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fabsvr6(vortex)"$$$ UPDATE" c/f, fiberglass hoods&fenders...
Quite frankly even if you did have pictures it isn't going to tell you much.
This is like looking at pictures of a newly painted car on Vortex. From 10
ft back it looks great. Get up close and personal and see the masking marks,
pits in the paint, flawed bodywork, orange peel, etc, etc, etc.
Depending on the angle a picture won't show general wavyness. Small
imperfections won't show unless they try to show them. You won't know how
well they fit or if they are fitted to a car you won't necessarily know how
much work was needed to fit them correctly.
This is the kind of thing that I would need to see in person before I'd buy.
Dan
From: <brett@netacc.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:51 AM
Subject: RE: Re: fabsvr6(vortex)"$$$ UPDATE" c/f, fiberglass
hoods&fenders...
>
>
> I might know who these people are, as I had visited a shop in Toronto
> several years ago to pick up some fiberglass Scirocco hoods. I had
> heard at the time that they were making molds for Mk1 and Mk2 fenders.
>
> Anyway, I'm not suprised they might be a bit slow, the way they were
> chewing on the atmosphere in their shop (read: much chemical fumes).
> If it's them, they can really make these things, fitment is probably
> close, but would need a tiny bit of tweaking. You'll be drilling
> the holes and reinforcing if necessary. Par for the course on
> these kinds of parts, it's not like we Scirocco owners have a world
> of choice on where we get our carbon fiber and fiberglass body panels
> from, eh? Again, if it's them, they seemed capable of building
> these kinds of panels (they make all kinds of things for many many
> different kinds of cars) but they didn't seem all that bright if
> you catch my drift. They had a fairly small shop in a bad section
> of town off a side street.
>
> I would guess the reason they do not have pictures to send you is
> that they don't have any right now to take pictures of. As a business,
> *not* building Mk1 Scirocco fenders on spec with the associated costs
> in time and materials is in fact probably the right decision. The
> not-bright decision was in taking no pictures of the few sets they've
> probably already made and sold. See, most people that are really
> in the market for these sorts of things just buy them because really,
> where else are you going to get them this cheap?
>
> If all else fails, have them take a few pictures around their shop,
> and outside it. Send them to me and I'll let you know if it's the
> one I remember. (no, it was not showcar bodyparts).
>
> ==Brett
>
>
>
>
>>------- Original Message -------
>>From : John C. Worden[mailto:johncworden@verizon.net]
>>Sent : 4/24/2006 10:54:28 PM
>>To : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Cc :
>>Subject : RE: Re: fabsvr6(vortex)"$$$ UPDATE" c/f, fiberglass
>>hoods&fenders...
>>
> >Yeah, for we know it's Showcar Parts selling their junk.
>
> John
>
> At 02:56 PM 4/24/06, GGehrke wrote:
>
>>These days I'm wary of anyone who can't find themselves a digital
>>camera. I say there's no excuse for "not having pictures" of anything
>>you're trying to sell. Maybe "I haven't had time to take any yet but
>>will do that for you tomorrow" or something, but I wouldn't buy
>>anything from a non-trusted source without detailed pictures.
>>
>>-Grant-
>>
>
>> >
>> > I still need pics, and possibly a contact for one of his
>> 'satisfied customers' for proof of purchased goods. I mean why would
>> someone selling a product; in a market in which profits/sucess soley
>> reflect advertising; and not advertise??? I guess if he keeps feeding me
>> the Gibberish, I'll play the ignorant one and see just how stupid he
>> thinks I am...
>> >
>> > Sorry guys, if I'm sounding like a narc, but some of those vr6
>> guys are like slim and shady. I'll keep you up to date on this...
>> >
>> >
>> -Adam
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