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05-27-2008, 12:43 AM | #1 |
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For those who got CF grilles...
For those of you who have installed CF grilles has anyone gotten small bumps on the grilles? Both Monsta and I have CF grilles and small bumps have formed, i am guessing its caused by heat that makes the CF overlays expand that pushes the clear coat up. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Typical poor design, poor implementation and or poor materials and process by small aftermarket folks who don't know enough about composites. No surprise. Ditch them and go with matte black - at least the matte ones that are not painted are solid ABS plastic.
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My second set is alot better than the first, but small bumps/bubbles w/e u want to call them are still forming. Im going to see how this set turns out, if they get worse ill just go with matte black.
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05-27-2008, 02:39 PM | #7 |
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I noticed the little bumps also, like it's expanding, I got mine from **********s, there should be some top quality CF grils 1*1 weave, if anyone knows please let me know!!!!
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05-27-2008, 04:48 PM | #10 |
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5th did you contact cyba again?
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05-27-2008, 05:37 PM | #11 |
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yea, Cyba has great service and i have the option to either get refunded or get matte black grilles and get refunded the difference. This is my 2nd set that Cyba sent me and I am very happy with his service and trying to help.
If modbargin's have those too then i guess it just depends on how they were made. Btw, all the CF/matte grilles come from the same place overseas, theres no difference between longtran/modbargins/cyba etc, it just depends how on well they were made, i guess some finish qualities are better than others.
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05-27-2008, 10:54 PM | #13 |
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Damn and I wanted CF grills
I guess I will go with mate black or just leave it alone until you all figure out what is really going on until I make my next move. Playing it safe for now
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That sucks! At least Cyba has great customer service. If you guys in NJ & NYC are experiencing this prob then I can only imagine how much worst it'd be for me here in Texas heat & humidity (read: much bigger bubbles). I guess it's matte black for me too until this issue is resolved.
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05-28-2008, 02:14 AM | #16 |
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I really think its a hit or miss, I dont think all CF grilles are like this, some people that i asked who has CF grilles said theirs were fine. But i am really picky about detail and a bumpy texture bugs me.
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I dont have a super fancy camera or DSLR but they are hard to capture. Its most noticlble when you run your finger across the surface. It should be smooth, but if u got the bumps you can def. feel them.
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