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For those of you thinking of going cheap on body kit installations......THINK TWICE!

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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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For those of you thinking of going cheap on body kit installations......THINK TWICE!

This is what happens when u want to pay a shop 80 bucks to paint and install a front lip:



notice how ghetto that front lip was installed, lol

and yes, unfortunatelly it's my car.........
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:33 AM
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damn man sry that happened to you. you could do it urself tho, not that hard...actually that's wat you should do, take it off and do it urself, you'll be much happier. and where is the part that goes into the lower valence? did they bend it back. oh man...:\
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:34 AM
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jesus man, did you go and complain? that is terrible. i mean, i dont even know what to say. i thought it was bad when my shop couldnt figure out how to mount the side skirts, but at least they didnt do this. what are you gonna do, try and use touch up paint to cover the screws?
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by NYghettoGLE
notice how ghetto that front lip was installed, lol
and yes, unfortunatelly it's my car.........
Well the "ghetto" look matches your name. j/k dude, that does suck. Go back and raise some H E L L!
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:50 AM
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oh well, already too late to complain.

I was thinking of removing it and installing it again, but the thing is......these A$$holes drilled holes in the front of the lip, so even if i install it properly again, it would look awful.

i'm thinking of getting the aero lip sometime in the summer, and this time i'll have it installed by a proffessional even if it costs me more.
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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that's why when the guy's at the shop asked me if i wanted to install the kit i had them paint, i said no. i sat in my driveway and did it myself.
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Post up where this shop is so I don't go to him if I need body work.
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Thats unbelievable..I would try and get some of moy money back.
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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I have seen it in person it is stupid the way they put it on
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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the shop is a very big collission shop around 70th street and queens blvd.

the thing is they asked me 300 for both front and rear. (front stillen, rear ABS)

The rear is fitted in PERFECTLY, no wonder they showed me the rear first.....

Anywayz, once i saw the rear i was so happy, i didn't even bother about the front.

I installed these last year on december, i thought it was supposed to be like that at first, since i never seen a close up personally of the stillen touring lip before.

But after searching carefully thru cardomain, i noticed how everyone else's was fitted in like it was part of the car, and not like a add-on that mine looks like.

But oh well, i ended paying the guy only 200 for both front and rear.

He charged me 120 for rear and 80 for front, he said he discounted cuz they cracked the front a lil bit (yes that **** is cracked in the middle on the bottom, can only see it when the car is lifted).
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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that blows dude. i could have done a better install than that.

just out of curiousity, where did you get your spoiler?
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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which spoiler?

the oem trunk or the rear window?

Rear window:

www.paradox-systems.com

it's a $100 shipped.

OEM spoiler=

EBAY! got it for 140 painted, paint is a lot better quality than the oem paint nissan used on the car!
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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thats why you do it yourself at home for less than $10
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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OEM spoiler=EBAY! got it for 140 painted, paint is a lot better quality than the oem paint nissan used on the car!
i heard that those prepainted ones arent a good idea. do you have the sellers name by any chance?
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by XGaSpAcHo
i heard that those prepainted ones arent a good idea. do you have the sellers name by any chance?
huh?

i am very satisfied with mine, the shipping was fast, the shipping quality was good.

As for the paint, it matches factory paint perfectly and honestly i think the paint is better than the cheap oem paint the car comes with.

i don't remeber who i got it from on ebay, as there were several sellers there, i think it was spoiler depot or something like that.
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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Those red lights are Sooooo Niiiiiiiicccccceeeeeeeeee

Man I'm so sorry about that problem with your car... You shouldn't pay since they f*** up your car like that....
Old Mar 10, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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I learned my lesson as well.

Dont go cheap on a body kit (SARONA) or the installation.

http://members.cardomain.com/minirx07

My kit lasted 2 months before i ripped that POS off
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