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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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Where to order ventross parts? Called a few shops I usually deal with. They said they don't deal with them?

Anyone? I tried calling them direct, no luck.
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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I ordered both my front lip and rear diffuser from Darkside Motoring, in Chatsworth, Ca. I'll warn you tho, neither pieces fit well.

Darkside Motoring, Inc.
21758 Devonshire St.
Chatsworth, CA 91311

818.349.6221

You might also want to try FX auto Design, a Vendor on this forum. Not completely sure they can get the parts, but I did see a white e90 m3 with all Vorsteiner (same as Ventross) parts at their shop. If I had known about this place before ordering with Darkside, I woulda ordered with FX.

FX auto design
11040 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, Ca. 91601

818.487.8889
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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When you day bad fitment, can you give me a better description or pics? How is the weave/finished product?
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Oh and thanks!!!
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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No prob bud. I love your IS300. (i've followed your build on .net, been a member since 02 'evolution_sfv')

About the fitment issues.. the side/edges of the front lip never sat flush against the front bumper just before the front wheels. There was about a centimeter or so gap on each side. Unfortunately, I have no current pics. The lip snapped in half on the freeway when i ran over a piece of shredded tire. There should be a thread on here about the fitment issues with pictures that I put up over a year ago tho.

On the rear diffuser, there is about a centimeter gap in the center where it meets the bumper (or doesn't, for that matter). I'll try to find pictures or perhaps snap a blackberry pic now.

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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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The weave is damn near perfect, no problem there. Strength was good too, I'd imagine running over a shredded tire would snap anything. The front lip took hundreds of gnarly scrapes.. It sat really low.

Infact, the shredded tire that broke my front lip also cracked my rear diffuser as i drove over it. Hence the ''hundreds'' sticker. Haha. You'll also see the vorsteiner sticker of authenticity. I left it on when i knew the fitment was sketchy.

Ps. The lip turned out better in pictures than in real life. I suppose the shadowing kinda hides how poor the fitment really is.
Attached Thumbnails Ventross-img_1260.jpg   Ventross-media-cardblackberrypicturesimg00209.jpg   Ventross-img00208.jpg  
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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That's not toooooo bad. I could live with that. Did you ever try and remove bumper and clamp together using adhesive?
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Ps. Your car Is silver but sig says white??

Oh. And thanks for comments on my is300. Trying to trade it for a 3Rd GS right now
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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The car is starafire pearl white. I really think the blackberry camera sucks. Makes the car look silver and doesn't really show how bad the fitment actually is. I think I'm kinda happy about that. Haha
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 07:41 AM
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Try hitting up Clark at VIP Auto Salon. I got my Ventross trunk through him.
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 07:44 AM
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^^ I second that! Clark is the best dude you'll ever deal with, and your last I'm working on my 3rd set of wheels through him already
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