Buddy Club in Urethane?

[Kirei]

As far as I know the buddy club kit only comes in fiberglass. But I was told that they were also made in urethane. Can anyone confirm this? Know of any sites or anything? Thanks.

[civicSIracer]

nothing yet

[RacingCivicSi02]

yup nothing yet. i don't want a fiberglass kit myself either

[k2ep3]

if you are talking about JDM genuine buddy club, it's made of urethane, but it's really expensive... if you buy it, it will be like $3k.
here's website
http://www.first-inc.co.jp/index.html

[EnJaNir]

actually if i recall correctly the real buddy club kit, is over 3grand and is also made of fiberglass

[psylovibe]

i dont think a kit over 3k can be fiberglass?

[Si Death]

its very good reinforced fibreglass:D

[civicSIracer]

Originally posted by Si Death
its very good reinforced fibreglass:D

the sad truth:'(

[beansbear]

Have any of you seen a real JDM fiberglass body kit?

These things are so perfectly fit that there is little or no bodywork needed to make them fit. They are almost OEM. The reason is japan companies rarely mass produce this stuff. It's built to order and under high levels of quality control. The molds stay clean and when they get old they make a new one unlike some other companies that mass produce the copies .

JDM is worth every penny you pay for. My buddy club replica skirts are still binding in my passenger doorway and needed a lot of body work to get them to fit somewhat. I may purchase the real buddy club sides later since the front and rear of the kit i have fit ok.

[Si Death]

MAn beansbear you need to post more pics of your car. That chrome thing you got going on needs to be exposed:) :)

[beansbear]

what chrome thing?

im going to post pics as soon as my damn rims come in... *sigh*

[Si Death]

bah cant find the pic now but didnt you have the buddy club kit with the rsx looking grille and below it, you painted the bumper chrome??

[beansbear]

hmmm i have the buddy club kit with the RSXish looking top grill but it wasnt chrome. I think the picture i took might have made it look that way though. Its black.

Heres a preview of the car with the mugen grill installed.

http://www.hisurf.com/~scott/show03/mugen2.jpg

[Si Death]

AIUSDBIUASBDIUB!! OMG that looks so damn nice......:p :p :p :p :p :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Kirei]

Nice. Did you have to do anything to the bumpers to make it fit or was the replica pretty well made? Where did you get it from?

[beansbear]

the rear fit perfectly. The front was a tad bit off but you wouldnt notice it unless i told you. Can't really expect much from a non JDM copy kit. The tolerances are probably not as high as a real JDM kit since these are mass produced. The side skirts didnt fit that well but thats another story.

Overall though I give the kit a B+. There isnt anything to complain about that your body shop couldnt handle. I should have done a little more prep work before taking it to my friends shop since the front bumper has a few waves in the fiberglass, probably because the company modified it from the real kit to look different. the waves would be pretty easy to fix with some sandpaper and a bit of plastic filler.

[Si Death]

what do you mean by waves in the fiberglass???

[beansbear]

well, i think when they modded the mold, they took the existing one and fabricated a new grill to it. The area where it shapes into a "V" at the front of the grill was a little wavy seeing that it was probably the only part that wasnt from the original BC front bumper.

I think when they made the new mold, they didnt spend a lot of time to make sure the finish was perfect, they made it so that it could fit the stock grill if you wanted to though. I figure any body shop can work the imperfections out though.

[Si Death]

How much did it cost in total for all our exterior work including labor hours?? now that you've showed me the bc in black, i really wanna get it. You must post more pics!!!! your car kixors assors

[J-SpEc Ep3]

w0w ive been waiting to see a real pix of the bc front with a mugen grille... was wonder if u wanna let me noe where u got the front bumper from cause i wanted to add the mugen grille too

[Si Death]

HE got i from showstoppers and guess its the new design. I wonder who the manufacturers of this modified kit is...
looks damn good though anyway