why is the rxetreme scoot carbon hood so expensive?
04-18-05, 01:43 PM
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but its still a replica. vis also make a replica and its only around $500 on ebay.
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
04-18-05, 01:54 PM
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You will not regret buying one from Rotary Extreme. I have heard, on numerous occasions, that Chuck's stuff fits better than the originals.
Go ahead and buy one off of eBay. It won't fit. It won't have the rain guards. Usually in this community, you get what you pay for.
Go ahead and buy one off of eBay. It won't fit. It won't have the rain guards. Usually in this community, you get what you pay for.
04-18-05, 02:18 PM
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Chuck actually fixed imperfections in the original hood he got before making the mold. Whether you get it from Chuck at RE or from VIS, you will end up paying the money. The money you save with VIS, you'll pay to your bodyshop guy to fix it up.
Originally Posted by 2slow4u
but its still a replica. vis also make a replica and its only around $500 on ebay.
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
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04-18-05, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
Chuck actually fixed imperfections in the original hood he got before making the mold. Whether you get it from Chuck at RE or from VIS, you will end up paying the money. The money you save with VIS, you'll pay to your bodyshop guy to fix it up.
04-18-05, 05:38 PM
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I could be wrong, but the design of that hood looks like it requires quite a bit of post mold work to achieve the finished product which would be more then lets say a hood that you just pop out of a mold and be done with.
You cant make a hood like that in one shot, thats probably 3-4 different molds at least.
You cant make a hood like that in one shot, thats probably 3-4 different molds at least.
05-03-05, 11:04 PM
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Vis makes great quality products for all types of vehicles. They are raved in all other automotive communitys. In the past they made junk, but back then everyone did.
I don't know Chuck, i haven't worked with him *YET* but my guess to the price is that he was, i beleive, the first to make a replica of that hood. Plus he isn't as large as VIS the investment he made wouldn't be as easy to make back.
Its best to buy from someone like chuck who helps out the rx7 community specifically. That will help him bring more products in the future. But you really couldn't tell the diffrence, both come with rain guards as well.
I don't know Chuck, i haven't worked with him *YET* but my guess to the price is that he was, i beleive, the first to make a replica of that hood. Plus he isn't as large as VIS the investment he made wouldn't be as easy to make back.
Its best to buy from someone like chuck who helps out the rx7 community specifically. That will help him bring more products in the future. But you really couldn't tell the diffrence, both come with rain guards as well.
05-04-05, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 2slow4u
but its still a replica. vis also make a replica and its only around $500 on ebay.
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
anybody have the rextreme scoot carbon hood? hows the fit compared to the competition?
05-04-05, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by charlies7
it vents out alot of hte heat from hte engine bay, becuase as you should know the engine runs really hot.
05-06-05, 02:21 AM
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because he was the first company to make a replica of the scoot hood. now every ricer body kit company makes that hood. they make the scoot hood for a bunch of different cars now, the design was good when it was an fd thing stolen from porsche. now its stupid and played out.
