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Hey guys,

I know VIVA GARAGE is one of our sponsors, but how reliable are they? And how much modification do their kits need to be fitted? I'm interested in the Type T body kit. Some of these companies can be a bit dodgy, so I'd rather ask around before sending off my hard earned cash.

Cheers,

Rhys

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very reliable and quick, bought 3 kits off them now and all of them have been better quality than some of the guys who sell kits for $550 or thereabouts.

we still used a tiny bit of filler to even up the kit after fitting it, but that's only cos we're pedantic. no ripples and ungodly warps.

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lol no bias, I actually started buying kits off them before they signed up as traders here. If someone else can offer a cheaper kit at the same quality I'll jump ship, but for now Viva gets return business from me and my mates.

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Doesn't look like very good fitment there?

I'm VERY VERY interested in buying carbon door skins, so I'm genuinely interested if this is a good product, but going by these photos I'm not so sure :blink:

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lol i'll concede that I've never got any carbon products or interior bits off em, only bodykits.

fitment on that door skin is kinda shocking... maybe they just hung it on there for the pic... altho it does look clipped in.

but then why would you want such a heavy chunk of fibreglass (with a layer of cf on top for looks) on your race car? just strip the door and rivet on some aluminium sheeting... add knee pad and you're good to go.

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lol i'll concede that I've never got any carbon products or interior bits off em, only bodykits.

fitment on that door skin is kinda shocking... maybe they just hung it on there for the pic... altho it does look clipped in.

but then why would you want such a heavy chunk of fibreglass (with a layer of cf on top for looks) on your race car? just strip the door and rivet on some aluminium sheeting... add knee pad and you're good to go.

Yeah... you WOULD know all about knee pads, wouldn't you? :(

Who said I wanted a heavy chunk of fibreglass? I said that I wanted carbon door skins :D

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Yeah... you WOULD know all about knee pads, wouldn't you? :(

Who said I wanted a heavy chunk of fibreglass? I said that I wanted carbon door skins :D

Im pretty sure they are not real/full carbon skins mate, rather just fibreglass ones with a carbon top layer, much like most of the cheap carbon bonnets you see around - So chances are they aren't going to be *that* light either.

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Yeah... you WOULD know all about knee pads, wouldn't you? :(

Who said I wanted a heavy chunk of fibreglass? I said that I wanted carbon door skins :D

don't make me drag out all the pics of you on your knees.

somehow I don't think that's pure CF.

what about D-max ones?

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I wouldn't worry too much about the fitment, but I would really want to know what they weigh. after all their main purpose is weight savings. There are others out there from about $1000 a pair up to about $3000 a pair for the mickey mouse ones. though I know it's not always the case the price on these ones should give you an indication of where they fit into the market..... :(

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I questioned the quality of these products, and as a reasoning, I mentioned that I was after carbon doors. The thought that these were pure carbon never entered my mind. Especially at that price. That was your assumption...

Farken hell, give me some credit you butt monkeys!

:D

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Hey guys,

I know VIVA GARAGE is one of our sponsors, but how reliable are they? And how much modification do their kits need to be fitted? I'm interested in the Type T body kit. Some of these companies can be a bit dodgy, so I'd rather ask around before sending off my hard earned cash.

Cheers,

Rhys

You get what you pay for. :)

I work as a panelbeater in Melbourne. Bought some stuff off Viva last year after a had a little car accident in my 32. :ermm:

Im halfway through doing a widebody on my car using Viva garage front guards, Uras sideskirts, Uras rear bar. I bought the rear quarters, Do-luck front bar and fibreglass bonnet somewhere else. The bonnet I had didn't line up to the guards and the guards didn't line up properly with the doors. The sideskirts were meant to be flat but had massive ripples through it which I've had to use heaps of body filler to straighten it out. It has been a real headache to get the parts to fit nicely. I'm currently up to doing the rear bumper which I've left till last because it looks like the most work - gaps under tailights are big on one side and small on the other, the bar is wavy as all hell and the bar ends barely wrap around the quarters even after forcing it and cracking the upper edge. :O

My mate just bought a carbon fibre C-West Copy S15 bonnet which set him back a little bit of cash but it still ended up being slightly cheaper than bonnets from other places. He also ordered an S15 M-sports front bar, S14 Uras skirts, S14 Uras rear bar and Viva's wider rear quarters. He bought the front conversion guards from Top stage. The only thing that fit well straight up on his car were the side skirts and the guards. Everything else was a really time consuming to get it right and even then its not perfect. ie. front bar has huge gaps under the headlights and doesn't line up to the bonnet. Rear quarters were not the exact same shape on both sides. :/ Rear bar is wavy as hell and keeps cracking on the corners where it wraps around the metal part of the quarters. :ermm:

End of the day, I needed parts to fix my car and make it look a bit better but I didn't have a lot of money and I tried to save cash by buying cheaper products from Viva. I couldn't afford the time to send the kit back and wait for a refund or whatever as my car was off the road and it was my only form of transport to work which was 30km away. I knew their parts wouldn't be the best but it really astounded me the amount of time I have to spend fixing "new" parts. It would cost way too much paying someone else to try and fix it. It's not until now that I realise that I could have saved a lot of time and effort in the first place by spending more money on the kit in the first place. If you don't mind having a car with a kit thats cheap, nasty and has gaps and fits like a loose crack ho, then the parts aren't a real problem. :huh: If you really love your car, I would get your stuff somewhere else and you'll save in the end. :banana:

BTW Viva S14 Uras side skirts fit really well! :D

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  • 3 months later...

anyone bought anything for an R34 from Viva Garage yet?

placed an order today, will arrive after i've transferred full payment, would also like to hear some opinions, cheers!

BTW David seems very nice, spoke to him today, very friendly guy

Andrew :D

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lol panel beater suggests he can work with fibreglass quite well... will have to wait and see...

i'm also thinking Silvia Products may have different moulds and maybe not as strong or specific as the Skyline ones...

funkymonkey seems to have had good experiences with them?

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good experiences up until recently... for soem reason the stuff we ordered in the past was of decent quality, but of late they've been... well... questionable. see my build thread for the quality of the stuff provided. rear bar had a gap between the boot more than about 1cm wide... even after mounting it properly, any more flex and it'd have cracked.

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