actually got them from a trade with a fellow member (thanks mjh09e) I did a little research and found that these had the same mounting bracket design as the genuine TRD set whereas the eBay replicas didn’t.