got my jdm evo 9 bumper on from AIT racing! how does it look? (all comments welcome)

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Jan 5, 2012 | 06:34 AM

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let's put it this way, if you had both cars photographed from the side (camera pointed at the rear wheels) I can guarantee you that you would see a noticeable difference. It's obvious the JDM rear fits closer to the car because of the crash beam modification/removal necessary to mount it.

I guess the reason I'm even mentioning this is because of the price. to the OP, what did it end up costing you from start to finish to have the rear bumper on the car ready for pictures? I know you can get them for $900 shipped from a website on here... why not just spend a little more for OEM quality

I would beg to differ this. I feel you are biased on your opinion because if it isnt real it looks like **** in your eyes because you're one of those hardcore JDM "Fanboys" and for the record this is why he didnt buy OEM....

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$399 from lancershop.com

took it to a body shop and they painted it and fitted it for me.

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they owed me a favor so it was free. otherwise it wudve cost me a few hundred dollars.

Jan 5, 2012 | 07:05 AM

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Keep in mind that the OP didn't post this as a "does this look exactly like a OEM JDM" thread, he was simply showing off his new rear end. IMHO I think it looks great! I'm putting on a "fake" JDM rear as we speak - why? Because it was less than half the price, looks way better than stock and I like it.
To the OP - good looking mod!!

Jan 5, 2012 | 07:15 AM

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haha. I have fake spray painted Evo VII tails, I'm not a JDM fanboy. I've just had this username since I was in the Honda game way back in high school. Hell I had it on the Chevy truck forum I was on... it's just a username.

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to each his own. The thread title clearly says "(All Comments Welcome)" which means I'm going to post my opinion, you guys are the ones that got your panties in a bunch, I simply stated my opinion

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Jan 5, 2012 | 07:20 AM

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Put your ego aside and honestly tell me you cannot see a difference here...?

Jan 5, 2012 | 07:25 AM

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yeah something deff looks off , not to bad though

Jan 5, 2012 | 08:11 AM

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to each his own. The thread title clearly says "(All Comments Welcome)" which means I'm going to post my opinion, you guys are the ones that got your panties in a bunch, I simply stated my opinion

Understandable, you stated your opinion. What I'm saying is that this isn't the place to argue about it. No one's "panties are in a bunch", just trying to keep the thread clean before it gets out of hand.

Jan 5, 2012 | 08:19 AM

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I think it sticks out a little more to accommodate the stock rear crash beam. Looks good to me!

Jan 5, 2012 | 09:31 AM

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Put your ego aside and honestly tell me you cannot see a difference here...?

I cannot deny that at all. No panties in a bunch here, My point being unless you're looking at two next to each other, you'd really have no idea. and honestly I dont even know if the second image I posted is a real one or not. I'm just assuming it is cause it has a voltex diffuser

It certainly looks sharper.

But hey, I think it looks good, definitely doesnt look "cheap" quality body work done on it

Unfortunately for me, Since I have BBY I cant order a OEM JDM prepainted ;(

Jan 5, 2012 | 09:46 AM

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they didn't make BBY in Japan?

Jan 5, 2012 | 10:21 AM

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they didn't make BBY in Japan?

bby was for 8s, so no jdm 9 bumper.

i can instantly tell, but it's not BAD

Jan 5, 2012 | 10:46 AM

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they didn't make BBY in Japan?

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bby was for 8s, so no jdm 9 bumper.

This ;( Cheaper for me to go the Replica route then spend the cash on a oem and get it repainted.

sorry for the

Jan 5, 2012 | 11:09 AM

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I think it looks better than the stock bumper, and for 400 bucks installed and painted you got a great deal. I too notice the difference between the OEM JDM version, but I don't think its a huge deal at all.

Jan 5, 2012 | 11:23 AM

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Looks good man, love the JDM rear.

Off topic, but do any places ship JDM rears prepainted? I am looking for a WW one...

Jan 5, 2012 | 11:30 AM

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It doesn't look bad at all. And for the differences between this and an oem jdm rear is that this sticks out further to accommodate the stock crash beam like mentioned above.