Sensei, after reading your posts on this thread I must step in and give my .02 cents. I have attended auto collision/paint school, and I have worked extensively with composites. Therefore I feel I am qualified to judge the quality of a composite body part. I have owned Taitec, Marga hills,Kawagen Burn up, Lechers, and Sorcery body panels. For you to say that Marga Hills quality is perfect is ridiculous. I have had REAL Marga rear quarters, side by side with Taitec rear quarters. I personally like the look of the Marga quarters better BUT, the Taitecs quality is superior, I will tell you why.
1. Taitec Quarters fit perfectly on the car-a direct bolt on-enlarging the mounting holes inorder to shift the panel is unnecessary.
2. In SOME areas Taitec uses machined and tig welded brackets instead of molding on flimsy fiberglass tabs like Marga does, which will break if you tighten the bolt too much.
3. Taitec mounting holes are machined into the body panels using a high speed cutter, which results in perfect holes which do not have ragged edges.
Marga mounting holes are are drilled with a regular drill and to create an oval hole, it appears they just wiggled the drill bit around, which tears up the surrounding fiberglass.
4.Taitec quarters come out of the box straight
The marga hills quarters were twisted and warped.
5. Taitec gel coat and surface finish is about the best I have seen so far for aftermarket body panels. My instructor said they were the best fiberglass panels he had ever seen. Marga Panels leave something to be desired. especially the area where the bumper meets up with the quarter.
Marga front fenders will require work at the seam were the bumper meets the fender.
Are you responsible for the white 2002 nsx at the sema show? From the photos I saw it appears you didn't even test fit the panels before you had them painted. All of the gaps were terrible and the fit was way off. Your excuse that the hood had to be modified is lame. If you had some skill you could have done it perfectly. Ask pixelhaus for a photo of the Taitec nsx-r hood that I modified to fit 2002 headlights for him-It fits great because I took the time to do it right.
I am sure that you will say that the Marga parts I came into contact were "fake" and that is why they didn't fit. I think you use this as an excuse to justify the problems with the parts. These parts came straight from Japan to me.
I currently own a 1992 nsx with 2002 front end and Sorcery panels, quality is good, but I have seen better. I was willing to make a sacrifice in initial fit to achieve the look I wanted. The way the side skirts mount is ingenious. Any of these panels can be made to fit . The bottom line is that some parts take more work than others, and composite panels are NEVER direct bolt on. Sensei do you work with composites? Do you know how to paint? Or do you just send parts to a body shop who does all of the work for you? If I am wrong then I apologize, but I don't think you know what you are talking about . Pulling a part out of a box and looking at it, it may look smooth , that does not mean it doesn't need to be filled or sanded down in areas in order to fit properly. I have no reason to be biased as I don't sell any of these parts,and I don't have any Taitec parts on my car anymore. This is just my opinion based on the parts I have seen. You sell Marga parts and say they they are perfect, you are totally biased. If you said "Hi I sell marga parts and the quality sucks" no one would buy any marga parts from you. Lastly, if you think the marga parts on the white 2002 sema nsx fit great, then no wonder you think marga parts are perfect. I am not trying to get people riled up. Marga parts are usable, and look GREAT when properly fit and finished. They just need more work than Taitec.
