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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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I've waited 6 months for my tommy kaira front bumper to arrive. It was a spiritual experience.


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Old May 9, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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Luckily I've had no long waiting experiences. MAybe I'm just lucky...
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Old May 9, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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damn ****in 6 months for a bumper?

wow, thats a hellava lotta time
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Old May 9, 2007 | 02:18 AM
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An NRG hood damper. After a whole month the payment hadn't even cleared, so we just requested a chargeback. The site doesn't exist any more.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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8 months for a set of ****ty *** coilovers for my last car, they took orders before the things were even made and didn't tell anyone. got some free tower bars out of the deal though.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:57 AM
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Props to you guys with the patience. I waited 60 days for my amuse, I went nuts. I wanted a TS rear diffuser but refused waiting 90 days. Then out of the blue Darren calls and says ones in stock {hell yeah}. Vendors don't want to invest in hard to get items for fear of setting on it but seriously if a vendor had 3/4 Amuse R1's setting in stock how long do they think they would last. I'm an impulse buyer, if it's in stock I'll buy it.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 05:29 AM
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6 months you have more patience than the guy in karate kid Daniel Son
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Old May 9, 2007 | 06:08 AM
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no long waits on shipping/ordering prodcuts just spent some time prepping for the install prices. (headers, HFC, Exhaust) After i dropped the bread on the parts another $600 was hard to come bye
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Old May 9, 2007 | 06:57 AM
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My very first car I waited almost 9 months for the wheels. Seems like all mods for the eclipse took ages.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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Its bad enough that i take forever researching parts, and then even longer to decide to buy it. I can't imagine the patience you guys have to wait more than a week on back-ordered/special-ordered parts.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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7 months for my Volks...

1 year wait for the full Do-Luck kit that never showed up......

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Old May 9, 2007 | 07:07 AM
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I can't imagine waiting 6 months but has it come in now?

Pushing4wardbac's car has been in the shop for two months getting its Nismo V1 kit painted, and it just got done like 2 days ago and the paint was horrendously off. First of all it took two months to get installed and painted? And now they have to redo the entire process? They say it will be done Friday.. we'll see.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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Quality and exclusivity is worth the wait sometimes.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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i waited 6 months for my jp type n front bumper....def NOT worth the wait even if u r sooo JDM
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Old May 9, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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approximately 2-3 months for my harness bar ...
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Old May 9, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Almost 2 months for the Seibon VT Hood. Hope it comes in soon!
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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lemme see...

5 months w/o car for ECU R&D
4 months w/o car for turbo R&D
9 months for body kit...
4 months w/o car for engine build & misc parts..
3 months for my RE30s

currently: 2+ months for my steering wheel..

patience is definately a virtue.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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When your waiting for something like Tomy Kaira, it's worth it.
Congrats and can't wait to see pictures of the car canny.
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