DodgyRog Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 When I bought my car I had an RAC inspection done,( long story shortened )They damaged the side skirt with the trolley jack. They said they would fix it. Had an estimate done to replace said skirt at the best body shop in the area. This is the HELP bit................ I was under the impression my skirts where OEM Toyota parts, but Marsh Toyota have sent them over and they are slightly different ( in the words of Carrs "The ones that have been sent are more subtle than the ones on the car") can anybody I.D them for me and point me in the direction of a supplier. When I said to the RAC they might have to cough up for both to be replaced they started wriggerling a bit ! Pics in my garage Cheers DodgyRog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Dont take this for gospel, but yours do a little bit more, whats the word, same shape as OEM, but the way it dips in then out again looks more abrupt then OEM. I would guess yours might be a copy skirt taken from an OEM and due to it being copied it could have changed shape slightly from the original......... But they are OEM in style, are they fibreglass or polyurethane or what ever it is...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Yeh the best way to tell is in the material they are made out of, compare the ones from toyota to the one youve just took off and 99% sure if the materials are different the ones you have are copies. I think whifbitz do some oem style ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Thanks for that. Unfortunately the car is at the garage so I cant look at the moment, but will pass info on. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Yeh the best way to tell is in the material they are made out of, compare the ones from toyota to the one youve just took off and 99% sure if the materials are different the ones you have are copies. I think whifbitz do some oem style ones. these are a bitch to fit btw. ebay ones are better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 i doubt aftermarket ones are plastic. the genuine ones are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 I am taking it that the one that was sent by Toyota would have been an OEM part so I might have to convince the RAC to pay to replace both. Anybody know how I stand as the RAC have already indicated that the quote has been done so it is upto the garage to sort out, I have not gone down that road with them yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 you've done well if they sent you some oem ones from toyota, they're pretty rare nowadays, stopped making them and looking at £1k for a set inc. spats. what one did they send you, driver or passenger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 checking your garage, they do look a little more sticky outy (purely technical term;)) than mine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 :)Looks like I might get a good result:) Spoke to the person handling the claim at the RAC today and they have asked for a new quote for both skirts to be done and they have agreed pending the quote to do both. I have checked that they got the first one from Toyota and they confirmed it, so assuming Toyota would only supply OEM skirts, then I will be getting OEM skirts to replace my copies thanks to a careless mechanic:eyebrows: Cheers DodgyRog /vbb/images/smilies/bbcode_cool.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dini_the_owl Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 personally i didnt think toyota would supply the skirts as i was told by them some time ago that there is no chance of getting them at all....? on the other hand i cant see them sending out copies, very strange. yours do look a good fit though and saying that i sold my oem replicas to Gareth on here and they was a very good fit too. prety much exact copies. you can alway tell as oem ones will be more flexible and they look black plasic inside, copies are usually fibregass, are more rigid and have a matting look inside, also check where the air vent is as even good copies wont have the clips around the vent area of the skirt. hope it helps andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 It does seem to be a bit weird, because I asked the guy at Carrs to look at my skirts today and he said that they are not fibreglass, they are a resin compound. Does anybody know if Toyota made any variations of their skirts, because even the guy are Carrs thinks they are an excellent fit for copies and said he would expect them to be fibreglass as it makes them cheaper to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dini_the_owl Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 have a look on your photo mate, ive circled an area which does not look like oem standard..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hi Dini the owl, you said about the clips just now, can you look in my garage again at the third photo, do you mean those clips in the wheel arch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Like the front bumper on your car by the way;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dini_the_owl Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 cheers rog i do like the stillen too,anyway i mean the air vent at the rear where i have marked,there on the underside(not visible) most copies wll not have the push type fittings in these areas,if you take one off you would know instantly as you would be able to see the female type socket in the body. a pitty about that as they do seem to fit nice on ya motor. i know how it feels i reversed down a hole in mablethorpe and it cracked my drivers side one..repaired it and got me a spare set now:thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 To be honest Dini I think they would proberbly repair fairly easy, but dont see why I should let them repair them when they were damaged by pure carelessness because the guy was rushing the inspection because it was raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dini_the_owl Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 i would totally agree with you, it would really piss me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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