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Old 03-28-2008, 12:47 PM
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Just curious if anyone has purchased anything from him and if it showed up....
Old 03-28-2008, 03:34 PM
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bump...Michael (owner) is not responsive and has been giving me the run-around. Just wondering if anyone here has actually received parts from him!
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I bought a rear bumper on ebay, best offer bid. Got the bumper in a couple days, well packed. Have not fitted it yet but it looks good.
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I kinda like his side skirts, and poss the f/g hood depending on fitment.
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I would like to know also, thinking about their wide body flares.
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i messaged him and it took 4-5 days before i heard back from him. But i ended up getting a very good explanation.
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In my experience Mike is a nice guy but a little unconventional. I did buy one of his vented nose panels but I've decided to go another way. However I still have a gut feeling that the body panels are the best around but it would be nice to see some better pictures. Here's a pic of a car with them on it and same colour as my car so I was close to going this way.
Pic by Mike Markota.
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I have rear bumper and side skirts from them. I received them in a timely fashion. Any sort of communication with them was almost non existent.

Have parts on my car from IFC, AIR, GT racing, and Rennspeed. The IFC parts were very high quality and the only company I would buy parts from again.

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I have met him and done business with him in the past, he is a stand up guy and very knowlegdable when it comes to 944 racing parts. He has been making fiberglass parts for the 944 since the late 80s when he made them for his own race cars.
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Originally Posted by 333pg333
In my experience Mike is a nice guy but a little unconventional. I did buy one of his vented nose panels but I've decided to go another way. However I still have a gut feeling that the body panels are the best around but it would be nice to see some better pictures. Here's a pic of a car with them on it and same colour as my car so I was close to going this way.
Pic by Mike Markota.
I'm not the best photographer.. sorry about the crappy pics!

If your car is the same color (with either the V8 in that one or your engine) as that one I am incredibly jealous.
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No probs Mike, I copied all those pics of yours and tried unsuccessfully to upload them to this thread but the rest were too big. Anyway I thought that car looked very good and the panels were of good quality.
I have had many emails back and forth with Mike from IFC and he does seem like a good guy and I would still consider his parts for sure. Just don't expect him to reply front and center like some McDonalds employee. He kinda has his own way. Still, it's the product that you want so don't sweat it, just allow a little time now and then.
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Just curious if you got the hood - helps me make an informed decision for where I get one at.


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^Me? No, I got my hood from a Swedish company called VanZweden. C/F and not the best. Very expensive by the time I got it shipped down here. Now it's been 'fixed' as it was not the best finish. Salvageable but not what you'd expect at that cost. I'm still betting Mike's one would be the best at the moment.
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Sorry, I should have specified.. I was asking Greg (troppo).


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Old 04-03-2008, 11:11 AM
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How is the fit on the rear bumper? I have the gt racing one and im not all that happy with the fit now and when i got it, it was a mile away from fitting. I had to cut the useless brackets that came with it off and fab up new ones. Even now its not that great. Are the ifc parts any better, I may end up changing bumpers again before i paint anything. I would also like to hear about their hood.


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