Sometimes you just have to know when to start over...

[Max777]

The aero bumper has since been discountiuned and is no longer sold by shine...

I have seen the development thread for their hood, they ordered a JDM real version, and it fit so badly, that they cut out the center vent, and put it on a stock N/A hood, later making a mold of the combined part. IMO, that was pretty dedicated as far as an aftermarket company goes. Also, no FRP aero is going to be 100% perfect, like a factory bumper...

The only thing that pisses me off, is hearing that their management has gone downhill...

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Max777

The aero bumper has since been discountiuned and is no longer sold by shine...

My partner just had a brand new one delivered to him last week

Originally Posted by Max777

I have seen the development thread for their hood, they ordered a JDM real version, and it fit so badly, that they cut out the center vent, and put it on a stock N/A hood, later making a mold of the combined part. IMO, that was pretty dedicated as far as an aftermarket company goes.

Yeah, but they did that becuase they couldn't get the real hood that they bought to copy to fit right. Because there was a demand for it, they produced one off of an N/A hood..... odd, I did the same thing

Originally Posted by Max777

Also, no FRP aero is going to be 100% perfect, like a factory bumper...

No, but when you open it up and you see bubbles from where the gelcoat to matte wasn't wetted out enough, gel not releasing from the mold becuase there wasn't enough wax, and spidered cracks in pretty obvious places, it makes you wonder. There were three places on my bumper that have cracked or were cracked. I plan on reinforcing all three of those areas with rigid epoxy before I start working the bumper. The one thing that REALLY annoys me about the bumper is that if you run your hand down from where the hood meets south at the corners, it's nice and smooth. If you do this at any location between the FTP lenses, you can feel an abrupt change in angle. On a car, it looks VERY strange as all of a sudden the reflections are moving at speeds they shouldn't be, and things aren't lining up properly etc etc etc.

I still say it's the best looking replacement bumper out there though, it just needs alot more work than one would think. I dunno, Joe would be more knowledgable in his comments as I'm sure he has seen and DEALT with enough aftermarket pieces to know how they stand up against all the other companies.