for the money... why not? alot of people on this forum have ordered from VIS with good/bad luck. I was thinking of replacing my front bumper, and getting rid of my 97, but i dont have the money right now.

Many people have the knockoff, they just havent said anything. But like they said above, you get what you pay for.

 

LOL I will be one of them soon. I noticed it was in the wrong stop and now it's starting to bug me more and more.

 

It doesn't look quite right.... because it isn't. Please don't put this on your SC, Save up for the real thing.

http://www.t-and-e.co.jp/

 

This is what i did when i got it home and opened it.

I told the guy over and over that I didn't want a crap kit. This kit shouldn't sell for more than 400 shipped.

I gave the guy the kit back after hounding him for 2 months over emails and for phone. He only gave me 75% of my money back.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ghlight=vfiber

 

I bought a crap vertex knock off from ebay.... but i expected it to be a crap knock off. It was years back, possibly V-speed? My point is i expected it to be crap so i bought fiberglass from autozone with chicken wire(grill stuff) and reinforced the whole kit. It was very strong after.

But the fitment sucked, but I expected it and my friends body shopped chopped it up to work, in fact we chopped the bottom half of it and molded it to the stock 92 bumper (cut horizontally above the mouth like a huge Lip)

The worst part I feel about my kit experience is the chips, i drive the freeways and I drive fast, it was constantly being speckled with chips. Very good paint job and clear coating, or the bumper guard plastic are your options. going to happen whether knock off or not.

Moral of my story, i got what i expected, was prepared to work with it, and was happy. If you are buying this cheap version and are not prepared to work with it, I wouldn't take the chance that you are the lucky one who gets a good one, just communicate well with the vendor and be prepared when you buy.

 

First off and most importantly, do you have a body shop willing to do the work for you? When I bought my kit, I shopped around for a few body shops, and most say they don't have the time to do it. I ended up doing most of the work myself, and then just having the shop paint it for me instead. Also, this kit will be very nice if only you're willing to drop your ride as low as possible. I've seen a white Vertex SC just a few days ago driven by an asian lady, and her ride looked horrible being that it's not low enough.

 

Hahaha you my friend just made my night! Made no sense what so ever, but I like it!

 

you can get it buy you expect to pay at least 500-600 before paint.

 

People who say "don't risk it" or "you get what you paid for " pisses me off. I bought and still will buy knock off replica items as long as i do my research on it. If you're gonna buy it, go take a look at the item if you can and ask alot of questions. How many layers of fiberglass, where it's made and such. I bought my raceonusa vertex knock off kit and I didn't have to do anything to get it to fit. beware that some vertex copy kits don't have the highbeam cut out which is retarded to begin with. Make sure you ask them if the highbeam is cut out otherwise, it's junk. VIS makes okay copys of the front but the rear (full bumper) fits terribly. You must understand all fiberglass kit needs to be prepped no matter how strong or weak they are. Just another reminder, that video is used by many bodykit manufactures but that's not necessarily what you will be getting. all the companies 'claim' that's their product but they just use it for demonstration and you get a total different kit. i think the video originated from speedstash in the eastcoast IIRC. Good luck to you, and I've had good experience with raceon usa kits.

 

I have a raceon kit. they let out look at them if they have them in stock before you buy

 

all non oem kits will have fitment issues. heck even putting the 97+ side skirts onto the pre 97s run into some bolting issues. Originial AC, vertex, jic magic = flip a coin and that's your chances of getting a good kit that won't have any fitment issues. knockoff or authentic, there will always be something. bottom line, kits are kits, some are made in better quality some are just junk. forget about fitment, there will always be issues. it comes down to quality.