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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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Just looking from some input from everyone that has installed any full body kit...

I just got my check from the insurance company and am looking for a kit that doesn't need to much work to install. Since I will be doing the install my self and taking it to the body shop to get painted.
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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dont go fiberglass! you will be horribly disappointed on fitment, appearance, and durability.
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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kaminari is probably the only full body kit that had near perfect fitment...other than that, the only lip kit that will be perfect is either the oem or the five axis one
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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Urethane anything is better than fiberglass. My fiberglass kit is jacked up from driving and it never fits right.
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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My Drifter bodykit from Duraflex was pretty bad. Had to get some spots filled up just to fit it, but its still messed up. A lot of the rs1, rs2 lip kits seem a lot better.
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Yea I don't plan on going Fiberglass.. either duraflex or Urethane ... I'm not going with a lip kit because I need a new front and rear bumper...
Old Jan 29, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Duraflex is fiberglass with a fancy name. Do yourself a favor and just drive over your dick instead of gtting duraflex. Save cash and get urethane or just a lipkit
Old Jan 30, 2011 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Hix
Duraflex is fiberglass with a fancy name. Do yourself a favor and just drive over your dick instead of gtting duraflex. Save cash and get urethane or just a lipkit
Lol, its just like little bit better than fiberglass. I scrape mine a lot, but its still good. Yes, I angle too.
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It's the rock chips and cracks that form not the scraping. My bumper and fenders look like an 80 year old chinese woman they are so cracked up now.
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Originally Posted by Hix
It's the rock chips and cracks that form not the scraping. My bumper and fenders look like an 80 year old chinese woman they are so cracked up now.
No, roads and entrances to shopping centers here makes my front end scrape. I know the difference between the rock chips haha. My kit still fine from the scraping, not much rock chip damage.
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Since I moved I don't get many rock chips.. Wish the first 2 years of owning the car I lived up here..


as a mentioned before I'm not getting a lip kit.. I need a whole front and rear bumper..
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