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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 04:44 AM
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Gialla front bumber for $325 !!!!!!

I found this on the web:

http://www.visionautodynamics.com/pr...productID=2341

The sell the front bumper in fiberglass for only $325.

Isn't it a little too low?


Any thougths?

http://www.visionautodynamics.com/
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 05:15 AM
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those kits are probably made in singapore or taiwan. It costs them 20 bucks to make one, so selling them here for 325 they make a good profit
It definatelly wont be same quality as gialla, but any body shop will make it fit just right and once painted its impossible to tell a difference.

Gialla kits are nice but insanely overpriced. I contacted them and asked why so expensive but they didnt have an explanation and only worried about somebody copying them. Instead of selling them cheaper and making profit they wasted time now you can get the same kit for 300. Their loss our gain.
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 06:31 AM
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Haha,

I like your startegic evaluation of their business model
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 07:09 AM
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so you gonna buy that bumper?
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 07:18 AM
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replica
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 07:28 AM
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i'd buy it for 325, is it with shipping?
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 09:58 AM
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Originally posted by maki
those kits are probably made in singapore or taiwan. It costs them 20 bucks to make one, so selling them here for 325 they make a good profit
It definatelly wont be same quality as gialla, but any body shop will make it fit just right and once painted its impossible to tell a difference.

Gialla kits are nice but insanely overpriced. I contacted them and asked why so expensive but they didnt have an explanation and only worried about somebody copying them. Instead of selling them cheaper and making profit they wasted time now you can get the same kit for 300. Their loss our gain.
Yeah its definitely a replica of Gialla. However, a lot of Japanese companies have been outsourcing and manufacturing their brands outside of Japan for many years. They have many facilities in many parts of Asia. So the quality control in TW, Singapore, Phillippines and Thailand have drastically improved over period of times. For example, HKS factory replacement filters are made in Thailand. haha So I wouldn't be so quick to put down the quality on some of the products that came out from there.

just my 2cents.
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 10:29 AM
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would you ever buy fake gold? thats how i see it
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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would you ever buy fake gold? thats how i see it
Bad analogy. You wouldn't buy fake gold for the same price as you would buy REAL gold, but would you buy if for a cheaper price if it served 90% of the function that the real gold served?

Lets put it this way, if you have a "fake diamond" that could hypothetically cut through hard metal or rock that would cost you substantially LESS than real diamond, but it worked almost as well, would you buy it? Probably.

At the point where the body kit serves an primarily aesthetic function, as long as it fits and is in relative the same condition, i don't see why it would be a bad alternative.
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 11:46 AM
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damn that place has got some cheap bodykits. Theyre local so ill drop by one of these days and check out the quality...b/c the prices are super tempting.
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 12:02 PM
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i think anything that is made imitation or not by the orignal real company is sh*t , thats just me though , i muist have expensive taste or high standards......if i were to put Anything on my car , it'd be the best of the best..... if you cant afford it , dont buy it or save up until you can afford it . not just for cars either , for everyhtring
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 02:45 PM
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the replica sucks, but that girls a$$ is grade A
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 03:43 PM
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Buy it and see if it fits and then tell me~
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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if it fits I'd be all over it. Call me a sucker and a cheap skate, but I'm down for a bargain
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 05:17 PM
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Bad analogy. You wouldn't buy fake gold for the same price as you would buy REAL gold, but would you buy if for a cheaper price if it served 90% of the function that the real gold served?

Lets put it this way, if you have a "fake diamond" that could hypothetically cut through hard metal or rock that would cost you substantially LESS than real diamond, but it worked almost as well, would you buy it? Probably.

At the point where the body kit serves an primarily aesthetic function, as long as it fits and is in relative the same condition, i don't see why it would be a bad alternative.
fit and finish might not be as good as gialla but its fiberglass you can add or shave to make it fit, once painted its impossible to tell the difference. For 325 its a great price
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