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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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Anyone know where to get a widebody kit for the 1st gen?
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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www.mariahmotorsports.com is one place
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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someone should do a search and find out the site with the best "value". Not to sound cheep but hey its a dog eat dog world.
I would but there is just one problem, I have no I dea where to look
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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Oh yeah I forgot BlackDragon is another place where you can buy all sorts of kits for our cars. 1-3 gen.......

They sell bodykits but I belive www.mariahmotorsports.com has some nicer kits. A little expensive, just my opinion.
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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The mariah kit is very decently priced IMO, the real cost comes in when mounting the kit, which goes for every widebody kit. Its not a simple bolt up and go with a widebody. Most of the body pieces like front fenders and bumpers are easy to bolt up, the rear fenders will have to be molded onto the car. This is not easy to do and unless done properly it will start to crack in a matter of months. Then you have to add wider wheels and tires to fill in the giant fenders properly. Nothing worse than a widebody with wheels that don't fill in the fenders.

BTW, the black dragon auto kit is for the SA, which has different bumpers, and is $1300, while the mariah kit sits around $1350 I think.
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Trust, the widebody kits are not bolt on. All of them take finishing work to look good and the amount of time it takes would break most of us if we had to pay $100/hr shop rates.

Ask me how I know.

https://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-293/unvieling-12a-bp-widebody-462184/
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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body kit

Thanks Guys, that Black Dragon widebody was just the one I was looking for
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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Good catch 85, I didnt realize that the two companies were so closely matched in price. Sorry I didnt notice that.
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