just asking for preferences, do you think i should go with the full stillen kit or just the front lip. no offense to those with just the front lip but it looks kinda weird when you look at the car from the side because the front hangs down a lot more than the rest of the car, kinda looks goofy to me but from head on the front lip looks great. how much does it cost to paint the front lip and the full kit, thanks

 

"personal preference"

 

the stillen kit doesnt actually lower your car either, it just looks lowerbecause of the design, but it ends about the same place as the stock bumper, same with the sides. look to spend 200-500 for paint, not installed.

 

actually i think it drops it like .5 inch

 

im going to go with the full kit, i just think it looks better plus if i only got the front lip and wanted the full kit later id be fukd, thanks for your help though

 

Like Dan said it is personal preference. I have the full kit and love the way it looks.

 

do u have the kit so u can make these comments on it?

 

the kit is actually slightly lower than the car itself...

anyway...a few have commented on my car and actually said i should keep it w/ just the front lip (generally non 3rd geners). supposedly looks more agressive or whatever...

personally i've decided to put the rest of the kit on for show reasons...

 

Quit nit-picking, Dan. You know, as well as anyone, that NO kit will physically lower the car - it just give the appearance of the car being lowered.

(but if you want, I'll agree and say that it lowers the car...)

 

I'll have the lip in a little bit, but I plan on getting the whole kit eventually

 

Dan never said it would lower the car

obviously the kit wont make the chassis of the car lower to the ground, but it does decrease ground clearance

 

of course it will Craig...that extra weight has got to lower the car at least .000001 of an inch

 

nit picking?
you know and i know that the kit does not physically move the car lower...but it's wrong to say that it ends at the same spot the stock bumper ends. neither does the sides..it doesn't end at the same spot as the car sides end....it even goes lower than the pinch welds.
don't make me u.

 

get the full kit, I will be getting it in the spring time after the harsh NY winter goes by. I am also going to get a new wing so I can get everything painted and not spend that much. I hate the stock wing my wing is starting to come off on the right side but it will last until spring and then it's time to get 18" sub-zero's like chris and james.

 

get the full kit. or you could just get the front and be MOTM. j/k

 

Didn't you just answer your own question. If you think it looks goofy then don't do just the lip. Its nice to have other peoples opinion, but I think you should build your car how you like it, not based upon what everyone else thinks.

 

no but a friend of mine did and the side skirts didnt lower the car at all and it only looked like the front was 1/2 inch lower. the paint prices i know cause i work inthe auto industry

 

so your friend has it and that makes u an expert? the kit hangs below the lines of the stock body..PERIOD.
what you percieve and what reality is different.

paint prices i can give u that. my PPG 3 stage cost about 300 or so. i could go more and be at 500...so it varies.
work in the auto industry? where do u work? what shop? what do u do there?
i might stop by if you're close.

 

when you're ready to buy the rims let me know...

 

trust me i have never built my car the way other people like it to be such as all you guys with the sub zeros, my lord dsta even said that he was getting subzeros to make it look like chris's car, god some of you guys need some creativeness, i was purely seeing what people thought about the full kit vs. front lip.

 

do what you feel is best. i love how mine looks w/ just the lip but the full kit needs to go on for shows. you can get the lip and just buy the kit later (if you choose to) which is what i did. I just sold the new front lip to someone who wanted it...

 

Personally there are tons of things I'd do before I got a kit, and that's the way I'm modding my car.

But as for your question. I like the look of the Full kit better.

 

there are tons of things youd do before you got the kit? im not critisizing you but do you not like the kit that much or do you think its too ricey? i think it looks good, the wings west and kaminari kit look like they were made for a civics and accords, i like the simple and smooth lines of the stillen

 

first off, you say "all you guys with the sub zeros" who?

