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bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 6:09:51 AM

eqnish

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My 95 gsx has a stock front bumper, and I was looking at replacing it with one of the body kit bumpers, but I am noticing a great deal n price difference with them. Some of the bumpers are selling for as much as 200$ more then others being the same type. So my question is there anything I should be looking for once I have decided on a style? Do these kits come with everything I need to mount them? What’s been your experience with various venders?

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 9:44:39 AM

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My experiance with body kits in general is terrible.

Take it from me, and everyone else on here that has had a bodykit and hated it. They are ugly as sin too, why would you want one?

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 11:15:22 AM

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polyurtehan doesnt break as easy, fiberglass is pretty much ouch and ouch.... most of them is just the bumper and the body shop is gonna have to figure it out

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 12:10:55 PM

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get a 98-99 stock bumper. best looking and bolt right up. alot better the 95-97

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 1:51:52 PM

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ORIGINAL: needsagst98

get a 98-99 stock bumper. best looking and bolt right up. alot better the 95-97

Yes I agree ^^^ but you mean 97-99 are better looking then the 95-96.

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 7:09:04 PM

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yeah sorry i messed up those years. i always get confused about them.

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/7/2008 8:15:10 PM

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yea polyurethane is made of a similar material to the stock so it wont break as easy due to it''s flexibility... if you were to get a body kit i would get it in that material, even tho it''ll cost more it''ll save you money in the long run. trust me i had a fiberglass one and it kept breaking everytime i bottomed out

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/8/2008 7:47:53 PM

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Posting issues Sorry;

I was trying to say, that I agreed with Seb on the look of most body Kits, But that My current front end is a 95 Bumper (the one that kind of looks like a smile), but I also current have the 96+ headlights (prior owner) and would like the 96+ bumper, I like the way it looks, and think it might provide more air flow. My question about the kits is what based on the price differences, which I have since found out that it''s the composite used to make them ie Polyurethane, Carbon Fiber or Fiber Glass. as I understand it for structure Polyurethane is the way to go but it is heavy, the Fiber are lighter but have a better tendency to crack/break!

This is the front end I was thinking about, but after seeing more angles I''m really not sure, I don''t think I like the sides of it

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RE: bumper/Body Kit - 8/8/2008 11:41:07 PM

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what??

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