I recently purchased and installed a CF lip. I'm happy with the overall look on the car, but was a bit surprised to see two pretty noticeable seams in the lip (see pictures below). The vendor has told me that this is normal, but I'm looking for some validation from folks on whether this is really that normal. This is my first CF part, so I'm just not that knowledgable or experienced on what to expect with CF. However, for a part that costs 3 to 4 times more than polyurethane, I was expecting a little more quality.

Thoughts?

 

No, that isn't the norm. I have the Champion Werks spoiler which is seamless around the curves (at least I'm pretty sure....better go check).

 

Agreed with Bonehead, I don't think that's normal either. I don't get why there'd be seams. Probably a stupid question, but is it real CF?

 

Should not be a seam....looks bad

 

I had mine painted after a week or so, but do not recall anything like that prior to painting and I looked it over very well.

 

That is a poor bit of composite construction. I would put that baby back in the box and send it back.

 

the seams are where the carbon fiber material were mated together. using a long one piece of material would cause a lot of waste, but they deff could have done a better job with the overlapping, and no its not a real carbon fiber piece its just a carbon fiber layer on top of fiberglass or some other similar material. look on the back side of the splitter you will probably see the material its actually made out of

 

I have a number of ROTEC CF lips and none have a seam that is visable. Ray has been a pleasure to deal with.

 

That's bad workmanship Aerodude. I have the same lip but mine doesn't look like that.

 

I also have Ray's CF lip on my 996tt and no seam that is visible

 

Not normal for a quality part. I'd be disappointed. I'll repeat what all the others said - no seams on the CF splitter on my car.

 

Thanks for all the inputs. I didn't think this was normal. I talked with the vendor and he has agreed to exchange the CF lip for me when the new batch arrives in 6-8 weeks. I will keep you up to date on how it goes.

 

It has been suggested to me that my remarks were uncalled for and unnecessarily negative so I have removed them

 

What's worse is the fact that he tried to convince the buyer that it was "normal".

 

I really appreciate our advice and support Chuck. It's one of the reasons why I like to spend time here discussing our cars, researching products, and engaging the vendors. I'll let you and others know how this all turns out. For now, I'm OK waiting for an exchange. However, I do plan on checking out the polyurethane lip (aero style) since there's a vendor that's local to me. If I decide to go that direction, I may look to just return the CF lip for a refund given that a replacement is not readily available. I also appreciate everyone else's inputs. Thanks for the support!