haste3

q1: hey ive looked round for the highest offer for the c-west body kit and the c-west gt wing just lookin for the top price on the market,

q2: im lookin to paint the fd long with the "bodykit" and yet have it installed in together, how much would you consider that would cost, to install, paint the car and "bodykit" together, if you could help i would appreciate it, thanks

FDNewbie

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I'm not quite sure what you mean....are you asking how much someone would be willing to pay for it? Very few people actually go and spend the $$ for the original kit, which runs a couple grand. Look here for the list price of all the genuine parts: http://www.rxecret7.com/rx7type1.html

Install and painting of a full bodykit will run you a good $2K or so, assuming it's all bolt on, no serious custom modification or molding done.

haste3

yeh im lookin to put a killer body kit for the fd i love the c-west, yet im just tryin to find the best price online, ouch i thought it would cost round 1-1.5k for the install and paint for the car, thanks again

FDNewbie

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Try looking here...almost all the body kits w/ pics can be found there. http://www.rx7store.net/index.asp?Pa...S&Category=203

The two places I really recommend buying them from are
1) RotaryExtreme (www.rotaryexteme.com); Chuck makes excellent quality replicas at much cheaper prices than the originals
2) VIS Racing (www.visracing.com); they make a few of the kits in polyfiber, which is much more flexible and resiliant than fiberglass, which cracks easily...but you have to request the polyfiber parts.

As for price, I'm sure you can find a body shop that will do it for $1K - $1.5K, but it's really gonna depend on just how good you want everything to look. The better the body shop, the the better the quality of work and effort they put in to making fitment practically perfect, the higher the price. Basically, you get what you pay for.

As for kits, I have a few C-west parts on my car, and I love it. BUT, I gotta tell ya, C-west is definitely played out now. Too many people have it. Take a look at that first website (rx7store), and check out the other kits they have...a somewhat newer or more original look is always great

haste3

ok perfect, would you consider the original parts from the company like "c-west" or would the replicas fit just as well and look the exact way, thanks again

Dan Norton

I have a genuine ally c-west gt wing for sale if your intrested.

Cheers,

Dan!!

FDNewbie

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I personally went w/ replicas...high quality replicas w/ excellent fitment. That narrows it down to Chuck's (RotaryExtreme) or VIS' (VIS Racing). I personally went w/ VIS' parts, because I really liked the idea of them having their parts in polyfiber (upon request). I had made a decision NOT to put fiberglass on my car, after having seen so many people's bodykits totally destroyed from minor mistakes like hitting a parking curb, or taking a speedbump too fast, etc. No one made the C-west kit in polyurethane, and I found out about VIS' polyfiber, which is actually BETTER than urethane IMO. It's lighter, doesn't sag/melt like urethane, but is just as flexible as it. It's just as light as fiberglass, but doesn't crack like it (cuz it's flexible), but can be fixed just like regular fiberglass. So I personally decided that's the way I wanted to go.

An original would be great (such as Dan's) as long as he could assure good fitment, because sometimes even originals don't fit too well. But that would ideally be the way to go. If not, RotaryExtreme and VIS Racing's body parts are the two replicas I'd stick w/. They're very well known, tried, and tested by ppl on this forum.

Just whatever you do, DON'T get a cheap replica. You wanna get some garbage from importfan or whatever, go for it, but you'll pay all that money you saved back into fitment problems and cheap thin fiberglass that'll crack from even rockchips. You get what you pay for...