Heres what happened.

I've been waiting for GC to make their replica mugen front lip for the CTR. Been waiting for months, finally Ah Bee himself told me that he has no idea how long more this is going to take, and said if I can find elsewhere, please go ahead and buy first.

So, first thing I do is look into these forums to see if anyone else here has. Found a vendor who does. Called him up and asked him about the quality. He said 99% like original.

So I go get it done.

At first, from afar, looks ok right?

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But upon closer inspection

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Honestly, would you accept this kind of molding and workmanship on your personal car?

After I highlighted these glaring gaps in the molding, this fella had the cheek to tell me, ya la, replica is like this wan...

I have dealt with replicas before, and they have been perfect. This is what he meant by 99% like original??

So I kicked up a stink, and he told me he can take me to his friends bodyshop to make it perfect for me. This is the result.

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Unsanded, unpainted, and already cracking off in some places. And this is what he called "perfect"...
On top of that he charged me another 100RM for this!

I have had enough of this crap, and I have taken it to my normal paintshop to get it done. Its probbly going to cost me another 2-3 hundred to get it done, but I really cant stand to look at it anymore...

Omg, sorry to hear that. The last picture is just killing! I can feel how pain is ur heart!

Yeah pain is the word...

And this is from a supposedly reputable guy from Jalan Horsepower in sunway...


After I called him to kick up a second stink with regards to the unsanded unpainted finish, he told me, ya la, you have to send for painting... the painter will do the sanding...


My "painter" has he put it, has to sand down all the crap he put on, put some kind of adhesive on, and the sand down the whole lot again, and then, finally paint... If leave like that, all that filler will crack out in a few months time.

Have to leave overnight...

this is real ulgy, should put their name on so they deserve what they did

Bro,

Replica will always be replica even though it is 99.999999% original. Just like a FD2 convert FD2R inside out will still be a FD2.

All those gaps you mentioned are mostly typical of gaps of replica and i had seen many in FD and Jazz..

Original will also have gaps cause if no gap the lip will break in no time but it wont have gaps in the size of peanuts like replicas.

When you factor in all the price of replicas + touch here and there, take out the lip to mod to re-fiber, the price difference of ORIGINAL lip is well worth the extra cost paid.

On top of that good luck in parking or going down parking, as replicas are normally infamous for easy breaking when u hit the kerb.

Many big names in the power road is macam ini. before buy apa pun boleh... after buy apa pun macam ini.. typical proton sales people.

Hi Chris... I really dunno about other peoples experience with replicas, but in my own single experience with replica, it was really perfect fit and lasted 2 years till I sold it with no problem, and no problem going down slopes and bumps also...

Which is why I was damn shocked to see such a BAD example put onto my car.

Anyway, I dont want to protect this vendor. He is Jack, from After12/CoolArmour. (Edited subject to reflect vendors name)

Damn smooth talker, can really sell. After that, snake left and right.

PS: GAP I dont mind... as long as its even. This one, one side very tight, other side damn big gap. Even the three little nipples in the center, on one side, damn close to the vent, the other side, damn far away. Look until [CENSORED] eye aledi...

Sorry to hear that bro...

review from 1 member regarding their replica RR BK was quite good though,,,,

sorri to hear what u have gone through bro legrunt, honesly i understand how you feel esp. on a CTR - i won't tahan all these nonsense ...

even when i bought the CF hood and CF Dominator - i actually paid extra RM300 on my own to put on a new thick clear coat paint on it ..

back to topic - personally for CTR - i would spend the money to put some ori kits on it situation allows...

as for this shop in Jalan Horsepower, actually most of them do look like fly by night shops ... unfortunately you have to go through this one.

i think it takes a lot of courage and frustration to post this up and evidently you have given the opportunity to the person to rectify his mess... and i will support your case further in order to get it right, first time, everytime ...

whether buying replica or original, expectations must be put right on both ends - and any problems to be sorted out accordingly...

doesn't mean buying replica, ppl deserve to get peanuts nor substandard service nor otherwise when buying original ... my thoughts only ...

i suppose replica stuffs might have it flaws but it is alot cheaper.

gotta compromise when it comes to quality, cant expect too much from it but this is just....plain ballocks ! shitty i must say !

replica or original, to me, i feel that original (these big names usually spends quite a substancial amount in RnD and fitting, quality issues,finishing) and they have the volume! As for the replica one, very often ppl buy one original set and copy from there. and they sell it straight away, no quality checking, no fitting test whatsoever. Sad to say, but you might be the 1st testing for his product from their supplier. With your feedback, perhaps he now pay more attention to the fitting issue and rectify future order from there.

I bought a few rep stuffs for my ep3 last time, i.e headlights, it has been in the market for quite sometime and mine was actually alright. a friend bought 18months earlier and it was bad, fitting, finishing. Even though it's the same brand. I believe the rep gets better over time after they gather feedback and experience. But i just dont like the idea of me being the "experimental" statistic.

As for the "lab mice, ie. you or 1st batch of customer". Well, you are just an one off customer, not likely u will purchase a new set of bodykit from him for the same car anyways.

i've had my fair share and experience in jalan horsepower, ppl there or shall i say some ppl working there just doesnt know the word "customer service, manners, arrogant and talks as though you owe them [CENSORED] loads of money". as well as the imfamous, "snake left and right" after sales service.

I am so glad my staffs do not practise such sub-standard service/attitude to my customers.

To date, i only go to ONE shop there.

p/s, why not buy the ori ones and save you the hassles and headache.

PM me your "ONE" shop name ya....hehehe...

Original Mugen Front Lip is too costly...actually there's one SG Mugen Replica Lip which is way better than this...selling at about SG350....not sure how much Legrunt got his one...

no need PM, hehehee i very OPEN one... hahaha i know the boss and he's been good and share alot of tech info with me back in 2002 on the rb26. he tuned my kpro on ep3 as well, very very happy with it, travelled almost 100k kms (alot of whacking) and still going damn strong. Orange colour LOGO shop ....