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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: dudz on 02 April 2008, 18:18
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Hi whilst browsing around bored at work i stumbled onto this little Gem http://www.essexracing.com/product_info.php?products_id=951 (http://www.essexracing.com/product_info.php?products_id=951) Its an R32 Bodykit and only £399 for Front bumper, Rear bumper and Sideskirts, would this be genuine R32 product or just plain.........poo? lol
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It's a copy.
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Sooo not worth a buy then?
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I guess it's up to you. It is cheap for what it is, but I don't really like that website myself.
I'd worry too much what the quality of the parts will be like when they arrive.
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Ive just bought a R32 replica kit off the Bay, £250 delivered!
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Thats true, that site doesnt stock too many brand names either, ive always stuck to the saying "If you buy cheap, you buy twice" so i think ill pass lol, i can get a genuine R-line front and rear bumper from Awesome Gti for £760 quid anyway :drool:
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Ive just bought a R32 replica kit off the Bay, £250 delivered!
What was the quality like?
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Well.. ive never bought anything fiberglass before but looks good, i still need to get it painted and go from there. I just hope it looks good painted (a professional is painting) do you think that people could tell that its fiberglass once fitted?
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p49/pgwaters/R32.jpg)
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Looks pretty decent TBH. Isnt fibreglass really light too? It would be usefull in shedding a few extra pounds off a Fat MK4 lol, my mates has a Fibreglass bodykit on his *cough* Corsa, but its starting to fall to bits now and is being held together with peices of string and nails lol
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Yes mate it is pretty light, how long has your mate had his kit on for?
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Well the Corsa is somewhat of a Prositute (i mean everyones had it lol) its been around about 4 different people just from where i live, and they all ragged the crap out of it. But i think it had the kit on it before it showed up in Ipswich and that was about a year ago so id say anything upwards of about a year? Do bear in mind that it does get thrashed alot and speed bumps and potholes are aplenty around here haha
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most of the time the cheap copies use inferior plastic or fibre glass, which can cause problems when colour matching.
also they can be hard to line up properly due to the holes not being in the right place, personally i'd only buy genuine body kits, but you can get decent copies.
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most of the time the cheap copies use inferior plastic or fibre glass, which can cause problems when colour matching.
also they can be hard to line up properly due to the holes not being in the right place, personally i'd only buy genuine body kits, but you can get decent copies.
Agree with ridge, My friend is a sprayer and says copy parts never line up / fit fush etc he says it Makes his job a lot harder TBH :shocked:
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its not genuine but then the car isnt a genuine r32 so to me it dont matter
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its not genuine but then the car isnt a genuine r32 so to me it dont matter
Yep your right, plus there is a big difference in price. Has anyone on here got any pics of there R32 rep Golf's with fibreglass bumpers?
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But if it's YOUR car you want to take pride over it's appearance. I'd rather pay a bit more, but come out of my house and feel proud about eh way the car looked, not having some bumper a few mm not flush compared to the other side.
The cheap parts should be restricted to chavvy teenagers that want to ruin the car in the first place :)
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But if it's YOUR car you want to take pride over it's appearance. I'd rather pay a bit more, but come out of my house and feel proud about eh way the car looked, not having some bumper a few mm not flush compared to the other side.
Exactly my thoughts :afro:
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obviously some people have alot of £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£'s to spend on there cars, ive just sold my Leon Cupra to buy a cheaper Golf so i have a deposit on a house, if you have the money good on you.
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obviously some people have alot of £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£'s to spend on there cars, ive just sold my Leon Cupra to buy a cheaper Golf so i have a deposit on a house, if you have the money good on you.
Fair play then mate house buying aint cheap :angry:
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obviously some people have alot of £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£'s to spend on there cars, ive just sold my Leon Cupra to buy a cheaper Golf so i have a deposit on a house, if you have the money good on you.
Mate I couldn't agree more. My fiancée and I want to buy a house, but we simply can't afford it at the moment.
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there is no reason not to buy the cheaper bumpers i think it totally doesnt matter as long as there fitted to a good standard they should look gd
gotta save the pennys somewhere
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there is no reason not to buy the cheaper bumpers i think it totally doesnt matter as long as there fitted to a good standard they should look gd
gotta save the pennys somewhere
its swings and roundabouts really, and come down to personal preference and budget, some people are happy to spend the extra knowing they are getting genuine parts, where as others are happy to have a copy parts.
As said when it comes to body kits you're paying for the ease of fitting and the higher quality material, if you're getting someone to fit the kit for you, then the money you save on the copies can easily be lost in labour when they come to line up the copy kit, obviously this isn't a problem if you fit it yourself.
at the end of the day how much you want to spend on your car is your choice
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fibreglass is ok but as soon as it takes a knock it will shatter, if your carful you might be ok :undecided:
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i would personally not have anything fibreglass on my car, moreso on the front, because it just doesn't hold paint aswell as plastic, so in 5-6 months it'll be covered in crack and stonechips, well thats what hapeed to mine anyway, would maybe get a fibre glass spoiler, but thats about as far as i would go.
just my personal choice though.
however, i've never had a problem with plastic pattern replacements., but i've probably just been lucky