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AnclyT
12-11-2005, 10:48 PM
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Vuongy_Dong
12-14-2005, 09:56 PM
send it back.

#1Beaver
12-14-2005, 10:06 PM
damn thats fucked up man, i can send it for free if you want,i sell shit on ebay and send them through my moms office for free!
tell me what you want to do but if you send it in they mite send you another but youll have to pay shipping for them to send a new one!,mabey?

Bballjamal
12-15-2005, 11:41 AM
I don't know if its full on c/f or not, but if its wrapped you can use a heating gun and eventually bend it to fit before it cools back down. While I was staying in seattle we noticed a couple bootleg products coming through the door, fiberglass with a c/f wrapped exterior products were one of them.

One guy bought a "c/f" duckbill for his hatch and it turned out to be a fiberglass piece with a wrapped c/f lay on top. It didnt fit, a characterstic of fibergass, so we heat gunned it and slowly brought it back to place. We re-heated it once it was bolted on and now its formed to the shape of his car.

Just an idea if you want to try it.

Bballjamal
12-15-2005, 11:43 AM
*Only read the first 3-4 sentences, my mistake*

Damn, I need to read more. I just now saw that you said it was wrapped. Well now you should most deffinately get it heat gunned. That should solve the problem. If you want to get a quality heat gun I suggest you make friends with someone at the body shop because your random pep boys gun won't work. Later

mumbles
12-15-2005, 11:43 AM
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but i was still mad because I paid for a lip that fits..

if anyone has any advice.. let me know!

let me know if you can fix this for cheaper than shipping the lip back..!
thanks!

quit buying things off ebay

Jdm94Coupe
12-15-2005, 01:16 PM
u get it from a guy named DOHC GARAGE?

dazn
12-15-2005, 01:49 PM
If it is REAL Carbon, not a fake carbon wrap, then have fun heating it.
i say sell the bitch, and buy a real quality part. you get what you paid for.

speedminded
12-15-2005, 02:15 PM
Of course it won't fit...the process to lay carbon fiber gets extremely hot...as in smoking hot...it will distort just about anything that is being molded on but metal....then if it was vacuum bagged it probably warped even more.

Do no try to heat it...they'll never take it back if you do. Tell them you'll ship it at their shipping cost, not your's. (they probably get a 25-40%+ discount) I read eBay in someones post above...if you got it there then report it to eBay.

IntegraXTR
12-15-2005, 02:24 PM
this is exactly why YOU DON'T BUY ABS plastic or C/F KNOCKOFFS on ebay! I thought about gettin a ABS plastic type-r lip for my teg but I can't stand freakin knock offs, so I just waited til the real one came around. Sucks to hear that man but good luck with getting another one.

dazn
12-15-2005, 06:49 PM
Of course it won't fit...the process to lay carbon fiber gets extremely hot...as in smoking hot...it will distort just about anything that is being molded on but metal....then if it was vacuum bagged it probably warped even more.

Do no try to heat it...they'll never take it back if you do. Tell them you'll ship it at their shipping cost, not your's. (they probably get a 25-40%+ discount) I read eBay in someones post above...if you got it there then report it to eBay.

if it was made in a proper mold then bagged, then it should have been fine.
but it sounds like its fake carbon, and plus, you can just bag wet lay up and dont necassarily need to autoclave it.

send it back, buy a quality part.

i4_garage
12-15-2005, 06:55 PM
*waves* i can try to give it a shot.....

AnclyT
12-16-2005, 12:29 AM
why does everyone think i got it from ebay..
i'm not stupid


it came from jdmcarboy.com

don't buy from them.. my mistake.. i learned it the hard way!

i didn't know it was wrapped in plastic.. it doesn't say that in their ad!! lol

anyways.. i'm sending it back.. im not gonna try to F*** with it and then screw my chance of getting an exchange..
i told them to send me one that FITS this time!

oh yeah.. did i mention..

dont buy from them!

BLk92DA
01-12-2006, 02:21 AM
thats wat u get for buying from ebay!