whats the best after market bodykit ???

[herb]

just wandering what every one thinks the best after market bodykit is???
any make any model pics appreciated :bigsmile:
i know what mine is but im finding it difficult to find a pic of it on the net at the min but i will post a pic as soon as i find 1

 

[gendox]

i dont think there is a definite answear, but what would i know i have never bought a body kit but im sure some one with a nissan would probs say nismo,some one with a bmw any series would say a m3 kit ? as that kit is made for downforce and speed ?(im probley wrong though). but body kits that are made for downforce aswell as looks, are the ultimate kit i would asume apart from kits that are ugly and are designed specificly for the car i.e. very very expensive kits, but i would imagine there is nothing better than a custom design kit either for performance or style maybe both but i wouldnt pay for the middle one.

But correct me if im wrong i dont know everything !

 

[Country Bumpkin]

Most after market cheap bodykits are complete and utter crap. They don't fit properly, aren't made with any structural strength, crack, and cost a fortune to fit properly.
Note the word 'properly', i have seen loads of kits fitted to various makes of cars and the owners have thought they were excellent, a closer look at them with what is perhaps a critical eye says they are garbage.
Maybe i'm just too fussy !
I always wanted a Pitroad M kit for my GTO until the first one arrived at the workshop for us to fit for a customer. To make £1800 worth of bodykit fit 'properly' and look good, cost the customer over £1K. Side sills had to be cut and reprofiled before they would actually attach to the car in more than two points. The nose cone just didn't fit at all and had to be cut etc, as with the rear cone.
A carbon bonnet, of which there are many manufacturers, was just appaling, the finish was very poor, the fitment even worse. We had to grind out the inner skin so it would shut and clear the strut housings.
The customer was fully aware of all this and was told so and shown prior to work commencing and given a photographical journal of the work progress.
I'm sure there are some good after market kits, somewhere, but the ones made for the car by the manufacturers or for the manufacturers will always knock the spots off the cheap bits of junk that haunt places like e-bay.
A cheap body kit can soon become an expensive one if it needs 30 hours of labour to make it fit your car.
My advise is to do lots of research, also ask a few known quality bodyshops about what kit will fit with minimum hassle or not too much altering.
Be aware of cheap quotes from companies just to get the work through the door. It doesn't always mean the job will be bad but most of the time you get what you pay for in life.
Have a look at any other work currently in progress too if the chance is there.

 

[turbonutter69]

This is mine... Veilside Fortune kit. Do you think it'd suit my Rover lol

 

[herb]

This is mine... Veilside Fortune kit. Do you think it'd suit my Rover lol

i really like that!! perfect colour choice aswell
is that an rx7??

 

[turbonutter69]

i really like that!! perfect colour choice aswell
is that an rx7??

Yep spot on. The kit alone costs nearly ten grand I think.....:blink:

 

[herb]

well ive looked for ages and the best pics i can find of a mk1 with this panique kit on is in red still looks ok but it looks so muck better in a dark blue or black!!! not a fan of the spooler either but each to there own

 

[turbonutter69]

Thats looks sweet heres a front end shot of a Mk2 fiesta 1....

 

[herb]

Thats looks sweet heres a front end shot of a Mk2 fiesta 1....

yeh i managed to find a few pics of the mk2 and it does look nice but i prefer it on the mk1 think ill have to go in the loft and dig out a fast car mag from years ago that i have

 

[Country Bumpkin]

 

[Prince]

The best kit all depends on the car it's going on. A specific body kit may look good on one car but awful on another. For my Coupe, I quite like the buddy club 2 bodykit.

 

[obi_waynne]

Kits are also subjective. Some like smooth clean lines and other prefer lots of vents and edges and this also depens on the car its going on. Flared arches do not work for me unless the whole body has been widened, it just looks like a car has ears to me!

 

[old-git]

well ive looked for ages and the best pics i can find of a mk1 with this panique kit on is in red still looks ok but it looks so muck better in a dark blue or black!!! not a fan of the spooler either but each to there own

Am I seeing things, or is the wing facing the wrong way?

 

[old-git]

Flared arches do not work for me unless the whole body has been widened, it just looks like a car has ears to me!

What about Mk1 works rally Escorts?

At the risk of sounding like a scratched record (for those of us who remember vinyl) in the end beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you like it, then that's the kit for you.