Chris in NJ, James in TX etc... your talking about mabey 4 guys spread across the country. sure here it sounds like alot when theres 3-4 people in one thread, but I bet the third gen forum accounts for about 1% of all 3rd gens in the US.

and when did D-sta say he wanted his car to look like Chirs'? he simply said that he was going to get them like Chris and James, not to have his car look like someone else's, God forbid someone like the same rims that somone else has.

 

okay listen, if you take everyone from the 3rd gen forum, all of the custom wheels that are on the cars if you tallyed them up, sub zeros would be the most common, and i bet that all but 1 or 2 got them because they saw them on a 3rd gen. and im sure that those with sub zeros dont like when other people with 3rd gens get them too, its like if your neighbor saw your new wheels that you got and next week when you come home you see the same wheels on his car, ya feel me? your right i didnt quote dsta, i should have before i wrote it, but i think you guys know what im sayin with that

 

Also have to remember that the company didnt make just one set of those wheels and that other people have those wheels besides 3rd gen maximas. Plus who cares if someone else has the same wheels, ive seen a couple cars in my area that are black 3rd gens but that doesn mean im mad about it because there are more than 1 in the country!! Im getting new wheels this christmas (NOT sub zero's) but if someone would like to get the same wheels as me then i dont care ill even tell you where i got the wheels from!!!!!!!!

 

alright your starting to talk nonsense now, im sure other people have those wheels besides 3rd gens but this is a 3rd gen forum. and no **** there is more than 1 black third gen. dont be childish. ive seen other cars with my wheels before, i dont get ****ed but if i started posting up my pics then all the sudden all these 3rd gens start getting my wheels wouldnt you think somehting is up with that?

 

actually i wouldnt care if someone had my wheels. whats the big deal? Why worry what the most common wheel on here is? Fortunately im not the biggest fan of the sub zero's (they look good but not what i like) but like i said if people started buying wheels that matched mine, i wouldnt care. As for seeing the wheels on here and then buying them, what better way to see what they look like before you purchase them? Anyways i have no more comments on the wheel subject. Ill have pics of my wheels up in January for those who would like to buy a matching set

 

who cares, there not your rims or my rims, there avalible to the public, Im sure D-sta(sorry to keep using you as an example) has seen sub-zeros before he's seen them on Chris or James' car, they werent the first to have them, guess what someone in my area bought the exact wheels Im getting, same size and finish, oh well guess what Im still gonna get them because I like them.

 

I AGREE!!!

 

sorry if im pushing the wrong buttons with u danny, but the stillen kit isnt near as low as any other kit, let alone other 3rd gen kits, erebuni's kit hangs lower than stillen. i prefer that as my car is low without needing the kit, but i do feel the stillen kit makes the 3rd gen look better. i now work at geico in ny, as an adjustor. i did ALL the work to my car , including installing the hydros, shaving the handles, installing the gs 300 taillights, bmw headlights, etc and before i worked at geico i went to school for automotive engineering at suny farmingdale and worked as a mechanic. i also helped a friend out at his stereo shop and learned to do glass work(look on my last page to see three 12's in an accord rear deck in a sealed box) anything else u need to know just e mail me

 

right..but we're not talking about how MUCH lower it hangs...but it does hang lower than the lines of the stock body.

 

IMHO, just painting the black pieces under the bumper looks better than a kit. i just like the simple clean look. kits stick down and make it hard to go up things... *ahem* curbs.

 

you're driving a maxima not an SUV...

 

yeah I hate that about my kit, now I cant jump any curbs.

seriously its not that much lower than before, Ive got more then a few inches of clearance all the way around.

 

yea i miss flying over curbs too

 

i used to have a 93 toyota xcab 4x4 pickup, god bless it. 145k miles and never a problem with it (i broke the trans mount=$40) and we used to go post hunting or on garbage night.... well, that was in my younger days. i put my max up a snowbank once and it cost me $1000, with my truck, i was in the ditch, into several snowbanks, a tree fell on it, and someone backed into me, no damage on any of those incidents. there is something to be said for something built like a tank.