Hot Bodies Racing

This review is based on an order of their fiberglass race bodywork. Their ABS plactic may be a different story, I don’t know.
Decided I wanted to race out my 2005 Yamaha R6, but wanted to go as affordable as possible. I thought Hotbodies was the answer. Took a week to get to me, which was understandable. I figured with all the different bikes they make fairings for they didn’t just keep product in stock in a warehouse and made things to order.
When I finally received my package, I went from excited, to disappointed. First, the box appeared to have been just thrown around and was in pretty poor condition when it got to me. This was especially surprising considering they’re based in SD and I live in LA. I would expect with that short distance my package would come in near perfect condition.
Opening the box, I was further annoyed. To pack my fairings, it appeared as though the plastics were haphazardly wrapped in a little bit of bubble wrap, scotch taped, then had some paper thrown in there to try and help keep the fairings from moving around.
Inspecting the fairings I go from annoyed, to REALLY annoyed. The fairings in general had scratches. The tail, front fender, and windscreen were okay, however the lower, and especially the upper, looked like Stevie Wonder made these fairings.
The lower, has on a scale of 1 – 10, a 5. The bellypan of the lower fairing had a major imperfection on the right side, about 7 inches in length. The upper looked retarded. First, the top end where the windscreen attaches to the fairing was crooked. Second, on the right hand side, the fairing was already chipped; looks like it was dropped and hit the corner or a table or something. Also, looking at the fairing from the front, you can see that it wasn’t symmetrical. Lastly, you can see where someone’s hair landed on the fairing in the paint booth and the painter just primered over it. Also, the fit just sucked. The upper and lower didn’t fit flush. Lastly, the fairings in general were just super flimsy.
Ready to paint and mount my butt! I would have had to spend hours bondo-​ing, sanding, and re-​primering the fairings before I could think about painting it.
I thought by buying local, I was going to get top notch quality, instead I got stuff I could have made myself in my garage.
I eventually ordered fairings from a guy in China (which makes this experience all the more disappointing). For 30 bucks more I received fiberglass race fairings, Painted with a made to order graphic, in perfect condition and fitment, and felt about 10 times more sturdy than the Hot Bodies product. Also, the fairings came very well packed. Yes the box showed some wear and tear, but thats expected considering the thing came from the other side of the world. The whole thing took me about 20 minutes to get all the pieces unwrapped it was so secure.
Not sure what other people’s experiences have been. I hope for their sake that Hot Bodies reads this and takes a good look at their quality control. These fairings were simply unacceptable.

These guys are the KINGS of undertail kits for sport bikes. Took a week to get my zx-​6r kit which came with good instructions (and pictures) making a pretty easy install. They are a little expensive but worth every penny. I havnt seen a better one out on the road. If you live in SD good news for you because theyre in Poway. Everyone there was very friendly and kept me updated on the status of my order during the short time it took to get it.