1989 Batmobile

1989 Batmobile Kits

Always do your research on the kit seller and talk to other people about the said seller. There are so many rip offs and recasting horror stories involved in Batmobile community. A simple 10 minute search by the builder's name will yield enough search results to help you determine who to trust and who to avoid. www.batmobile89.com

Batmobile kit and parts and related information have been kept secret amongst the industry insiders only for years. With the advent of the Internet manty enthusiasts and hobbysts have come forward to share and discover many secrets of this timeless beauty. Since then this car has been replicabed by amateurs car builders and professional car builders alike from scratch built to using full fledge kit packages.

Many people ask what are the differences between the different kits and builders. Most of the kits out there originated from Bob Butts molds that were taken from Jay Ohrburg's car. Bobs molds were sitting in Bob's property landfill for over a year before being sold to Yancy & Pruitt. Over that time the molds became warped for obvious reasons. One builder took one of the pulls from these molds and after sitting in the hot sun and elements for well over a year and molded the car without fixing any of the flaws from the original molds.

The major items to look for is the body panels straight or wavy check rear fender areas, hood dip, front sides around the Frisbee launch doors, the rear upper top intake mold line usually has a "V" type dent across the middle. Most gun doors I have seen are very warped. Check for canopy and trunk lid for misalignment. Look at the headlight and intake area head on and check for one side not matching the other side. When the body is sitting on a flat surface are all the sides and corners sitting flat and level or is a corner pulling upward a sign of warp age. Check for the front grills forward of the canopy their should be 27 openings for the grills on both sides. See if your builder has incorporated these grills or include grill inserts that can be molded into the body. Keep in mind no fiberglass kit is perfect and you can expect to find flaws in almost any kit on the market today. But you shouldn't spend more in fixing flaws in the kit that what you paid for the kit.

Shipping from one coast to the other can range from $1,200 to $2,000 depending on how and who you use as a shipper. If you want to save on shipping you can pick up your kit your self or fly out and rent a U Haul truck or trailer. Years ago no one had much of a choice where their kit came from much less the quality of the kit. Most individuals were just happy to have a kit and paid a premium price for the kit, even with parts missing from the kit. Most were very thin warped, nothing fit properly and a nightmare to straighten out. Even if you do all the bodywork yourself you still wont be able to recoup what little money you will save on the transport costs. No kit is perfect and all need some work as any fiberglass kit; this being said many kits are just trash and the headache is not worth the time and effort put into the bodywork. Do yourself a favor and get the best kit you can afford you wont regret it. You will however regret cutting corners on shipping verses quality of your kit ultimately the choice is yours.

Due to DC lawsuits, it has become harder to openly ask for kits and buy online. However, the information is out there and you just need to ask around and do your due diligence. Simply check the links section of this site to find the right resources for information on 1989 Batmobile Kits.
Be warned, trolls and scam artists love to lure around many of the sites including this one and try to push inferior kits on to you. It is best you *do not* ever respond to IM or Facebook messages from people you did not directly request or send messages.

Above text was taken from Kevin's 1989 Batmobile Site.