MMsTSX

Oh boy.
I ordered a Dry Carbon Fiber Manifold cover from Password: JDM.
On their site they had it listed as for "All K-Series Engines."

Well, that was a lie.
Turns out the only one they have is only for 06+ Civic Si's, and it has to have
some RBC or whatever manifold on it...

so...

I told them that I would obviously need to return it for a TSX K24 one, but they
said they don't make them. Not yet anyway.
It'll be around a month or so when they start to make them, and when they do
they said, they'd send me the first one.

And they'll hold on to my money the whole time while I wait...

...

Well, okay, whatever I can wait, right?

So today the Civic Manifold cover arrives. I figure I'll check it out, quality wise, then
send it back to them and wait for the right one.


Change in plans.

After looking at it, I'm sending it back, but demanding my money for a refund.
This is the crappiest piece of carbon fiber I've ever seen in my life.

The weave is just ridiculously loose and poorly done.

Here, look for yourself:










and by the way, my Mugen spark plug cover is solid as a rock.
no gaps or poor weaves at all.

so this is a pretty clear warning: never, ever buy any CF from Password: JDM.
They make junk.

jumpmanbsktbll

Eh, you just got a crap one. I was looking at other things made by them in cf for civics, tegs, etc., and the weave seems to be great, so why generalize they make junk over one bad product?
I agree the weaves suck so whatever.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

That piece looks pretty bad. I wonder how it would pass any kind of quality control...

MMsTSX

Exactly.

That's why I generalize.

If Password: JDM puts out this crap to me, they must put out this crap to everyone.

What do you mean, you look at other stuff and the weave seems great?
You mean in pictures? Or in person, holding it up to the light?

This isn't just a small mistake.
Over 40% of the whole surface of the piece is like this.

So whatever?
My bad, I don't want cheap junk in my nice car.
It's not whatever to me.

CGTSX07

looks like garbage. i hope they refund u ur money.

kowloonsniperhk

crap i ordered mine last week.

MMsTSX

Well, they don't even make one for the TSX.
so...

I asked that they change their website and not lie on it anymore.
So as other K-Series folks don't have to go through this.

They did.

It no longer says "for all K-Series Motors" it now says for "K-Series RBC."


So you'll get the same thing, for 06+ Civic Si's with the RBC Manifold only.


Please post pictures of you holding it up to a window or whatever when it
arrives. I'm curious to see if the quality is as poor as the one they sent me.

jumpmanbsktbll

haha i didnt mean like whatever put it in...i meant whatever like its a shitty weave send it back
and I was looking at threads on other forums and have seen teggys at shows with password jdm cf crap and its flawless

MMsTSX

well, maybe the guy making this one was drunk or something.
the surface is all pitted too. I didn't take a picture of that.
but it's not smooth, and the pitting is very uneven.

I'm in a pickle really.

I really want a CF manifold cover, but I'm pretty sure this is the only company
that would make it...

kowloonsniperhk

I will post pictures when it arrives. Should be coming in sometime monday.

kowloonsniperhk

do you know why it wont fit? how? just curious

MMsTSX

oh I can tell just by looking at it it won't fit.
I could tell that before it arrived actually.

I recently switched out my Silver OEM cover with a silver/red sticker for a
Black OEM cover with a silver/black sticker, so I'm quite familiar with the exact
shape and size of the piece.

I never bothered to try to test fit it.
Password: JDM also acknowledges there's no way it'll fit.
That's why they're making one for the TSX/K24 soon.

kowloonsniperhk

well i guess i can refund it also

MMsTSX

yeah, but they make you pay for the return shipping.
so it's still a pain sort of.

you gonna take my place on the list for the TSX one?
or just get your money back?

kowloonsniperhk

I think im just going to refund it. Better to have my money in my pocket than in someone's else's pocket heh i learnt that from my personal finance class lol.

I just can't believe they do such a crappy job on it.

MMsTSX

yeah, I hear ya, I was pretty stunned myself.

don't think I've heard a bad word about them yet.
that's just beyond bad quality too...

oh well.

we'll see how desperate I get for one in the future and if I'll try again.

jumpmanbsktbll

maybe ask for high res pictures of the manifold before they send it to you

MMsTSX

Update:


Well.

...

This is indeed how all CF from Password: JDM looks and how it all is made.
According to them this is how they ship all of their CF stuff, and we just have to
deal with it. Their exact quote:

So what do you all think of it now?
Knowing this was intentional and all...

jiggaman

they intentionally have shitty looking carbon fiber parts!? those holes are a lot bigger than pinhole size too. what a joke...

MMsTSX

yes, that company is a joke.

chuson

Like I said on the other forum, pinhole is acceptable but they have WAY TOO MUCH on it. If people see this on their CF Hood, I have no idea what will they thought of it. Send the damn thing back and ask for refund + Shipping fee too.