(Poly)urethane Sideskirt Options?, Also, opinion on Invader sideskirt quality? Options

[Celicav]

Please confirm...are there any other urethane sideskirt options other than OEM stock sides or the OEM TRD sides?

When you order OEM sides from the dealer, do you specify the color you need, or do they come unpainted?

I bought some used, primed VIS Invader sides that seem to be quality, thick fiberglass, but my paint shop is trying to convince me that they will crack fairly easy, and the very small hairline cracks on the edges in them already will open up more after he paints them? He seems to think that Erebuni or Veilside make sides for us in Urethane, but I'm pretty sure that is NOT true, according to my research. The guy just preaches urethane and is not too fond of fiberglass. It is different when businesses give you there honest opinion, and possibly lose instant business. I was going to drop them off for paint today, but I walked away not sure if I should keep the invader sides.

AND for those that have had Invader sides for a while, any major quality or cracking issues??

Thanks!

This post has been edited by Celicav: Apr 15, 2008 - 6:07 PM

[punkuup5150]

erebuni is outta busniess and youll be lucky to get ne thign from them any more, and im pretty sure they are all fiberglass othe then the toyota replacements thats why i stuck with the oem sides. good luck on your search and with the cracking see if he can add a couple layers to the underside of the skirts to help reduce the cracking posibility if your worried

[celicadude04]

THe Toyota OEM skirts come unpainted if you order them from the dealer. When I ordered mine they were called "mud guards" in the dealers parts database.

This post has been edited by celicadude04: Apr 16, 2008 - 10:03 AM

[Celicav]

Thanks for the replies so far. Anybody have any bad experiences with Invader sides? Am I right on the urethane sideskirt choices?

[NightMare2914]

I have fiberglass veilside skirts (same design) And to tell u the truth, if i were going to do it all over again, i'd def roll with urethane. My friend has a 99 sunfire with a full urethane kit. He hits everthing and it's still one piece. lol a couple of paint chips, but still one piece

but to answer your first question, I have had mine for 4 years, i molded em in, and i just had a wreck 2 weeks ago (front end). But the skirts are still strong as hell. So i can't say that fiberglass ain't durable. just don't bottom out and scrap em and u should be good

[presure2]

the only urethane parts made for our cars is the OEM parts.
there are no aftermarket kits made of urethane for the 94-99 celica.

[NightMare2914]

they do make duraflex however, after my wreck i ordered a duraflex invader front end through extreme deminsions. it's not uerathane, but it is flexable as hell! thats always an open option too. Didn't know they didn't make uerathane sides though. I still got my GT OEM's if ne1 is interested.

[eggman40]

stick with oem ones... or if your lucky some genuine trd ones for polyurathane. they look the best imo