Question about shineauto amuse kit
 

Hi guys, so i just ordered the shine auto amuse front bumper, i was told by the company that their hybrid frp is a different kind of material, which is more flexible and less prone to cracking. Can someone that owns the shine auto kit tell me hows your experience with it? is it actually less prone to cracking?

Thank you guys

Less prone compared to what?

To fiberglass , the shine auto one is hybrid fiber glass

Had their amuse kit for my s2k. Its just as advertised, my car was lowered quite a bit and even with scraping over the years it never cracked. Not to say it wouldnt crack if you werent careful tho, but compared to fiberglass its definitely sturdier.

thank you very much for your input, that puts me more at ease. My car isn't lowered yet, i was afraid even with scraping can cause possible cracking.

I am putting an aluminum plate at the bottom front edge of mine.

I have no experience with shine, but have always heard great things about the fit and quality of their parts.

I have also heard the customer service can be very unresponsive... but again, no personal experience here, just hearsay.

To prevent scraping? Isnt scraping only going to do to the bottom of the car? is it needed? If so any site sells one?

Yes, to prevent scraping. I have it under the bottom of the front section that is a bit lower then the rest of the front. You can see it in the picture. The part that goes all around the front. I also put some on the back side of the skirts (underneath), as that is a scrape prone zone as well,l from what I have heard. I made them myself. Traced them in Cardboard and then took them to a metal shop and asked them to cut them from an aluminum sheet. The body shop wil attach them with 3M tape. They said it will hold well.

Or you can have Fly1 make you a set, but it will be more money.

http://www.the370z.com/body-interior...splitters.html


http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/.../p1020101w.jpg

Shine cracks just as easily as any other rep/authentic kit that's fiberglass unfortunately.

Shine used to be the gold standard for rep kits, but their customer service is so bad... I don't think you should go with them, and god knows when's the last time they remade their mold. Fly1 has had some issues, but hey, you can blast them on here and you'll get a reply within a day usually, lol.

Fly1 or bust IMO *I own 0 Fly1 parts* (I might pull the trigger soon, but I still own 0 at this moment.

My body shop is very impressed with the quality and fit of the kit. So it tells you haw bad other kits are.That being said, they still had to repair some crack that were there from shipping and handling. Apparently that is normal for fiberglass and they were not surprised.

does it actually prevent the bumper from getting damage somewhat? Thank you for the link :)

I don't know. It should definitely prevent it from getting gouged. After seeing the undersides of some of the skirts and lips being sold here, I would feel more confident having the metal scrape along the ground, then fiberglass.

For $50 bucks I think it is a cheap piece of mind.

for sure , do you have a picture of yours?

Car is still in the body shop.

I agree with using an aluminum sheet. No rust and is lighter than steel. I would recommend using vhb tape along with screws and flat nuts.

What is the part number for the bumper in this image ??

Z34-FB-AVar.1 or something else ??

I like the look of the under tray

Part number? The image is of the authentic Amuse bumper.

Our customer service is "so bad"? What have you heard so far? Or is this just all hearsay. I would love to hear from those who have had a bad customer service experience with us.

And yes... we are still the "gold standard" when it comes to replicas. Who makes better replicas than we do?

Why does a mold need to be remade if it was built correctly and well maintained in the first place?

If you have a standard rigid fiberglass bumper vs a special formulated flexible fiberglass bumper, it is obviously to anyone with common sense the flexible version would be more durable. If you are hitting something straight on, then yes it would destroy in similar fashion. For daily mishaps such as speed bumps, pot holes, etc... you are certainly better off with something flexible than not. The benefits of our flexible material have been echoed by end users across a spectrum of automotive forums.

Seems like someone talking out of his ***.

My body shop is impressed with the quality.

Other then some damage from shipping that needed to be repaired. Which by the way Shine offered to pay for. Will see how the customer service goes when I email them the cost of those repairs. Hope it goes smooth.

Was this recent? I don't remember any 370z kit damage as of recent.

Shine for the win. I had it for my 350z and my current 370z. I did all the fitting myself and its greeeeeeeat!

-Tony the tiger

I bought it last fall or maybe a year before, but was not able to get the car into the body shop until now.

Check your e-mails. Zaslavsky. :tup:

Ok. I see it now. That was quite some time ago. Please let me know what they quote before agreeing to the repairs.

Ken

Thanks. The car is almost done and I have not seen the quote for that part yet, but I am sure we will come to a reasonable number that you can live with.

Had the shine amuse kit on my car for about a year, quality has been great. Scraped a decent amount before I put a skid plate on and no cracks, I'd still be using them if they had a full carbon option. So now I have fly1. I'd say fitment on the fly1 was a tad better then shine. But the shine bumper was like 98% oem fitment anyways lol so not a major diff. Also kit was shipped with no damage.


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UPDATE.

I contacted Ken, and he replied fairly quickly (< week). Ken and I came to a refund amount that was good for both sides. Money has been deposited with Paypal.

I am very happy with the product and service I received from Shine. Would recommend to anyone.

Anyone expecting an instant reply to their e-mail will be disappointed, but anyone with patience will be replied to in less then a week.

Thank you Ken.