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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 03:53 AM
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Default Kenstyle or Fabulous?

I will buying a kit soon and i'm still undecided whether I should go Kenstyle or Fabulous. I think the Fabulous looks better but I'm worried about the ride height.
Do anyone know how lower it is than the OEM kit? The Kenstyle looks good and paint cost will be cheaper. Give some input guys. I just messed up my rear bumper today
and getting it fixed will cost me $400. Might as well change the body kit know cause I will get a kit next year anyway.

What do you guys think?

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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:17 AM
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With the kenstyle one, its only a lip kit from my understanding, so if you need a new bumper, you are going to need it for this. If you want to put that $400 towards a kit, I would recomend getting the fabulous style kit.
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:24 AM
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i agree, im not to excited about the kenstlye kit esp for how much it is sold for
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:32 AM
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just stay away from the red genie bing.,.... ;)
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:33 AM
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id say fabulous with different sideskirts
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:40 AM
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yeh when i ordered my kit, they sent me fab sideskirts insted of the tcsportline ones needless to say i shipped them back
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:48 AM
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how low is the fab kit. i'm a little bit worried.
don't want to compete against plow trucks.
i live in chi town and it will be snowing alot soon.
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:53 AM
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check out the trf kit!
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:58 AM
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What color car do you have?
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 05:10 AM
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here's a pic from scionsport.com of the kenstyle urban kit. no rear pic but i saw an xb at a recent show with this and its a nice alternative to their lip kit.


otherwise... ive taken a liking to:

Old Nov 23, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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Those kits look good. ^^^

But yeah, that's a question. I like the Kenstyle cause it's clean. But sometimes I never realized the xB's that had that kit because it doesn't stand out as much as the Fabolous kit.

I would get the Kenstyle. In order to finish off the Fabolous kit, you would need the right looking rims and such...which I don't got the money for.

Old Nov 23, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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I vote for the write-in candidate, NKB

http://www.memoryfab.com/aero/car/?id=20
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Max2k
What color car do you have?
i have a BOP
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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NKB,this is a very nice kit.if i ever put one on my box that is the one i will get, i have a camo box.
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 03:08 AM
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kenstyle is a nice lip kit, but if you are looking for a bumper replacement then go with the fab kit
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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i just went to a body shop and got an estimate with the fab kit.
do you guys think $1000 is a good price?
Old Nov 25, 2004 | 01:56 AM
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Is that painted? Is it installed? If not, then not really. I would check around.
Old Nov 25, 2004 | 04:27 AM
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pm quadoptix for the best price on a fabulous kit

mine is BOP and can be seen here http://www.cardomain.com/id/showpaojoe
Old Nov 25, 2004 | 04:45 AM
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fab kit..... :D
Old Nov 25, 2004 | 05:18 AM
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1,000.00 is absolute madness, it's 4 pieces and fitting it to the body....Bing I can get you a much much better price... My genie is going on in march for 500.00 (painted)

and I wouldnt dream of putting a fab kit on in the winter in Chicago, do you know what the salt the trucks lay down can do to a car??? no, leave it stock still the weather gets nice again......The fabs to sweet to be seen dirty all the time...



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