hotbox05

Make kits in fiberglass? why wouldnt they make em out of eurothane or polyeurothane? much more durable and wont break? whats up with that? better fit and finish too. hmm?

JdMBboFSD

cost more i guess ........

its_ikon

people dont want to pay more for it

Max2k

If I was going to buy a kit I'd make sure it was ABS or Urethane or Polyurethane like the stock lip kit.

T_Dot

anything breaks, it all depends on your driving.

anything can be made with a poor fit even non fiberglass kits.

as for the finish, its all in the prep work.

BoomBox757

and if its a poor fit the eurothane or polyeurothane is hard to make fit

chillenn310

cost is way too much to do polyurethane or FRP..

hotbox05

hmmm. i know that old urethan kits for my buddies civic was sooo cheap . only 199 for a full front bumper replacement. hmm.

BoomBox757

but thats a civic, the probably sold 1000s of that kit

hotbox05

and soon they will sell 1000's of xb kits hopefully. urethane is so much more durable

BoomBox757

I think part of the problem is they arn't on the used car market yet, if you think about it, rarely does a 17 year old kid get a new car and get a bodykit, but I know tons of people that have hondas 89-01 between the age 16-19 that have kits. I don't know anyone that has a new car with a kit.

Kaeon

Unless they are really rich! lol But yeh thinking about it I havent seen a new car with a kit either maybe once or twice...

hotbox05

i'll buy one once i get my fantastic plastic payed off(credit cards)

BoomBox757

i'm saving for one now, trying to get that fab kit :D

flat__tires

why not just go "one-off"? and ooh... make it outta carbon fiber??

its_ikon

the mold for a one off piece will be about 2000, plus making the kit.

the scion market has a lot out there, but it is not selling like people thought it would. people want everything so cheap, but cheap is not always good.

BoomBox757

I think its more like the products arn't preforming as well as they should.(ex. the bitz supercharger <30hp gain)and alot of people don't like what is out. how many body kits have been made for the xB just for usdm, there are no more than 5(trf,genie,areo,evo5,and some ebay kit) I can think of and most I don't like, and 4 of the 5 are just lips

BoomBox757

ohh and another thing that I noticed,, none of the big name kit companies,

hotbox05

there are alot more than that. soo soo many more than that idont remember all the names but there are soo friggin many(like 15 or more. maybe like 25-30).You are right about the lip kit thing tho. if you take yer car to new york and pay 3000 erebuni will custom make a kit for you and then sell it for cheap. oh but you gotta let em have yer car for 3 months

BoomBox757

are you sure, cause all the ones I see that arn't listed above, are either JDM or remakes of JDM. I could understand if there were maybe 15 out just for the USDM and i didn't know about 10, but 25-30 is pushing it