i need a body kit ?!

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i need a cheap and good material built body kit, what do you guys recommend?


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why do you need a body kit?

ive never come across a situation in which someone NEEDED one.

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Personally, I recommend you get your flame suit on. And fast.

However,

Cheap and Good Quality, do not go together.

And there have been SO many threads made on this, that I am not going to try to do any justice to this question, because the best answers you can get, will be available via searching.

BUT, since you said "cheap" I'm assuming that's probably the bigger priority of the two, so I'd say search ebay.

Oh and, IBTL.

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Get yourself a full kit from ORIGIN.

They always treat me well.

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alright, i hope youve at least lowered your car though. and hopefully gotten some wheels or something.

ORIGIN kits arent cheap though, or are they?

ibtl.

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They are pretty affordable.

It is better than getting some junky copy-copy-copy kit off ebay.

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whats with all these body kit threads lately? They are all so terrible lol.

Dood, if you are on here blatently asking that question you sould go do some researching.

If you came in with more of a quesiont like. Witch kit is better than compared the two maby it would be alot easier.

Another thing is cheap and good dont usually come hand in hand. Also is style of no concern to u?

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BrianHarte wrote:It is better than getting some junky copy-copy-copy kit off ebay.
well i assumed so. however, ive never needed or wanted a body kit.



to each his own.

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and Brian is right. I got a RaceOn knock off and im not fully satisfied and if I woulda just spent 2-3 hundo more I coulda gotten the Origin witch was actually my first thoughts. Then my dumb *** cheaped out and got a RaceOn.

Really there isnt a whole lot wronge with it just that I would of prefered the Origin and now im contimplating selling my kit to buy that.

Do it right the first time.... thats all there is to say.

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i vote op home depot lips it up and gets valences for behind the rear tires and leaves the rest stock until he can come up with his own damn ideas and doesn't NEED a kit.

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One day you'll realize a kit looks better than a 1989 bumper...

ohhh no I DI'INT.

but seriously, just upgrade to some 1998 nissan 180sx stuff.

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^^ id say pignose lip and some splash guards.

why would you suggest home depot lip, valances, and no skirts? no flow at all.

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There is a point when people finally realize..... oh jeez, this stock '89 stuff has GOT TO GO.

home depot lip and garbage aint cuttin it anymore.


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best look using factory things to me is the pignose with lip, silvia side skirts, rear addons of some sort.

Second best look is Type X stuff.

Im not even gonna talk about the chuki lol.

Wait.... why are we assuming this kid is even talking about an S13.

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oh wait. cause he said cheap lol

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'cause the kids poor as hell. it flows.... decently.

i sure as hell wouldn't rock it. but i honestly have no problem telling this kid to.

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itd be cheaper to just get some splashguards and a lip.

valances arent cheap, and it wouldnt look good.

< going for lip, silvia skirt & rear guards/valances

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Check out vertex-usa.com

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Cheap = Crap

Good Quality = Expensive

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^ that wasnt a very good post to end the thread on.


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tramp_drift240 wrote:^ that wasnt a very good post to end the thread on.
Shuteth thy mouth and open thy eyes.

I was trying so hard not to bust out the flame thrower, I voiced my opinion, and I GTFO. Im trying to run from the .

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SideWays=smiles wrote:Cheap = SUCKY FITMENT

Good Quality = Need AT LEAST 17's too look right. Preferably 18's (talking about wheels btw)

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FIXED!

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adrians_s13 wrote:FIXED!
You're my hero.

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to each his own, like you said, how are you gonna judge me on putting a body kit on my car? you have no clue what im doing with it. who says im not selling the car instantly as soon as i put the body kit on it and painting it? military people are blunt with what they want and have FAT! checks when they come back from iraq...........hustlin

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migsk8 wrote:to each his own, like you said, how are you gonna judge me on putting a body kit on my car? you have no clue what im doing with it. who says im not selling the car instantly as soon as i put the body kit on it and painting it? military people are blunt with what they want and have FAT! checks when they come back from iraq...........hustlin
If you're going to have such a fat check when you come back, then why are you so determined to find a cheap body kit. I know a few military personnel myself, and they are very anal about their cars, everything has to be perfect, they always get the best parts the first time, and you're right, they do know what they want, they dont go asking everyone else how to build their car.

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WTF..."Hustling" Soldiers That Just Got Back From Iraq....

GTFO...

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your an idiot, did i say i was in the military? NO! you fail

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Well it depends what "kind" you might prefer...

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the only GOOD quality replicas i've seen is Shine Auto Project's kits.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...photo

some vids of the quality.

http://videos.streetfire.net/v...9.htmh ... /v...9.htm

pretty damn good for around 800

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word thanks, but actually i know people said to stay away from andysautosport.com but they have a guarantee that it will fit and if it doesn't then i can send it back, i even talked to the manager and i have his name and jank if i need to complain


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