However, asking opinions is worthwhile as it may throw up an option you were unaware of.

Also, consider mixing and matching (need to be careful) but you may discover that you like the front of one kit, the rear of another and the sideskirts of a third. Some additional tweaking may be required to make it all fit but you could end up with a winner (or a turkey).

Also, existing kits from one make can be modified to fit another.

 

[old-git]

Now, this I like.

 

[turbonutter69]

Now, this I like.

That was the kit I originally posted just in different colours. It's a Veilside Fortune kit.....

 

[old-git]

That was the kit I originally posted just in different colours. It's a Veilside Fortune kit.....

So it is, still like it

Looks like the car was originally made that way, instead of looking totally over the top like the kits stapled on to Saxos etc

 

[turbonutter69]

So it is, still like it

Looks like the car was originally made that way, instead of looking totally over the top like the kits stapled on to Saxos etc

Thats the thing woth bodykits if fitted properly most kits can look good on just about any car. But if it's a dodgy fitting kit like most of the cars round here have got then they can also look silly.

 

[UtK]

If i owned a skyline then this would be my body kit

 

[obi_waynne]

You're not the shy retiring type are you? What colour would you go for though?

 

[UtK]

You're not the shy retiring type are you? What colour would you go for though?

me? shy retiring type? far from it, colour wise i would have it in a similar colour if it not the exact same or maybe in matte(spelling?) black or somethin along those lines

 

[old-git]

If i owned a skyline then this would be my body kit

This is what I mean by something that DOESN'T look right. The lines of the kit are at odds with the original sytle of the car. Just looks like a bolt-on kit drawn up by a ten-year old. Lots of curves and holes just for the hell of it without any obvious function. I doubt that this was designed in a wind tunnel

 

[UtK]

This is what I mean by something that DOESN'T look right. The lines of the kit are at odds with the original sytle of the car. Just looks like a bolt-on kit drawn up by a ten-year old. Lots of curves and holes just for the hell of it without any obvious function. I doubt that this was designed in a wind tunnel

I dont think this is a serious track car so aerodynamics will not be at the top of the list with this kit, as a show car and possibly an everyday use car it does wat it is required and some, an insane looking kit backed up by power wat more do u want?

 

[Country Bumpkin]

Sorry but that kit belongs in the skip. It is absolutely awful. I really do hate kits that have been designed by five year olds with big crayons. The beauty is that most of them don't last long as they hit just about everything, everywhere and disintegrate.

 

[UtK]

Sorry but that kit belongs in the skip. It is absolutely awful. I really do hate kits that have been designed by five year olds with big crayons. The beauty is that most of them don't last long as they hit just about everything, everywhere and disintegrate.

ok so educate me in some gd kits apart from veilside

 

[turbonutter69]

Here's a good kit from the boys at APR

Or here's 1 from Nismo

 

[old-git]

I dont think this is a serious track car so aerodynamics will not be at the top of the list with this kit, as a show car and possibly an everyday use car it does wat it is required and some, an insane looking kit backed up by power wat more do u want?

A little proportional style would be nice

Each to his own. These kits do have a use, however. They help the well designed and stylish kits to stand out even more

 

[UtK]

A little proportional style would be nice

Each to his own. These kits do have a use, however. They help the well designed and stylish kits to stand out even more

well every kit has its pros/cons, making this kit more proportional would probably mean losing some of its styling and vice versa. A well made and stylish kit doesnt need to prove itself it should speak for itself otherwise it would defeat the whole purpose of being well made and stylish

 

[Country Bumpkin]

If it's GENUINE Nismo, it will fit and the chances are that it will enhance the car. The phot of that thing that looks like a five year old drawing a dragon won't work over here, unless the bottom lip is removed anyway. I'd give it 20 minutes on a U.K. road before it's in 30 pieces at the side of the carriageway in a ditch. We have those things called speed bumps, enhanced by appaling road maintenance, mini roundabouts which are nothing more than a raised bump and pot holes by the dozen.

 

[timmy]

most of my body kits come from madmotors .co.uk Rod will give you all the help you need .

 

[stamford]

This is one of my all time favourites.

From this (which is stunning as it is):

To this:

The one and only 'Old Nail' Droopsnoot racing Firenza. This kit was available as a complete front end wrap around, nose, wings and complete rear wings.