no its not that im giving you a thumbs down, you have a nice car, and i want you to be able to have nice things. me, i would feel bad for you if i saw your kit crack or chip or whatever, thats why im set on authentic. just wouldnt want someone to go through the hassles of fiberglass kits.

 

i think he may be saying that the Kaminari name can get a bad look with knockoff kits having bad fitments and poorly done. to the unknowing person, you see a kaminari kit w/o badges, but when it starts getting fitted it's not kaminari type fitment at all. i had a body kit that would have looked smooth, not a kaminari knockoff, but the fitment was poor. and i could have spend the money to make it fit but decided:
1) i didn't want to spend that money or time w/o my car
2) didn't want to ride around with a jacked up looking kit in the meantime
3) didn't want to support a company by rocking their product, even after i had the fitment perfect
i'm from the car mod capital (SoCal) and am currently stationed in the runner-up city (miami), so you know i could have made it work in either location.

in most cases, you get what you pay for; and this is especially true when it comes to body kits, wheels, suspension and performance. now that's not to say that the most expensive are always the best, or that some thing with a reasonable price can't be good.

 

another off-brand Kaminari:
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7772
and he did it himself with help from some friends.

another thought i had was; when/if i do bottom out or crack it i would rather it be a cheap replacement, rather than having to buy another $500+ bumper

 

how about not cracking in the first place

 

People actually fix up Yaris's? Learn something new everyday.

 

lol ....i guess anyone can mod a car....even if is a yaris

 

So when is It going to be installed and painted?

 

the stock bumpers are made with the one of the best materials.... and it cracked... I'd rather have a cheap off-brand replacement part if i go and crack this one too.

I didn't know that either! lol

Google "Kaminari Yaris"
theres some nice ones!

soon hopefully, gotta wait a lil bit till the weather warms up so i can ride my firebolt XB12R to work :D

 

Yeah I know about that weather crap. I'm moving into a new townhouse with my own garage so i'll probably pick that bumper and the BC2 side up and make them fit and get them painted by summer if all goes well.

 

nice. link to BC2?

 

Just on Viniati.com that I know of. I know mospeed (a guy on here) has the kit and his car is bad a$$ it's the black and orange one. There is also a female on here that has a white one with 08 tails.

 

you can see that even the stock bumpers etc aren't perfectly matched in color
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...896&highlight=
so if this after-market isn't perfect i wont care much.

so far I've got the rear bumper cut and fitted. the tabs on each side were a beotch. I spent 3 hours on it so it doesn't look bad. gonna do the side skirts next.

 

hows this coming along? Any updates?

 

I have the front and rear cut, drilled, and mounted. My paint guy flaked out on me so I'm just waiting on prime/paint

will post some pictures in a couple of minutes...

 

heres some of me working on it

front was just hanging/not bolted yet

notice the stock one on the ground in the background

 

what do the back of the sideskirts look like jon?

 

watching

 

Dirty. and it was dark when i finished

 

nice tC (saw your myspace pics) im not doing the sideskirts on mine lol

 

thanks i just got my car back thursday, i love the kami kit. i got the whole thing including hood and spoiler. i like turning heads on the road