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E-bay body work from china

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Old 10-28-2006, 7:42 PM
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E-bay body work from china

well i ordered the repsol fairing kit off of ebay .. from china .. well you get what you pay for you know..
eBay.co.uk: " NEW " HONDA CBR954RR CBR 954 RR Full Set Fairing (item 230035408867 end time 10-Oct-06 21:15:00 BST)
the plastic is very very brittle, if you try to drill holes in it . make sure you go up in small increments cuase there is not much meat around the holes and you will tear off the plastic . the paint is ok .. but has lots of clear coat dripps on the edges.
also the molds they use or did use or whatever . all the parts are about 1/8th to a 1/4th to small so you gotta stretch everthing out and hope nothing cracks ( well trying to put on the rear section we had to stretch it out over the parts and WALLA it cracked next to the seat section about 2 inches long and there is a 1/16th inch gap from it not being able to close up )
also there is no tabs in the back to mount the rear brake light .. and also there is no tabs at all......it is all plastic plugs that you have to try to stretch the plastic body work into place . then drill a hole in the plug and hope that you can get it all straight ...the headlight doesnt even fit all the way in takes like 3 ppl to hold and pull and drill and put the screws in
....anyways it was a learning experiance and i would rather buy a full fiberglass set next time instead of the way to small,brittle plastic.drippy paint full fairing set from ebay .. ugggg
maybe i got a bad set or something . but be warned ..it is a pain in the ass to get on with out cracking and hope your screws stay in after everything is put together.
i think when all is done ..it will be a cool looking bike about 10 feet away

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Old 10-29-2006, 9:43 AM
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Re: E-bay body work from china

sorry to hear about your situation. i was looking at one of those kits for my 954. can you post a pic so that everyone can see the outcome of your hardwork. i would like to get an idea of what it looks like.
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Old 10-29-2006, 11:22 AM
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Re: E-bay body work from china

i was looking into a full set for my 929... i will def. keep this in mind... pics would be nice if possible
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Old 10-29-2006, 11:16 PM
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Re: E-bay body work from china

yes i will post pics as soon as i can .. ill get some close ups and stuff..
plus after it is done . so you can see the crack...and then the final look . now just need to find some paint that matches and redo the tank.
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Old 10-31-2006, 11:47 PM
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ugh.. tonight we were trying to fit on the headlight upper fairing assembly. and you had to stretch the windscreen upper part over the mirror mounting,s . plus the 2 bolts that go through the upper windscreen/bodywork/ fairing stay dont even come close with lots of pulling and stuff. ( i even went so far as to buy a front upper stay and lower stay brand new- just to make sure mine wasnt bent ) Nope it is the fairing
and the 2 bolts that go into the upper fairing below or behind the cluster. those plugs dont even come close .....gah > only thing holding it on is the headlight tabs and the mirror mounts OYE
but it is on ...it doesnt look crooked haha so far..just lots of stuff doesnt quiet match up.
just be warned maybe i got a shitty set were the plastic shrunk up ALOT..
but 350$ is a big savings over the stock stuff thats for sure.. JUST a fricken headache
ill try to get some pictures posted soon. but it does look kinda cool ...well 5-10 feet away HA HAHAAH anyways cbr954 full fairing set from e-bay is what i got the repsol painted one

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Old 11-12-2006, 9:39 AM
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Re: E-bay body work from china

I have seen alot of cheap @#$% come out of China. Plastic stuff is thin and brittle. Won't last.

"You get what you pay for" is very true coming out of China.

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