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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 02:17 AM
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Body kit (front bumper/fenders) recommendations

So a few days ago I was on lake shore drive, a little bit of ice on the road that I did not notice and during the S turn my car slipped. I went completely sideways and hit the concrete barriers at around 30-40mph. Sad at how she was a clean car . Anyways, I'll get some pics of the damage .

Thats the story, now I get to invest into body parts for my FC . I found this front bumper and needed to hear what you guys have to say about it, durability and build wise.

VIS V speed body kit

At first I didn't like how it looks, but the style is growing on me. For front fenders I found these.

fenders

I'm not looking into buying widebody fenders, since I'm keeping my stock quarter panels. My other questions are, has anyone ordered body parts from that website? Recommend any other site/people? Recommend any other front bumper/fenders? Any comments on the style of the front bumper I chose?

If you got pics to give me throw around ideas to that'd be great .
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 02:55 AM
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that kit is a bn sports series I knock-off kit :-D and i love that kit
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by hiideruhiro
So a few days ago I was on lake shore drive, a little bit of ice on the road that I did not notice and during the S turn my car slipped. I went completely sideways and hit the concrete barriers at around 30-40mph. Sad at how she was a clean car . Anyways, I'll get some pics of the damage .

Thats the story, now I get to invest into body parts for my FC . I found this front bumper and needed to hear what you guys have to say about it, durability and build wise.

VIS V speed body kit

At first I didn't like how it looks, but the style is growing on me. For front fenders I found these.

fenders

I'm not looking into buying widebody fenders, since I'm keeping my stock quarter panels. My other questions are, has anyone ordered body parts from that website? Recommend any other site/people? Recommend any other front bumper/fenders? Any comments on the style of the front bumper I chose?

If you got pics to give me throw around ideas to that'd be great .

I have that kit. It looks nice, but it takes a lot of fitting, sanding here n there to make it fit. Ive hit debree on the freeway and it messed up my kit. dips and speedbumps just scratch at the bottom.

Do you havea s4 or a s5? If you have a s5 my friend has a shop on this forum. ShineAutoProject. It looks exactly like that, but its a half bumper fornt and rear, and sideskirts. Made of a mix of polyurethane and fiberglass, I'm not 100% sure. Its flexible and holds up a lot better

As for me, im on a budget, so Im going stock s5 f and r bumpers. I will never get another 100% fiberglass bodykit
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 03:41 AM
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I see I see, my car is an S5 '89 GXL. With all the speed bumps and bad roads here in Chicago getting a durable bumper will be important. I'm going to check out ShineAutoProject and talk to them about parts.

Originally Posted by Trybal
that kit is a bn sports series I knock-off kit :-D and i love that kit
Got some sexy pics for us? Also, where did you buy your kit from and how is holding up?
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