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Old Dec 22, 2003
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body kit and winter time....

i got a full front bumper, full rear bumper, and side skirts all urethane. I kno since its winter time its gonna snow and etc. i already am on my stock wheels and stuff, but should i take off the front bumper and put on the stock front and take the side skirts off? I dont have a stock rear bumper but its full urethane. would my car look kinda funny with just a rear bumper kit and the rest stock? what would you do. i probably need to repaint the side skirts, but the front bumper is in pretty decent shape.
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If you feel taht it may get damaged, take em off. yes it might look a tad silly with just a rear bumper. Its for several months, can you last that long? Me personally, would take everything off to preserve it for Spring/Summer time.
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take it off. ive driven through 1 winter wiht my kit on and it did some damage on the front bumper and side skirts. the rear is fine, so u can leave that on. right now im driving wiht no kit cus i took it off to repaint
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man....it just widens the hole of the bumper
and becomes loose if you keep taking it off and on


i know because i keep rotating body kits
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i'm leaving mine on. but it's also OEM and i'm not on a drop.....so...yup.

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I'm leaving my kit on. So far 1 blizzard, and 2 small snow storms, everything still seems to be in great shape .
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yea mines not dropped so if that makes a factor too
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im glad i live in FL. when i get my kit
i wont have to deal with any of that sh*t
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Just leave it on if you're not gonna be plowing through snow. It's not a good idea to take it on and off too many times.
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Re: body kit and winter time....

Originally posted by slicksivik
would my car look kinda funny with just a rear bumper kit and the rest stock?
i took off my front bumper and side skirts but left the rear bumper on. it looks goofy as hell, if you want i cant take a pic for you and post it so u will get the idea of how goofy the car looks with everythign stock besides the rear buper from a body kit. PM me if u want a pic
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Just put your stock springs back in for some extra ground clearence.. or maybe buy some cheap coil overs from E-bay and jack it up an inch higher than stock.

~nick~
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