Tjin Edition Trunk Group Buy
i personally havent gotten to even touch mine yet due to me still being over seas till the end of the year...im going off of the issues that keep coming up when people are installing theirs..thats y im hoping maybe sum1 in the milwaukee area who has 1 and installed it would be able to help me out when i get back that or ill pay a shop to do it
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i personally havent gotten to even touch mine yet due to me still being over seas till the end of the year...im going off of the issues that keep coming up when people are installing theirs..thats y im hoping maybe sum1 in the milwaukee area who has 1 and installed it would be able to help me out when i get back that or ill pay a shop to do it
lik i said im going off the same issues that every1 else is bringing up...cuttin a lock mech is ok itll jus take time depending on how it needs to be done but i wont dare sand it or cut the reverse lights out or wutever..jus dont trust myself enough id rather make sure its done right the 1st time so i have a neat and clean finished product in the end
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Dude, its a carbon fiber trunk, and from what it looked like in the R&D pictures, they had a cobalt to make them fit perfectly, for 600 bucks, I'd be expecting at the very least to drill a couple holes in the fiberglass for the wires, but to have to modify the wing, the light buckets, espically being that thats the carbon fiber parts, no no no no, All thats telling me is they have the time and paicents to make their buddies car look perfect, but they don't care about their costumers cars. that trunk with all the extra work people have to do to it, and you say have a body shop mess with it, ok, now someone paid 600 bucks for a trunk lid, now they have to take it to the body shop and any body shop to mess with carbon fiber thats gonna be 200-400 bucks right their to fix the company's carelessness, and lets not forget about what I've heard about their packaging for shipping, I think we need to start something to have this company give half the money back to everyone for their mistakes, that would be a fair deal than. its all about the customer, thats what companies need to relize, but now days most of them our out to just make money and say screw the consumer.
Yes they had a Cobalt to model from. But every car is slightly different and every piece of hand laid fiberglass and CF cures slightly different. Maybe you've never worked with this stuff before? You sure come across that way. The perfect little utopian vision your spinning doesn't match any experience I've ever had. Not in 25 years of being around this stuff.
But if you want to just throw it on there sure. You can do that. You'll be done in 20 minutes. Mind you it'll look exactly like you just threw it on there. Personally, I want a little better so I put in the effort to get there.
I'm thrilled with what I got when I got this trunk. It was exactly what I expected to get and I couldn't ask for more than that. I have no idea why all the hate in this thread. All I can figure is that some of the people posting here have unrealistic expectations. And of course, this is CSS.net.
Last edited by Sox-Fan; Aug 1, 2012 at 09:21 PM.
You are blowing this entirely out of proportion. If drilling two holes for the tail light mounts equates to "modifying the light buckets" then clearly neither this nor any other aftermarket trunk lid is for you.
Yes they had a Cobalt to model from. But every car is slightly different and every piece of hand laid fiberglass and CF cures slightly different. Maybe you've never worked with this stuff before? You sure come across that way. The perfect little utopian vision your spinning doesn't match any experience I've ever had. Not in 25 years of being around this stuff.
But if you want to just throw it on there sure. You can do that. You'll be done in 20 minutes. Mind you it'll look exactly like you just threw it on there. Personally, I want a little better so I put in the effort to get there.
I'm thrilled with what I got when I got this trunk. It was exactly what I expected to get and I couldn't ask for more than that. I have no idea why all the hate in this thread. All I can figure is that some of the people posting here have realistic expectations. And of course, this is CSS.net.
Yes they had a Cobalt to model from. But every car is slightly different and every piece of hand laid fiberglass and CF cures slightly different. Maybe you've never worked with this stuff before? You sure come across that way. The perfect little utopian vision your spinning doesn't match any experience I've ever had. Not in 25 years of being around this stuff.
But if you want to just throw it on there sure. You can do that. You'll be done in 20 minutes. Mind you it'll look exactly like you just threw it on there. Personally, I want a little better so I put in the effort to get there.
I'm thrilled with what I got when I got this trunk. It was exactly what I expected to get and I couldn't ask for more than that. I have no idea why all the hate in this thread. All I can figure is that some of the people posting here have realistic expectations. And of course, this is CSS.net.
Who the hell wants to drill the lock mech out?! Why!? Just leave it be pretty and clean. I've never used a key on a trunk ever.
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thats alright. im trying to sell mine and some ppl are so worried about the work u have to put into it to put it on. its like i said anything aftermarket will have work to make fit right. like a bodykit for instance.
all my other suv, van or wagons just unlock and had a latch.
Some people don't wanna bother with the hassle of making, something that is made for our car, fit.
Enough bitching. Ask about how to install or the trunk, no more of this complaining crap. We know..it's been said we are done. Let's move on with constructive talk.
Wtf...how old are you?! 
I was partially privilaged to have a newerish car at 16 but had to work for it.
Hey I wanted to thank everyone for install tips. I'll be installing it in a couple weeks I bet. I go on vacation this Friday. I'll be posting up....holy **** how do I do this all the time
I was partially privilaged to have a newerish car at 16 but had to work for it. Hey I wanted to thank everyone for install tips. I'll be installing it in a couple weeks I bet. I go on vacation this Friday. I'll be posting up....holy **** how do I do this all the time
lol there is lil dimples on the trunk where to drill or if you want put some blue paint on your tailights and put them in the holes its easy all you guys are waaay over analyizing this ****
