Vetruck
05-06-2013, 09:43 PM
Ater several months of searching around (lightly) in spare time, I have been pondering what side skirts I want to use. I picked up a full Brabus kit (Front & rear bumpers and side skirts) around the end of last summer. A few months later I got around to test fitting the Brabus side skirts and I did not like how they appeared to look- it's a little tough when they are black (raw, never painted) and the car is white. THe car is a prefacelift 94 c220- and I much say the Brabus skirts do not look very different at all from the factory rockers other than being completely smooth. They mimic the rockers almost idential in shape and other than being smooth (no jack square holes)they hang down maybe 1/2" more than the stock rockers do- so why bother...
...Well I finally came accross a picture of a car with a full brabus kit that low and behold was NOT black- that meant I can finally see the detail of the kit on a lighter colored car....and my opinion is these side skirts are bland.1179
What most bothers me is the ugly use of the factory rubber insert pieces that go between the sideskirts and the body fore and aft of the doors. Maybe this guy still used the bulky units and not the thinner sport ones, but they still look like crap period. What I am noticing is most of the aftermarket units completely eliminate these molding rubbers. I like that, much cleaner appearance. I even like the use of the later Facelift rockers with the thinner moldings shown in attachment below...
... but that is still just everyday plain with millions of facelift w202 sports running around town with the same...if I have Brabus front and rear, I want a little more special on the sides, SO...
My real question is does anyone know of anyone, or have any pictures of the Duraflex CR-S sideskirts, or the AMG36 replica versions (which are a few dollars cheaper than the previous, but appear to be identical as the CR-S units both from Duraflex...go figure) that are on a lighter colored car where I can see the detail? the Duraflex adds all show the same car and it is fuzzy when enlarged- and as stated, both styles pretty much show the same pictures which leads me to believe they are generic photos and not the actual look. I am REALLY concerned with quality of fitment.
My last option is to lay out a premium on a few used C36 OEM's Ive seen for aprox $500 and not even the color I am after- I think crazy money for used scratched up and possibly broken pieces- you just never know what you are getting used and unless I can on-site see them prior to buy, I do not want to touch used internet parts for purchase.
Can anyone help me with pics of the Duraflex skirts?
Can anyone help me with quality reveiws of their fitment also?
Thank you, Dean
...Well I finally came accross a picture of a car with a full brabus kit that low and behold was NOT black- that meant I can finally see the detail of the kit on a lighter colored car....and my opinion is these side skirts are bland.1179
What most bothers me is the ugly use of the factory rubber insert pieces that go between the sideskirts and the body fore and aft of the doors. Maybe this guy still used the bulky units and not the thinner sport ones, but they still look like crap period. What I am noticing is most of the aftermarket units completely eliminate these molding rubbers. I like that, much cleaner appearance. I even like the use of the later Facelift rockers with the thinner moldings shown in attachment below...
... but that is still just everyday plain with millions of facelift w202 sports running around town with the same...if I have Brabus front and rear, I want a little more special on the sides, SO...
My real question is does anyone know of anyone, or have any pictures of the Duraflex CR-S sideskirts, or the AMG36 replica versions (which are a few dollars cheaper than the previous, but appear to be identical as the CR-S units both from Duraflex...go figure) that are on a lighter colored car where I can see the detail? the Duraflex adds all show the same car and it is fuzzy when enlarged- and as stated, both styles pretty much show the same pictures which leads me to believe they are generic photos and not the actual look. I am REALLY concerned with quality of fitment.
My last option is to lay out a premium on a few used C36 OEM's Ive seen for aprox $500 and not even the color I am after- I think crazy money for used scratched up and possibly broken pieces- you just never know what you are getting used and unless I can on-site see them prior to buy, I do not want to touch used internet parts for purchase.
Can anyone help me with pics of the Duraflex skirts?
Can anyone help me with quality reveiws of their fitment also?
Thank you, Dean