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What happened to ABS WALD LIP's?!@#$

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Old 11-05-09, 01:01 PM
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Hey guys, recently had a little accident and my ABS plastic wald lip cracked. while looking for a replacement i purchased one from ebay and well, lets just say it wasnt what i thought it was going to be. the fitment was HORRIBLE and it looked like the car had an underbite or something. so i returned that one and bought another on from absdynamics.com (which, thru my research, turned out to be a very highly recommended company to purchase the wald lip from. so i did. well, i was disappointed again as they sent me another lip that just didnt fit right. any1 know if the mold was changed recently?..heres something i made to compare the ABS wald lip i had before to the two that ive purchased in the last month. there are some minor (but possibly VERY important) differences in the two that could be causing a bad fit. any info any1 has would be great. any1 know where to buy one that fits good?..lol


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The WHITE wald lip pictured on the right is the "old" one that they used to sell which i cant find anymore. the BLACK wald lip on the left is the "new" one they are selling..anyone know why they would make a product mold worse?
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http://www.l-tunedparts.com/model/st...d=29&cat_id=12
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This is an authentic Wald lip. It won't fit USDM bumpers unless you modify it by cutting it and extended the sides. The replica is made for USDM. You can get it from http://www.intensepower.com/ for about $220 shipped depending on where you are located.
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but the lip on intensepower.com is still from ABSDynamics. they changed the mold and now the "type-W" lip looks/fits like crap. I will never again in m life do business with absdynamics.com. their representatives are a**holes, especially a guy named Eddie who is just plain cocky and thinks he knows what hes talking about when he has no idea. they sent me a product that was TOTALLY different than what was pictured on their website and now they will not pay for the return shipping ($50) which is in turn putting me out $100 since i already payed 50 to have THE WRONG product shipped to me. my advice is to not even bother with absdynamics.com
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that's what you risk with replicas, the more replicas that are made, the worse they get with fitment, shape, etc...most companies never change or clean out the mold so replicas just get worse and worse...especially when they are abs
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