Warning for Fake Veilside Body Kits

[majikTib]

This post has been created because I have received many e-mails asking questions about the Veilside body kit that I own, and how I made it fit. So many people buy "fake" or "replica" copies of the Veilside body kit under the impression that it's the real thing. You can get these fake body kits for a cheap $500-$700 on EBay or some online stores (such as JFRacing).

One e-mail I received complained about sideskirts being 1-2 inches too long, the front bumper sticking out 2-3" too far from the fenders, and being impossible to mount. The headlight holes don't line up and leave a 2-3" gap above or below the actual headlights, making your headlights useless at night. The rear bumper is known to have large gaps around the tail lights, and not lining up under the hatch closing area. This one person paid $700 + shipping to get the body kit. He paid a body shop $1200 just to make the body kit fit, not including the paint and prep of the kit. For this much money he could have bought the real thing, at better quality, and put the body kit on himself.

I installed my body kit myself, with the help of a friend, in my carport. The sideskirts and front bumper took 4 hours, including removing the factory bumpers and sideskirts, and installing the new. The rear bumper took another 4 hours to remove and install (I had been in an accident prior and the rear bumper had several pop-rivetts that were near impossible to remove and had to be cut out). I did this with no body work experience and never putting a body kit together. Anybody can do this.

Just because a bumper has a Veilside logo does not mean it's real. Anybody can put a logo on their bumper. Veilside has an official "stamp" on the underside of the bumper showing it's theirs. If you are buying from a company other than that listed in it's list of distributors, it's more than likely a fake kit. None of the Veilside distributors sell on EBay. The Veilside body kits do not come with a baby blue, blue, yellow, red, or any other color gel coat. They come in white only. I ask those who do own a Veilside body kit NOT to post pictures of what the "official Veilside stamp" looks like on the back of the bumpers, so that we don't have companies replicating that as well.

If you are interested in the real body kit, visit http://www.Veilside.com and look at a list of their distributors. They have a few scattered across the United States. Contact them and ask about prices. Last I saw, they were about $1500 - $1800 for the full body kit.

My car has been used to help sell FAKE Veilside body kits on EBay, as well as some company websites. I have NOT authorized use of my car or pictures of my car to be used, and try to keep my car clear from all websites that sell replica body kits.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. majikTib@yahoo.com

If you are buying a Veilside body kit, and the company you are purchasing it from is NOT shown on this website, it's a fake.
http://www.veilside.com/veilsideusa/dealers.html

Brandon
-majikTib-

Nashville, TN

[Edited by majikTib on Aug 16, 2004 8:46 AM]

[01IMPORTSHARK]

yah my friend bought one for like 400.00 shipped. i wish i coulda shown the pictures on here. it was horrible.. the side skirts were barely the shape of the tibs.. the front bumper was horrible.. the rear, wouldas been impossible..


I helped remove your car in the past, and i do ebay and google searches to find ur car on these sites and have em removed... :rambo:

[tib06]

just got a fake fn for 20$ so how much could i lose... put it on and it fit's pefect

[kidwell03]

Yeah one of my boys bought one off ebay, and is having a hell of a time gettin it on.

[scrood]

Problem with rip off designs is they may be a 2nd or 3rd generation mould from a fibre glass original-after each generation a cheap mould is made. (Moulds are just a thicker fibreglass negative of what the finished product is) - A mould has a bar pulled out of it, and then that bar has a mould made off, and then that mould has a bar pulled from it and then another mould is pulled off that bar.
The problem with fibreglass is that it suffers from "shrinkage" while its curing in the mould. If the mould is a good one, the shrinkage is minimal, and a good end result will be acheived.
Shrinkage will also occur if the job is pulled from the mould too early or if it the resin was mixed too hot in order to cure quickly

[98tibbyfx]

yeah i think Ebay sux in the bodykit catagory.

[TAK82]

cheap counterfeit Body kit's are just one of the many way's counterfeiter's are giving the name and manufacter's of merchandise and good's a bad name,

[Jaws]

I warned againt fake kits for awhile. I remember the horry stories of people who bought the first gen fake Studie kits. Oh well buyer beware. What you save in money buying the fake kits, your going to spend double just to customize it to actually fit. So in the end you spent the same amoun tof money that you would have if you bought an orignal kit in the firs place.:surprised:

[t4turbotib]

I just purchased a fake vielside kit for a 00-01 tib i was planning on doing a 1st gen conversion. got it for 250$ i recived it and the sideskirts fit almost perfect i had one problem area fixed in 15min. The bumper however was packaged very shitty and had cracked during shipping. i am hoping today i can get an aproval of refund and rembursment or a purchase and shipment of another. but anyway i wouldnt doubt if the company i purchased mine from http://www.aerokits.net/chaser.html they have decent body kits if anyone has purchased a bad one from them post and say so to make me withdraw my conculsion. I belive for the 250 it was more than worth it so far IF it wasnt for the front bumper being cracked.

[boonedogg20]

i purchased a fake veilside kit that at first glance wasn't to bad but when i was installing it i ran into problems. couldn't shut my doors, rear bumper looked all twisted front had large gaps. it took a lot of time and money. i had it customized a little with the headlights and the sideskirts. i love the way it looks but it cracks easy. i wish i would have just forked over the cash for a veilside.....oh well live and learn