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<blockquote data-quote="vantageX" data-source="post: 1329908" data-attributes="member: 28293"><p>IN GENERAL</p><p>1. Are you familiar with fiberglass bodykits?</p><p><strong>Yup</strong></p><p>2 Have u done any of those fiberglass products at yr car(s)?</p><p><strong>Nope, reason below</strong></p><p>3. Where do u get yr car(s) done? (shop name, location)</p><p><strong>See above.</strong> </p><p>4. Do u think local fiberglass bodykits are up to yr expectation in terms of design?</p><p><strong>There are one or two big companies that do good jobs but mostly no.</strong></p><p>5. Are they durable enough (fragility)? </p><p><strong>Nope</strong> </p><p>5. What do u think of their work, is it worth yr money?</p><p><strong>Nope</strong></p><p>6. How much are uwilling to spend for fiberglass bodykits?</p><p><strong>Need to see results first to justify the costs involved. Naturally a good job will cost money, there's no denying that.</strong></p><p></p><p>TECHNICAL </p><p>7. Do u think the local bodykit designs are arodynamic?</p><p><strong>No just weird and some even make aerodynamics worse. I know it can't be tested without a wind tunnel but you aren't gonna see any difference below 130kph on the road and do you think adding a huge rear wing with a standard front end is gonna bring benefits?</strong></p><p>8. Do u think the bodykits are suitable for the road in M'sia?</p><p><strong>Not the extremely low ones and the cheaper ones will suffer from all the vibrations that your car generates by being on M'sian roads</strong></p><p></p><p>9. Do u know any other materials such as PU(polyurethane), FRP (fiber-reinforced-pu), or kevlar?</p><p><strong>PU is generally strong, FRP should be strong not familiar with it, kevlar is over the top a bit but still a good material</strong> </p><p>10. Do u think any of the materials suits for bodykits making? WHY?</p><p><strong>Yup because of the strength each one offers</strong></p><p>11. Do u think local car manufacturer should come with that material for the bumpers, skirting etc? (from question 10)</p><p><strong>No, they should stick to what they know best and some mentalities need to be changed within the companies then they explore different materials. With the current people in charge, those materials will just be used to raise the prices of cars and to make money in any way they can</strong></p><p>12. Do u think local car designs are up to international standard?</p><p><strong>No</strong></p><p>13. If u are a local car designer,what would u do to make our local car more competative?</p><p><strong>Being original would be a start. Stop immitating 98% and use foreign designs just for inspiration and not as a starting block for a new National car. Improve QC and after sales service. Shift up to Euro 5 standards and go head to head with some foreign manufacturers. Honda has Toyota. Mercedes has BMW. Ferrari has Lamborghini. 21 years is a long time and we should be able to at least have an equal competitor out there. At the moment the National car cannot even go up against Naza as a fair fight so what's the excuse now? </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Create an identity. An Audi A4 and A8 can be said to be brothers. Same goes for the BMW 1-series and the 7-series. Wira, Waja, Savvy, Gen-2 - The resemblance is only in the badge and even that has changed in recent years. Make the car recognizable. You know its a Proton for a reason and that reason should not be the badge and the bad after sales</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantageX, post: 1329908, member: 28293"] IN GENERAL 1. Are you familiar with fiberglass bodykits? [B]Yup[/B] 2 Have u done any of those fiberglass products at yr car(s)? [B]Nope, reason below[/B] 3. Where do u get yr car(s) done? (shop name, location) [B]See above.[/B] 4. Do u think local fiberglass bodykits are up to yr expectation in terms of design? [B]There are one or two big companies that do good jobs but mostly no.[/B] 5. Are they durable enough (fragility)? [B]Nope[/B] 5. What do u think of their work, is it worth yr money? [B]Nope[/B] 6. How much are uwilling to spend for fiberglass bodykits? [B]Need to see results first to justify the costs involved. Naturally a good job will cost money, there's no denying that.[/B] TECHNICAL 7. Do u think the local bodykit designs are arodynamic? [B]No just weird and some even make aerodynamics worse. I know it can't be tested without a wind tunnel but you aren't gonna see any difference below 130kph on the road and do you think adding a huge rear wing with a standard front end is gonna bring benefits?[/B] 8. Do u think the bodykits are suitable for the road in M'sia? [B]Not the extremely low ones and the cheaper ones will suffer from all the vibrations that your car generates by being on M'sian roads[/B] 9. Do u know any other materials such as PU(polyurethane), FRP (fiber-reinforced-pu), or kevlar? [B]PU is generally strong, FRP should be strong not familiar with it, kevlar is over the top a bit but still a good material[/B] 10. Do u think any of the materials suits for bodykits making? WHY? [B]Yup because of the strength each one offers[/B] 11. Do u think local car manufacturer should come with that material for the bumpers, skirting etc? (from question 10) [B]No, they should stick to what they know best and some mentalities need to be changed within the companies then they explore different materials. With the current people in charge, those materials will just be used to raise the prices of cars and to make money in any way they can[/B] 12. Do u think local car designs are up to international standard? [B]No[/B] 13. If u are a local car designer,what would u do to make our local car more competative? [B]Being original would be a start. Stop immitating 98% and use foreign designs just for inspiration and not as a starting block for a new National car. Improve QC and after sales service. Shift up to Euro 5 standards and go head to head with some foreign manufacturers. Honda has Toyota. Mercedes has BMW. Ferrari has Lamborghini. 21 years is a long time and we should be able to at least have an equal competitor out there. At the moment the National car cannot even go up against Naza as a fair fight so what's the excuse now? Create an identity. An Audi A4 and A8 can be said to be brothers. Same goes for the BMW 1-series and the 7-series. Wira, Waja, Savvy, Gen-2 - The resemblance is only in the badge and even that has changed in recent years. Make the car recognizable. You know its a Proton for a reason and that reason should not be the badge and the bad after sales[/B] [/QUOTE]
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