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This will be the last time....
Ok, this will be the last time I ask a question about body kits. My question is: Just how easy does a fiberglass body kit crack? I really want the skyline body kit. My car is lowered and I'm scared that it will crack like the first day I get it. From the way people make it sound, if you barely touch it, it'll crack. I've scraped the bottom of my bumper twice. Nothing bad, but I don't want to be REALLY worried about it if I do get the body kit.
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If you scrape the bottom, it's not TOO bad. You get a lot of scuff marks and scatches (but who see's the bottom right!?
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But if you like hit the curb while parking or if you scrape the top part or the showing sides you'll make a hole. I don't recall there ever being cracks. Just be careful and take the extra percautions while parking, and pulling in and out of driveways and parking lots. sometimes you gotta walk an extra minute or 2 just to be safe.
But to answer you question, it's really not as bad as some ppl say it is. It's easy to put holes in fiberglass tho. And that's when you whip out some packing tape and touch up paint!!! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
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If you scrape the bottom, it's not TOO bad. You get a lot of scuff marks and scatches (but who see's the bottom right!?
)But if you like hit the curb while parking or if you scrape the top part or the showing sides you'll make a hole. I don't recall there ever being cracks. Just be careful and take the extra percautions while parking, and pulling in and out of driveways and parking lots. sometimes you gotta walk an extra minute or 2 just to be safe.
But to answer you question, it's really not as bad as some ppl say it is. It's easy to put holes in fiberglass tho. And that's when you whip out some packing tape and touch up paint!!! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
Hope this helps a lil!
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Rep Power: 0 it sux....avoid FB bumpers and skirts at all costs,,theyre a pian to put on..theyre a pian to drive with especially if ur lowered ur car..and theyre a pain to take care of...now if this car isnt ur daily driver and u get a custom FB kit..go for it...but if u plan on driving ur car all the time...dont do it
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My friend has a FB Buddyclub kit on his 93 accord. He has hit a curb with it, and it cause minor damage. I think it just broke the hole where the bolts fit in. He also backed up into a boat trailer hitch or a tree(I'm not sure which one), and it just put a hole in the bumper. It didnt shatter or anything like that.
My friend has a FB Buddyclub kit on his 93 accord. He has hit a curb with it, and it cause minor damage. I think it just broke the hole where the bolts fit in. He also backed up into a boat trailer hitch or a tree(I'm not sure which one), and it just put a hole in the bumper. It didnt shatter or anything like that.
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