skinz helium or 18 plastics?

richardderkevorkian

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• Mar 16, 2017

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who has some miles on the skinz plastics?
are they holding up?
hows the intake?
are the panels easy to open and close? cant find any videos of them in action

looks like just plastics for an 18 will be about the same price, its about time i update the plastics on my 13 and cant decide which route to go.

 

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• Mar 17, 2017

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The Skinz open and close just fine. Both take some work to install. I think it will come down to the look that you like. We have some intake differences that we do on the Skinz install for better performance, but all in all it works just fine.

 

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• Mar 17, 2017

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Go with the new cat plastic. Ugh the skinz looks horrible. But just my option.

 

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• Mar 19, 2017

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The intake on the helium leaves a lot to be desired. Whether its bogging or just reduced performance. Unfortunately the early adopters of the kit were saddled with the issues. IMO the 18 panels are a better overall unit.

 

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03Firecatguy

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• Mar 22, 2017

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Any idea the width difference between what BDX is offering vs what the actual 18's are?

 

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ippielb

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• Mar 22, 2017

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I tried to email bdx and post on their thread in here and haven't gotten a reply.

 

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03Firecatguy

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• Mar 23, 2017

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ippielb said:

I tried to email bdx and post on their thread in here and haven't gotten a reply.

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I emailed them as well wondering if they would be producing the kit now with the 18' plastics and no response either.

 

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• Mar 23, 2017

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ippielb said:

I tried to email bdx and post on their thread in here and haven't gotten a reply.

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Good luck there they never have responded, I've always just called them.

 

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nosajlleb

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• Mar 23, 2017

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03Firecatguy said:

Any idea the width difference between what BDX is offering vs what the actual 18's are?

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Somebody in another thread said they think its the 2017 Turbo/RS editions' plastic which is wider than the new 18 plastic. Not sure but that's what I've read here.

 

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• Mar 23, 2017

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I've always had better luck getting ahold of the guys at BDX by calling.

 

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• Mar 24, 2017

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Stock or BDX!! The skinz kit looks F*%king ugly