I saw another post about ABC Exclusive parts and thought I would add my experience with it as well. I had done some research into getting a cobra rear bumper, cobra wing, and grille insert. After searching through all the posts, I came to the conclusion that ABC was reasonably priced and put out a good product that was way cheaper than Cervinis.
So I call to place my order - very quick and easy - good customer service. The box arrives by freight (I think it was via Fedex freight services.)
Here's a pic of the box right after I opened it...
It seemed like it was well packaged and there was no shipping damage apparent. Unwrapped the parts and here's what they looked like.
The cobra grille had zero instructions or hardware. It was basically a fiberglass piece with a chrome horse. There is a wave in the fiberglass in the hole on the passenger side - not sure how noticeable it would be on the car, but I sure noticed it right away.
The cobra wing was the best piece out of all of them. It had packing tape stuck to it, and once you removed it, it left adhesive residue marks all over it. It looks like it will need the least amount of work to get it finished. There was one hole in it that will need to be filled - haven't found any others yet, but there may be ones lurking just below the surface...
I've saved the best for last - the cobra bumper. Here is the total instructions, and hardware that it comes with...
No mounting holes are drilled anywhere on it. There is a fair amount of trimming that needs to be done to get it to fit. In the picture below, the horizontal lip will need to be trimmed back to get it to mount flush with the body. You will also have to trim another edge to allow it to fit under the rear lights - they have left too much material there that if you didn't trim it, the whole bumper would stick out backwards about 2-3" - hope that makes sense
Probably the worst part of the bumper is the moldings - these were just terrible - there is no sharpness to these at all - there must be way to much crude stuck to the inside of the molds that were used. It will take a lot of body work to get it to look anything like OEM. I hope these come out okay...
Anyway, the bottom line for me was that you will spend WAY more $$$ to a body man to get these things to fit - at least to my untrained eye. I ended up selling the cobra bumper, taking the loss, and ordered a Cervinis setup instead. I returned the cobra grille, since it was easy to ship, and will hold on to the rear wing and use it - it was the best piece in the whole kit.
I called ABC and told them their kit was junk, and they said "what did you expect" or words to that effect. They were quite happy for me to send it back and they would refund the cost of the parts, but of course now I was out shipping it both ways.
My advice - either pay Cervini's now and save on body work expenses, or save on the kit, and pay a pile to the body work guy to get it to look right.
For comparison, here's a picture of a Cervinis cobra bumper
So I call to place my order - very quick and easy - good customer service. The box arrives by freight (I think it was via Fedex freight services.)
Here's a pic of the box right after I opened it...
It seemed like it was well packaged and there was no shipping damage apparent. Unwrapped the parts and here's what they looked like.
The cobra grille had zero instructions or hardware. It was basically a fiberglass piece with a chrome horse. There is a wave in the fiberglass in the hole on the passenger side - not sure how noticeable it would be on the car, but I sure noticed it right away.
The cobra wing was the best piece out of all of them. It had packing tape stuck to it, and once you removed it, it left adhesive residue marks all over it. It looks like it will need the least amount of work to get it finished. There was one hole in it that will need to be filled - haven't found any others yet, but there may be ones lurking just below the surface...
I've saved the best for last - the cobra bumper. Here is the total instructions, and hardware that it comes with...
No mounting holes are drilled anywhere on it. There is a fair amount of trimming that needs to be done to get it to fit. In the picture below, the horizontal lip will need to be trimmed back to get it to mount flush with the body. You will also have to trim another edge to allow it to fit under the rear lights - they have left too much material there that if you didn't trim it, the whole bumper would stick out backwards about 2-3" - hope that makes sense
Probably the worst part of the bumper is the moldings - these were just terrible - there is no sharpness to these at all - there must be way to much crude stuck to the inside of the molds that were used. It will take a lot of body work to get it to look anything like OEM. I hope these come out okay...
Anyway, the bottom line for me was that you will spend WAY more $$$ to a body man to get these things to fit - at least to my untrained eye. I ended up selling the cobra bumper, taking the loss, and ordered a Cervinis setup instead. I returned the cobra grille, since it was easy to ship, and will hold on to the rear wing and use it - it was the best piece in the whole kit.
I called ABC and told them their kit was junk, and they said "what did you expect" or words to that effect. They were quite happy for me to send it back and they would refund the cost of the parts, but of course now I was out shipping it both ways.
My advice - either pay Cervini's now and save on body work expenses, or save on the kit, and pay a pile to the body work guy to get it to look right.
For comparison, here's a picture of a Cervinis cobra bumper
Come on'......they out to be ashamed to even sell something like that. A buddy of mine bought a Saleen wing from them for his 02. He would up wrapping quite a bit of money into it at the body shop in order to get it to fit. Don't even bother calling them up to complain. They give you a real chit a$$ attitude and don't seem to really care. Bottom line, do it right the first time.......get Cervini's products.
