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Originally Posted by Shine Auto
Jsutton2,
Can you post some pictures of the bubbles uncovered? Were they small or large bubbles.
Our composite parts are hand-made. Air bubbles (small or large) are a common occurance because human production is never perfect/flawless. Sometimes sanding will uncover air bubbles, but that's the problem. You have to sand the part first to see if there were any air bubbles, which we do not do. Upon visual inspection, we do our best to spot any before they are packaged and leave the facility. However, that is a minor problem and can be filled with bondo, spot putty, and primer (if small). If a body shop cannot repair an air bubble, I would honestly question their capabilities and look elsewhere.
I can assure you no company offering composite parts REAL or REPLICA, will garuantee their parts to be air bubble-free. These are not plastic-injection molded parts.
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I wish I had taken some for you, but I didn't think of it at the time. They were small, but you sound familiar with the small ones. To be honest, it shouldn't have been an issue at ALL, but it wasn't uncovered till AFTER paint was applied for the 2nd time. It somehow was hair thin at the time of painting, and something or someone pushed on it to uncover the bubble. This all never should have happened if they would have painted it correctly the 1st time.
As far as the fit; the two spats didn't quite look the same on the ends, both front and back. One was sanded too much on the tapered end, so the shape didn't match the 2nd one.
The other one was much thicker where it wrapped inside the finder-well which caused a big gap in the fit against the bumper.
The tech could have addressed all these issues with more labor, but as it turns out, the tech (or 2 or 3) they put on this job wasn't worth a damn.
This is why I'd like to get a better product, so I don't have to trust a person to "make it right", and pay through the nose for it.