That's close to being installed correctly. You must remove the white plastic screw tabs on the underside of the front of the fender, put two bolts in their place, and draw them tight to make it sit flush with the front bumper. Now, you could Dremel or drill out the holes in the bumper itself so the tabs fit down in the holes, but those plastic tabs strip out very easily so I'd replace them with bolts anyway. Whoever did that just painted it, slapped it on, and took your money from the way it looks. It's a very easy fix, and shouldn't take more than a half an hour at the most to do it yourself.

 

The paint shop just emailed me these pictures yesterday . They just need to polish the bumper and sides and put on the canards. I should have installed pictures in 2 or 3 days. I'll update the thread again later to show the fitment.

 

yea i think most replicas have that gap.. I have that gap, I was also concerned about it but i couldnt justify paying "X" amount of money for a nitpick like someone said it is fixable but it wont be easy...

I talked to shine a while back and they said all V2 have that gap so it might be just how the manufactured it

 

Ya, after making this thread I found out that just about all replica kits have that gap, but it's not very noticeable once the kit is painted. Plus I'm sure my bodyshop will play around with it a bit to make it look good. I'll post installed pics in a few days to show the fitment.

 

Please hurry and install the kit, gotta see how good it looks without any adjustments to the replicas design

 

The body shop where I got it painted is installing it for me, I'm just waiting for them to call me and tell me to pick up the car

 

i have shine v2 and the gap isn't really that bad after paint

 

how can you drive back home, when i have your wheels

 

If I go to pick up the car and my wheels are missing, I know where you live

 

K let me know what day your coming over

 

I just got back home with my car. As far as I can tell, the paint match is dead on. I need to inspect it closely in a few different lightings but so far it looks really good. I'm happy they fixed the little gaps around the headlights. I let my friend borrow my DSLR camera so I won't have any good pictures for about a month, but here are a few pics I took with my mom's point and shoot camera. And also a short video to show the fitment. I feel like I have a brand new car again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7Ar7R5ENY

 

That is sooooo nice! I cant wait to get mine painted

 

Thanks Davis!! I know your's will come out sick

 

wow that turned out nice, i like how the paint actually matches. i've heard/seen that white is very hard to match.

good job .. now give me your wheels lol

 

Ya I was really worried about the paint match since PPW is so hard to match, but DTM did a really good job with it. It wasn't the cheapest paint job, but I'm just glad it came out looking good.

And no, you can't have my wheels :P

 

One of the best paint/installs I've seen on a replica V2, certainly the best on a PPW. Really well done calin.

 

Thanks!! I honestly didn't expect it to come out this good. At first I was really worried about the fitment since it's a replica and then I started worrying about the paint match since PPW is really hard to match from what I hear. But luckily both the fitment and paint came out much better than I expected.

 

That's what I worry about with my PPW when I get the C-West long nose painted and installed (the color match part, not the replica part ). It's looking like I'm going to use Intense's in house bodyshop and hope for the best. Should know how it turns out in a couple months.

Again, really nice job calin. I'd be proud of it!

 

I heard some really good stuff about the paint jobs at Intense. Actually I was just in Surprise AZ this last weekend visiting some friends . Make sure to post some pictures when you get your long nose installed, I want to see it on PPW

 

siick Calin, welcome to the fam