fcdrifter13

WEll i have been looking at widebody kits and I cant seem to find one I like. I like the look of the one on the forums that has the superwide kit. I just dont want something that big. I like the normal lines of my GTU But want a little more flare in the rear and some more roll to the front. If you know what I mean. I have looked at the usual places Mariah nad others. If you have seen what I am looking for any help would be appreciated. Or am i going to hve to make the kit myself

mazda se

iTrader: (1)

www.aitracing.com You should find what your looking for.Front and rear are 30mm wide

fcdrifter13

wrong type of pockets like this

http://photobucket.com/albums/v415/k...t=f890c1c2.jpg

thanks though

RETed

You're adding more weight to your non-turbo?


-Ted

LaRazaUnida

He can do what he wants. All he was looking for was a body kit with pockets. If he wanted to put one gull wing and another door used a lambo wing, he could do that.

1987RX7guy

iTrader: (3)

Its also an open forum. If we want to express our oppinion about a post the owner hasn't said anything against that, this isn't a communist run forum.

RETed

Okay, so you're assuming he's going to stuff all those fiberglass(?) panels with bondo just to make it look nice.

Are you going to assuming he's going to run stock wheels???

That's going to look downright stupid, IMNSHO.

Which implies that you need wide wheels.
Big wheels add a lot of weight.
Adding big wheels on a non-turbo just adds unnecessary weight.
The car is going to get slower.
So this is going to end up being a show car only?
You're hurting performance, which most of us strive to achieve.

I haven't even gone into the cost of doing such a project...
The body work for all of that has to be in the thousands.
Unless you can do all the work yourself, it's still several hundred dollars worth of materials just in filler, adhesive, sandpaper, paint, solvents, thinners, etc.
Then wide *** tires are like $300 each.
Even if you get the $2,000 set of Work Equip 18" x 11" and 18" x 12" rims from Takumi Project, I'd say minimum $5,000 if not easily over $10,000 just in the body kit + wheels.

So, spending that kinda money to put on a widebody kit is either really stupid or you've got way too much money burning a hole in your pockets - I think most people would want a 400hp+ engine before throwing such money on cosmetics?

Too much people get caught up all the bling-bling without using common sense.
Too many projects end up dead in the water cause of not enough money or not enough resources.
Threads like this scream "you're wasting my time".

Unless you're going to getto rig **** and then not impress anyone (on here)...


-Ted

fcdrifter13

Most of the time I listen to RETed and he does have a point. It would make my car heavier but I really dont plan on keeping it NA for much longer and I am trying to make a plan for my car that way I dont waste money on something I will end up not liking. The last time I didnt make up a plan I ened up with a GTU with no motor. Oh wait I still do. But I will hopefully have my new motor before to long.

Anyways. Yes people do post what they think and I am used to getting flamed or critized. But like I said RETed knows his ****. His website is like on my top 10 places for info for my car.

But this brings up another question. I like my questions they are always so unhelpful to everyone. The advantages of running a widebody kit are bigger tires. Now I am not the kinda person that wants 500hp from my car when it is done. A misly 240 is enough for me. So the fact I want to add a WB kit makes me think there are no advantages in performance. I mean The extra tire and rim wieght will be basicall useless. So I elected for a smaller kit. Althought it still may add more wieght to the car wouldnt it also affect the handling as far as the width of my car. I may be thinking all wrong though. I dont like the dragstrip. At all. I love just driving curvy roads and road courses. I figured that the extra width would give me slightly better handling. But the added wieght would just slow me down again. Does this make sense in what I am saying at all.

Extra width=better cornering(I think) but this would also add wieght and so I would be slower in the strait portions of a track. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks
Alex

Andrew.

iTrader: (4)

Wait, didn't you make a thread saying you didn't have money for a NA motor and wanted to trade your cars for it, now you want to go widebody turbo?

RETed

Try check out eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/

Do a keyword search for "fc3s", and there are a lot of options in terms of overfenders.
They are cheap, cause they are U.S. made knock-off's.
Maybe one of them might pique your interest.
This keeps the weight and costs down.
It also gives you a mild widebody look which I think you're looking for.

Good luck!



-Ted

fcdrifter13

LOL I got an ace up my sleeve why would I want like 6 cars for. SO trade 2 for a motor to keep one alive. Seems like a good idea. Plus the cost of storing the cars is killing me. Its $350 a month. I have 2 at my house and 4 instorage and that dosnt include my moms car the KIt car and my dads semi. Running out of room around here.

Ok so here is my big plan all drawn out. First either sell or trade off my cars for a good NA motor. Then get my friends old S4 T2 motor which he said I could sell to me on the cheap. Start the rebuild which is gonna take a while. I am still working on the list of stuff I want to do to it.

But like I just said this is just to get references that way I dont mess up and end up with something I dont like. Like when I rushed in and bought the FB and the starion. Trying not to make any more mistakes.

I remember when I was gonna do a 13b-REW swap but I finally learned that I do not have the funds at this time to complete that project. Also I felt that I would end up doing it half assed.

fcdrifter13

you guys can type faster than me its not fair I am trying to say what I am doing I dont want this project to fail. The truth is I cant let it fail. If I do and the car ends up just sitting there with no motor again then I cant go to NY to see my girl freind. I love my car to death and ALL am doing now is just planning. Seeing how much time and money it is going to take me.

So back to the matter at hand, IN THE FUTURE when i do purchase a kit I dont want one that is gaudy or requires wheels wide enough to span the mississippi. Just a nice stock looking flare. I like the look of the pockets but now not so much, on a real widebody they look cool. But I may just have the fenders rolled. My uncle owns a body shop so I know that bondo sucks alot and that **** is heavy. I am also interested in have the moldings shaved,like the ones on the door, and have the groove they are in cut out and then just smooth it out. I like stock looking alot but I also want to be different.

Thanks again RETed but I dont buy things from ebay unless it is frm someone on here or someone that I know.

SnowmanSteiner

Actually despite what people have said, AIT fenders up front are the exact same size as stock. A friend in town got them, and was told they were 30mm wider, but they aren't.

- Steiner

LaRazaUnida

And so now you jump on me for stating my opinion about reteds comment, being kinda hippocritical are ya?

I never assumed anything. I simply stated that if he wanted to do whatever he could. You made the assumption that I was making assumptions. And you know that I know that you know what assume means

Anyways, he asked for where he could find what he was looking for and now here is a few filler posts with no answers.

Reted gave it right on the dot with search up Ebay. Im sure you will find something.

fcdrifter13

Accualy I found what I plan on getting, my uncle who I said owns the body shop made a small WBK, it was more like a flare than a wide body kit. So he showed me with cardboad what it would look like. Cardboard is my freind now. I am saving up the money right now for Felixs old motor. After I get it im buying that s4 T2 motor I listed above. And while I am driving it around I can rebuild the turbo motor to what I want, get all the parts together for a complete t2 swap. All in all just do it right without having to having my car sit again waiting on one big project. So im just gonna make alot of little projects. Ill see if i can photoshop what I want it to look like when it is done.

Alex