Man this is going to sting, and its going to make me look like a prick, but it has to be said, so.....
We are expecting our first production run to be done this coming week and we will install one on a car that we have to make sure all is good...so stay tuned for more to come...we will also become a sponsor here very soon...
Thanks
Tony
www.gp-werks.com
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Not trying to be a hater, but this sounds faintly reminiscent of exactly what you told us back in march.
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As of currently, ive heard alot of "we should be"s that haven't happened. And i find it curious that we hear not a word for 6 months, and when another company finally agrees to reproduce the bumper, within 24 hours, suddenly, a new account with a single post appears claiming that you guys are only a few days away from stocking your storefront.
Again, not trying to be a hater, im just really suspicious about the whole thing. Im not happy with mine, and have always wanted to get one that isnt as poorly built as mine was, and im also friends with people who have been waiting over a year for it, and i genuinely want to help them get it.
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On another not-so-good-note:
Should Extreme Dimensions start making their own version of the RS Replica bumper, im sure that they will address all of the problems that the F2 versions had, things that you with an already made mold cannot fix without starting from scratch. As a consumer, i would much rather purchase the Mark-2 where the bugs and issues have been worked out.
People are not going to line up to buy a low quality bumper, when the competition has a high quality version for around the same price.
Heres a few pics of what im talking about:
This is the F2 bumper after i had it laid out in the sun for a week to remove the warping that it came with. The bumper itself had absolutely no prep work, and it appeared that the mold injection points had been taken off with a grinder.
This is the bumper installed, there is no way to fix this issue without reshaping the mold, its also not repairable on the bumper because the material is not thick enough to sand down, and its too stiff to bend.
The bottom of the bumper flared out almost 2 inches on either side, it pulled so hard on the wheel well liners, that my tires ground through them in under a day, i had to cut off the liners, and install metal braces to push the front of the bumper out, and hold the edges of the bumper in.
This is the result of the bracing. i have since cut down the middle of that, and run a bolt through it to keep it from bending down so far. Its obvious here that the mold it came from has issues. Ricardo from F2 told me that it is supposed to flare out, but im 100% sure he was bsing. Not only does it not line up with the rest of the car, it caused damage to the liners.
I dont have relevant pictures on hand, but there is no surface on which to mount foglights, some people have fabbed up intricate metal rigs that the lights hang from, i tried, but couldnt get it right. I ended up trying glue, and now, have reverted to good old fashioned duck-tape.
Also, there are many deformities to the mold that were so large, they could not be fixed, the bumper is quite flexible which is good in many ways, but bondo, and other bodyfilling materials of more than an inch square simply chip away when the bumper is even slightly flexed.
There are more issues, such as the lines of the bumper not quite matching up:
Circled in red, you can see that what should be a smooth curve has a jog in it where the bumper and fender meet. this is one of many similar issues that are permanantly engraved into the mold.
So frankly, from my standpoint, we have the option of letting Extreme Dimensions start from scratch and address all these issues, and recieve a high quality bumper that fits right and looks right, or we can put our apples into a basket that has known unfix-able defects, from a company that thus far is all talk.
Again, im not tyring to be hater, just stating the facts as i see them.
