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joe f wrote:
jonny f wrote:Hope they realise the srb spoiler doesn't fit to great!
This.

So the fibreworx spoiler is gonna be a rep of a rep?
yea :L

he wasnt happy with the standard of the wing so will be fiddling with it to improve the fit, has great attention to detail, cant wait to get my carbon one back (Y)
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Good good :)

My srb wing is S*!t.
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thenapster wrote:haha ok lil, well fibreworx just came over to get the wing, so il let you know when i get it back. and then they will have carbon fibre ones soon. they will also be making carbon/fibreglass sunroof bungs and panels when i get round to remove mine for a mold
Okies! If it fits as badly as everyone is saying, I might give it a miss and just fab my own out of alu, at least it'll be one off then :)
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five wrote:
thenapster wrote:haha ok lil, well fibreworx just came over to get the wing, so il let you know when i get it back. and then they will have carbon fibre ones soon. they will also be making carbon/fibreglass sunroof bungs and panels when i get round to remove mine for a mold
Okies! If it fits as badly as everyone is saying, I might give it a miss and just fab my own out of alu, at least it'll be one off then :)
Ha, I was gonna do that!
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From what I can see, I reckon it would be fairly easy, especially with all the right tooling. I'll have a look today :D
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joe f wrote:Good good :)

My srb wing is S*!t.
mine doesnt fit too bad, just needs a little bit of playing with to get it 100% perfect. looks like you had the apprentice making yours :not top:
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Guys, if there is a problem with your wing, please tell us!

Aside from Joe, not 1 single bit of feedback has reached me to say there are any problems..... we've sold over 50 now!

From images Joe sent me, I couldn't tell that it needed anything other than positioning correctly and maybe some trimming, which is standard stuff for anything frp as I'm sure you're all aware. Difficult to tell via images - and the wing is an exact copy of the Chargespeed one, aside from the CS one being a bit more glossy in finish as they have a team that refinish everything before shipping.

They all get made by one man, with one mould, using the same materials etc. After every 5 are pulled from the mould, it's checked and polished again to ensure a good finish is maintained. They all come out the same. Although we have had a HUGE amount of orders for them, our instructions were and always are to never pull from the mould until it's cured. It means it's not the fastest process, but it's the only way to make sure none come out warped etc

If anyone is local to us, (Grays, Essex) and wants to pop down so we can offer a wing up to the car and check it together, please let me know and we'll arrange a time that suits and make sure we get a wing saved to do so.
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Without getting into a mass debate (hehe) it must be a very poor fit for Joe to be that unhappy with it, you dont see him complaining about many things.
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To be fair i looked at it and it didn't seem to bad. I could clearly see what joe was saying though. The bits at the back were never going to sit flush without a large amount of trimming.
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You didn't see it on the car though!

Dad did, even he said it was crap.
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I think a product review is needed.
Most copied stuff needs a little fettling.
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Another small update. Sunroof has been removed and is off to fibreworx later this week to be used as a mold for sunroof bungs and panels
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finally got some half decent pictures of the gl now, my local car club had a small bbq meet at the local pub (Y)
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Bit of reverse rake, other than that it's very cool :top:
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trust me, theres no rr, i would be sat in a corner crying if there was... some photos it does look like it but its sat level
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