Spent some time in the garage today, losing my mind thinking I had lost something that as it turns out, wasn’t supposed to be there to begin with. Pro tip: these things do not have a cap. Non M cars do.
After that exercise in frustration, I figured best to just do something easy. So I installed this rear diffuser I bought from JL Motoring like 2 years ago.
Quick review: The fitment is meh with pretty big gaps. This should surprise no one though, at the price point. If I had spent say, another hour and a half with a Dremel and some self tapping screws and 3M tape, I think I could improve the fitment a little, but bottom line is the shape is just off. Not like the pictures on their website tbh, but about what I expected from crappy Chinese shit, it’s a 10 footer just like the rest of the car. I’m not mad because it was cheap, but if your car is “nice,” don’t choose this one.
The paint was done by Kings Auto Body in Long Beach, they did a very bad job and I would avoid that shop at all
costs.
Gauge a body shop by the small jobs they do.
Why would you take on something you see as insignificant and do a shit job, what, out of spite? Or out of pure negligence or lack of quality control? The color match is okay, but there’s trapped dirt, the mask line is bad, there’s a significant run, and there’s some black paint(?) on it that shows around the top edges. Also it took them like 3 or 4 weeks to do this. This was done quite a while back, during a part of my life where I didn’t have the energy to complain in general, so I took the piece and went on my way when I should have made them redo it. They also did another small job for my other car which came out like shit as well. All the good reviews you hear about Kings are from people doing pretty big jobs there, painting a cage, a full restoration, roof install, etc… But Ayed probably does those jobs himself and pawns off the little stuff to an intern.
Long story short, do not go to Kings Auto Body.
After that exercise in frustration, I figured best to just do something easy. So I installed this rear diffuser I bought from JL Motoring like 2 years ago.
Quick review: The fitment is meh with pretty big gaps. This should surprise no one though, at the price point. If I had spent say, another hour and a half with a Dremel and some self tapping screws and 3M tape, I think I could improve the fitment a little, but bottom line is the shape is just off. Not like the pictures on their website tbh, but about what I expected from crappy Chinese shit, it’s a 10 footer just like the rest of the car. I’m not mad because it was cheap, but if your car is “nice,” don’t choose this one.
The paint was done by Kings Auto Body in Long Beach, they did a very bad job and I would avoid that shop at all
costs.
Gauge a body shop by the small jobs they do.
Why would you take on something you see as insignificant and do a shit job, what, out of spite? Or out of pure negligence or lack of quality control? The color match is okay, but there’s trapped dirt, the mask line is bad, there’s a significant run, and there’s some black paint(?) on it that shows around the top edges. Also it took them like 3 or 4 weeks to do this. This was done quite a while back, during a part of my life where I didn’t have the energy to complain in general, so I took the piece and went on my way when I should have made them redo it. They also did another small job for my other car which came out like shit as well. All the good reviews you hear about Kings are from people doing pretty big jobs there, painting a cage, a full restoration, roof install, etc… But Ayed probably does those jobs himself and pawns off the little stuff to an intern.
Long story short, do not go to Kings Auto Body.
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