BuddyClub2 problems ---

[bonesmp5]

at first it was just a little gap on the drivers side( see pic )
not too big adeal but i still emailed them --
they emailed back saying nothing was wrong ---
so i thought i was imagining it --- wrong ---> ( see pic )
nope still there ---

then i went to fit the passenger side --- seems really well --- OH wait, it seems lower --Hmmm
take it off and compare the driver and passenger back to back ( ruler just for visual )
well the picture speaks for its self ---
a little gap i could have delt with -- but a difference in height i can not -- so i emailed them again with the back to back picture and i waiting for a reasponce ---

what do you think i or they should do ???????????????????

 

[Hollywood2009]

I would ask them to replace it, not ur fault or maybe not theirs. It could have been messed up when it came out of the mold... just wait and see what they say...

Good luck

 

[MotegiMazdA]

If thats the way their mold is your pretty much SOL. Its a custom piece its not going to be perfect. (although we wish it would) unfortunately this is not the case. From what Ive seen their kits fit pretty good so Im thinking it was a mess up. Wait and see what they say.

 

[SpicyMSP]

Yea they arent going to take it back or refund you. They cant take it back if it is altered. You can expect OEM fitment with after market body kits. Also, you get what you pay for.

 

[bonesmp5]

thanks for the replys -- im not asking them to take it back -- all i asked was for them to address the issue -- maybe they didnt know it was messed up -- who knows --- the only thing that i cant alter is the fact the driver side is shorter --- so ill keep my fingers crossed

but im just waiting to see what they say for know ----

 

[acidbug]

I have same fitment problems..and no they won't take it back!

Good luck..i priced a local body shop..to make it fit...they told me over $300! Plus cost to paint!

 

[acidbug]

pic

 

[Shane5425]

hell, my body kit fit like a glove, well after i took off the bumper supports off, see if a body shop can fix it if they dont do anything about it..
edit: mine is made by erebuni, got it from octanemotorsports.com

 

[bonesmp5]

well just as i thought -- they take no blame and im stuck with what i have -- which i figured anyways -- but i wasn't looking to get money back or anything -- just a set of sides that would match both sides ---

what they said was there was no way that on side could be shorter (like in my picture) unless my car had been damaged ----

go figure -- they blamed it on the car --Hmm

 

[DayOh257]

Looks like you got a little sagging there on the second pic..... Wasn't cured yet when they set it down.

 

[ProtegeES03]

seeing mine tomorrow, keeping fingers crossed.

 

[bonesmp5]

ya --but the sad thing is -- is they dont take blame and blamed it on the car being damaged --- but oh well -- ill check out the shop you listed and see if they can help -- thanks

Looks like you got a little sagging there on the second pic..... Wasn't cured yet when they set it down.

 

[Cellerator]

show those bitches the records of your car. prove to those stupid bitches that their product isnt up to par.

 

[haaswyk]

you get what you pay for.

i used budyclub on my honda CRX ... but it was just a honda ...
for me ... budycrap will never be used on my car ...

just my 2c

 

[bonesmp5]

should i retract my credit card payment -- or would that just be more problems later for me ----- (shrug)

 

[alexlitov]

I would try to do a chargeback since the vendor refuses to issue you a refund on a faulty product that they sold to you. You have nothing to lose...

 

[exaust_smoke]

I cant see from the pic with a ruler anything other thain the height of the peice, and the first pic does show the whole peice so based on those pic's I woud agree with buddy club, you should get pictures where its plain to see, a pic with a ruler, so its x amount of inches high, we cant see the other one so how can we tell if its diferent? and in the pic the close up shows nothing either exept that there is misplacement right at the edge, but the rest of the peice is out of vue. Based on the pictures posted I see nothing that would indicate that Buddy club was at fault, the peice could be cut in half and placed to look as it does in the installed pick, and the other shows nothing exept the height. Unless you sent them other pictures where its WAY more evident that there is fitment problems, I wouldt refund anything without proper proof, "I say it doesnt fit" doesnt cut it. There are many posibilities (bad installer, shipping accident, neglect) witch is why they need something other thain those 2 useless pics to warrent any cost of (replacing, fixing, ect....) but even with the defective peice a body shop can repair it and if there asking 300$ plus paint, go to another body shop and never return there there out for Blood. Look around get quotes and you should find a shop to help you without much cost, good luck

 

[exaust_smoke]

Be carefull when retracting your payment because you did receive the product and your card company doesnt care what kind of arrangement you had with the store (warenty guarenties, ect..) if you received the product your responsible to pay your card, if there are product problems they came after the fact (purchase seent & received) and are delt with the suplying merchant, based apon there return policy. So retracting your payment will just get you in trouble, but proporly documenting the problem and readressing it with they could help, I look at the pics posted and cant find anything to indicate a faulty product, so I sugest you try to take better pictures, better present yourself to Buddy Club 2 and see from there, again Good luck.

 

[bonesmp5]

the ruler was only used to show that the other piece is on the other side for comparision --- its not there as an actual measurement -- just indication ---

also if i take a picture for further away to show the whole skirt on the car -- then you would be to far away to see the gap that i had in questioned --- so dont assume im trying to be cheap --- i never onced asked for a refund -- and when i sent them the email -- it was out of good faith to let them know that there might be problem -- just in case they didnt catch it --- and the fact they replied back to say that my new car is damaged was kinda stupid --- but thats just my 2 cents

 

[ProtegeES03]

Most of the noticable problems are on the front bumper. Keep in mind my car is a sedan. The front (around the emblem) doesn't line up with the hood. The stock sedan grill is pushed up and a TIGHT fit to the hood, hard to close. There is a gap between the headlights and the front bumper. Other minor alignment problems (similar to the pic someone posted of the red p5). The rear seems to be a decent fit. The sides are ok but not perfect. Planning to get the front molded in the future.