You know John (boostx) probably want say anything but I will and not because were buddies but its just in bad taste and would say this in favor of anyone on here that has went to the trouble to prototype, produce and sell any product. He doesn't even have one of these cars anymore but still supports the community by having stuff made. He mentioned to me having these done in CF but I was against it for the simple fact that CF resin fails and looks like crap in a year. Everyone knows what a evo wing look likes after being in the sun for a while and that was a factory piece, yea I know mitsubishi farmed it out to another company but still they had top designers working on it and they failed as well as the wing and cost the company 10's of thousands I'm sure with the recall they did. The resin just isn't UV stable I give a sh*t what brand it is and if its a dry or autocalved piece. The lip he got was an original from JDM land and then was cut to make shipping to the end customer easier and cheaper and also so it would be a universal fit for US bumpers as well as JDM and bumpers that have seen better days and have some flex and sag. The material he had the plastics guy use was the top of the line stuff and way way more expensive than CF and will withstand impact unlike CF when a shunk decides to jump out in front of the car and commit suicide. Yea it looks ricey but really do you want your galant to be riced out with CF. and crack the first time a stone or something pops up. I was more than pleased when mine showed up and even played with it by twisting and trying to make it flex.
As for who did these for John I know where he works and whats he does and his title , He wants to remain silent in the deal but he's the head of his dept in one of the biggest companies in the south maybe the US. I think the guy knows what he's doing and this was done as a personal favor to John because there friends. But he's still buying the materials and had to pay for the mold and the construction of it. I think us as a community should be grateful instead of wanting a different material and something a few pennies cheaper.
For any of you guys wanting these lips I'm sure John can have more made and they still have the mold. I'm sure they could use CF resin instead of gel coat and make a run of these but I think he and others around here are kind of burned out about peoples word. Problem was everyone wanted them until he had them done and then everyone is out of money and this was asked to produce after they knew the price. People should be able to say I want x and be willing to pay when its done because not only are you paying for the part but someones time, materials needed, packing materials etc.
You know since I've been around this site I've been on the engineering end of most of the cool guy projects for stuff thats been produced and alot of stuff thats one off for people that most of the people on here have never heard about. I traded Paulo a old school afc for the first set of CF vents and talked him into that, sent him the original prototype for the speaker gauge pod and talke dhim into that, worked with John on the design end of the subframe and mustache brace bushings but this copy cat sh*t is piss poor taste in my opinion.
If you want to produce something try and produce something new instead of asking for someone elses work so you can copy it. Members on here don't have the last name of Gates or Trump and do this stuff to add to there income, make a living or support there car guy habit because with out it may have no money for car toys. Damn people this isn't prison ebay or some f***ing dsm site lets start helping each other instead of sliding a shank inbetween someones ribs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif.