Anyone has comments about Wild Boar grill replica from China? Does it fit nice and smooth or need to modify something? I can get one for a good price so let me know what you think.

 

No idea. I'm a Brit but I'd personally prefer to keep the American businesses going so I'd order one from Wild Boar. I have their scoop and it's a great little piece of kit and no worries about quality. I know it's cheaper and bucks are tight but we need to take a stand against blatant theft of intellectual property and copying like this or the names we all love and use will cease to exist. And when they do, the Chinese are not going to step up and produce the original designs we need....

 

Ok I agree with you but first thing I think about its my budget and if I can pay less than 60% of the american price I will. Sometime they abuse a little bit. I prefer save money and buy more stuff for my Jeep.

 

I agree, at times it does seem like we get taken advantage of at home.

Let me give you an example and I'll use MBRP.

I live in Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, in Canada. MBRP is located near Gravenhurst Ontario, cottage country as us Ontarians call it. Thier product gets placed on a truck, the truck then proceeds south on hwy 400 on route to the US to deliver product. This truck literally drives right by my driveway, I could see it going down the HWY if I walk to the end of my driveway. The product is manufactured less than one and half hours where I live. Now, I got into any online or store retailer here in the GTA and I pay over $200 more for the same product than I would in the US. I can buy it in the US, ship it back here to my house and still pay less than if I bought it here. Why? That makes zero sense.

So to the OP's point, I too would take a 60% discount off a comparable product to stick to the guys who rip you off in your own backyard.

This being said, its the American/Canadian Manufacturers who need to wake up and realize, charging excessive premiums that are unjustified to their "bread and butter" clientele who live in their backyards is a thing of the past because offshore companies can produce similar products of similar quality for the fraction of the cost and consumers will exercise these options.

I went through this with my Corvette and American Racing Headers VS XS Power, an offshore company. ARH whined about about how these guys made an exact replica of the ever popular ARH for the Corvette for 50% of thier cost and claimed inferior quality. Any and all independent tests and reviews revealed no such things. In fact, XS Power has become one of the more popular brands for Corvette headers over the past couple of years and many installers and professional tuning shops are now selling and supporting this product for this customers.

So I will say regardless of where we live and who we wish to support, its not always possible and as a consumer, you should feel zero obligation to pay more for a locally made product when you can get something just as good, or damn near close for a fraction of the cost somewhere else. Me, I will never feel this sort of guilt for anyone or any company. And I dont think anyone else should either.

 

Where did you find this?

 

I pulled the trigger on this one. 200shipped. From CALI arrived in 3 days, which is nice.




EDIT **The second pic is how it came shipped.

ebay description "brand new guaranteed" - Not true. It came already with a shitty paint job, and also mesh in the grill.
Realize there are NO CLIPS like the stock grill has, only a tab at the bottom to retrofit it.
There are NO HOLES drilled. need to line up and drill yourself.
the tabs for the lights don't line up worth shit, drilled out and made work.
Had to shave various parts off that were rubbing.
Still did not quite line up perfectly, small gaps on both sides.

All in all, I got what I paid for and I am not complaining too much. 200 is pretty cheap, and it is unique. Yeah it took me a few hours of work, but I had beers to drink anyways.

I put 5 coats of Plasti-Dip on. Been through automatic car wash 10+ times since and still looks great.

Now I gotta repaint my bumper.


*if you're looking for a direct fit this is not for you.

 

Curious what it was like with an AEV hood.



Found this quick online.

Sent from my recliner

 

Looks good ski-YA-later, I ordered mine last night on Alibaba.com and I paid 160$. I will see how it fits! I hope to have better luck than you. Should be delivered in 3-10 days. I will use bedliner to paint it and see how it looks on my Jeep.

 

Make sure to mock up and test fit before bedlining it, also test fit turn signals.

 

But the Wild Boar original is only $270?