[Re: Body kit ??]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

I'll add my two cents since the dog woke me up at this ungodly hour. I am=

likely the only lister with their products actually on my car (the CF hoo=
d,
you likely didn't notice it since it's painted) . Anyway, the first one t=
hey
sold me had so many ripples the body guy said it would take a ton of fill=
er to
flatten it out (the reason for the hood was no rust, and light weight, no=
t the
cool factor), so I had to make a second trip to TO (2 hours) and that tim=
e I
actually met the owner, the first time I phoned ahead to confirm he'd be =
there
and he didn't even show up. Mind you, the hood was relatively cheap, and =
we
wanted to paint it anyway. So it still isn't super flat, and needs to be
pinned sometime, it either opens properly OR fits properly, on my car, th=
at's
a no brainer so it sits a bit crooked. While I was there, there was a ano=
ther
customer, his car sat in the driveway, body kit partially attached. He sa=
id it
had been 6 weeks, and the owner totally ignored him when he spoke to him.=

Another little anecdote, a friend ( he drags a 510 Datsun with a small bl=
ock
Chevy in it) got a hood from him, it took two or three trips to get it cl=
ose,
then he took it home and did a little surgery on it himself to make it wo=
rk.
His hood looks decent. So I'd proceed with caution, you are distant, so
shipping will be significant, and a body kit is much more difficult to fi=
t
than just a hood.
My hood is "acceptable", certainly not perfect. But I knew it was a cosme=
tic
"second" and paid only about 235 USD when I crunch the numbers. And there=
 were
no clean metal hoods to be had locally anyway.I think a body kit needs to=
 be
nearer to perfect, even still there will be some fitting.
I'd pass.
Cathy


"Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
Back before anybody was making CF hoods for a Scirocco, I had contacted
them. They said they could do it, I and another guy sent up money for the=

hoods (we paid in advance since it was a "special" job). After about 6
months without seeing a hood, even though they kept saying the hoods were=

done and they were being shipped in a day or two (they said this for abou=
t 3
months) we finally got 2 crappy hoods. They looked like total shit.


Josh Able

----- Original Message -----
From: "Night Shadow" <soltwede@privateI.com>
To: "Erik Seo" <seowitz@seowitz.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: Body kit ??


>
> As I understand it, they have ripped off 2 listers now.  One BIG time.
> Josh had them make some Carbon Fiber hoods, yes Josh?  And they were cr=
ap
> and refused to refund...
>
> Then there is the BRAND NEW IN THE BOX mk1 Kamei body kit that they pla=
in
> ole STOLE from Scott Williams, who sent it to them to have it reproduce=
d
> in fiber glass....he paid bucko bucks for it, had it shipped here...sen=
t
> it to them...and it mysteriously dissapeared and they stopped respondin=
g
> to emails...
>
> Thats the stories as I remember it....all in all, fuck those guys.
>
> Eric
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Erik Seo wrote:
>
> > ok, then what's the story with these guys?
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Josh Able
> >   To: Adrian C. ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >   Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:15 PM
> >   Subject: Re: Body kit ??
> >
> >
> >   NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE BUY ANYTHING FROM THOSE MORONS.
> >
> >
> >   Josh Able
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: Adrian C.
> >     To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >     Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 6:27 PM
> >     Subject: Body kit ??
> >
> >
> >     hey guys ..
> >     my brother is on a quest to find a body kit for his car ...
> >     stumbled across this Site :
> >     http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/scirocco.html
> >     now ..
> >     is that a rieger Knock-off ???
> >     if so does it look like a decent quality ..
> >     if so did anyone deal with them ??
> >     LMK ..
> >     im a bit inclined to "buy" one of these
> >
>
> --
> Eric
> Northglenn, CO
>
> 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)=

> 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
>
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."=

> -Kelli Fox
>
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