Fake TRD kits

[TRD73]

Has anyone ever bought a fake TRD bodykit off of Ebay?? it's soo hard to find a real one these days. I own a gen. 1 solara i saw a fake one on Ebay and was interested in purchasing it. I wanted know how difficult it is to install and if there were any problems.

thanx in advance.

[ChargedSolara]

not sure on fitting, but they are made out of fiberglass, whereas the real trd kits are polyurethane.

[WTF??]

Go here to read more: http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=15104
This was discussed pretty recent...

Lot of informative feedback about the replica kit... plus theres another link within that thread that you should check out...

[ICrazyChrisI]

Get the replica if you don't mind missing the middle rear piece..forget what you've heard in terms of reliability. I've seen both, fiberglass wont just crack as many have said, Ive seen some kits with heavy scratches w/o any cracks, while I've had a authentic trd kit crack on me..

[SC V6]

the replica needs painting tho

[TRD73]

Thanx for all the responses, i'm really considering the replica TRD kit cuz the real ones are soo hard to find nowadays and when i do find one someone else always jumps on em before i can. I'll keep you all posted one what happens

[michaels artic frost]

Thanx for all the responses, i'm really considering the replica TRD kit cuz the real ones are soo hard to find nowadays and when i do find one someone else always jumps on em before i can. I'll keep you all posted one what happens

Fake TRD kit...DO NOT BUY unless you want headache!

Don't do it, you're asking for lots of headache. They may tell you all they want that it's bolt on, but it's not. I personally know this because a local friend purchased one from ebay and paid 300 plus 150 for shipping and it was not bolt on trust me. The bodyshop couldn't even put it on without having to do some custom fabrication work.

So, they ended up putting it back on ebay and lost money on the kit. I'm just telling you from personal experience. They would have purchased a real Gen 1.5 TRD kit and modified the front valences, but I didn't have any for sale at the time.

Don't settle on this honestly. But if you do, look to spend more money then you intend. Most of the TRD kits come painted to match your color code and would be easy bolt on process for you.

Just my 2cents.

-Michael

[krawzyazn]

there is on for sale he wats 750 for it its the new one in the forsale section

[ICrazyChrisI]

Thanx for all the responses, i'm really considering the replica TRD kit cuz the real ones are soo hard to find nowadays and when i do find one someone else always jumps on em before i can. I'll keep you all posted one what happens

Fake TRD kit...DO NOT BUY unless you want headache!

Don't do it, you're asking for lots of headache. They may tell you all they want that it's bolt on, but it's not. I personally know this because a local friend purchased one from ebay and paid 300 plus 150 for shipping and it was not bolt on trust me. The bodyshop couldn't even put it on without having to do some custom fabrication work.

So, they ended up putting it back on ebay and lost money on the kit. I'm just telling you from personal experience. They would have purchased a real Gen 1.5 TRD kit and modified the front valences, but I didn't have any for sale at the time.

Don't settle on this honestly. But if you do, look to spend more money then you intend. Most of the TRD kits come painted to match your color code and would be easy bolt on process for you.

Just my 2cents.

-Michael

There are members on this forum that purchased the replica kit w/o any issues as well. ALSO, there have been members that purchased REAL trd kits DIRECT from Molly only to find out the sides were different lengths..so no company is perfect. SO ONCE again...

Get the replica if you don't mind missing the middle rear piece..forget what you've heard in terms of reliability. I've seen both, fiberglass wont just crack as many have said, Ive seen some kits with heavy scratches w/o any cracks, while I've had a authentic trd kit crack on me..

[jhenty]

just do it right the first time, urethane is the only way to go.

[WTF??]

there have been members that purchased REAL trd kits DIRECT from Molly only to find out the sides were different lengths..so no company is perfect.

Molly took back the side skirts and gave matching lengths on that one... not much of a headache of modifying or custom fabrication... it was a simple ship back and receive new ones... anyway it wasnt me... whoever it was, they ended up happy with the real TRD kit

[krawzyazn]

there have been members that purchased REAL trd kits DIRECT from Molly only to find out the sides were different lengths..so no company is perfect.

Molly took back the side skirts and gave matching lengths on that one... not much of a headache of modifying or custom fabrication... it was a simple ship back and receive new ones... anyway it wasnt me... whoever it was, they ended up happy with the real TRD kit

those side that they gave you were for the topless solara

[WTF??]

It wasnt mine lol..... mine fit fine n never had a complaint

Mark man... read the entire post before you go off lol

[ICrazyChrisI]

there have been members that purchased REAL trd kits DIRECT from Molly only to find out the sides were different lengths..so no company is perfect.

Molly took back the side skirts and gave matching lengths on that one... not much of a headache of modifying or custom fabrication... it was a simple ship back and receive new ones... anyway it wasnt me... whoever it was, they ended up happy with the real TRD kit

Yeah well Molly aint around to fix that problem anymore, so if you do somehow get a new kit from some dealership, you're assed out.

[krawzyazn]

It wasnt mine lol..... mine fit fine n never had a complaint

Mark man... read the entire post before you go off lol

I know I'm just saying that those side were for the converts not the hard tops