for all of you that has an experience with a body kit made of fiber glass... how long have u had your kit?? have you experience any problems so far?? Give me the pros and cons... thankz

 

as long as you dont hit anything, you are fine...

 

Stay with Polyurethane. My friend had a fiberglass front end and it cracked easily. The poly ones are more expensive but they are worth it in the long run since you won't have to get them repaired every time hit a hard bump or something. My friend has a fiberglass JDM front end, it's a PITA! He has to be very careful everywhere he goes.

But if it's just for show then you should be fine. Daily driving will crack it eventually!



[Modified by Gee3, 11:25 PM 11/30/2001]

 

I sold my car cas the kit was such a headache!!! - Did u know just going too fast will crack them - im anti-fiberglass for life - fiberglass looks tight but when people roll by me with a kit i just say to myself "glad thats not me!!" - Stay away from big heavy urth/fiber kits - lip kits are the way too go!

 

Fiberglass is gay. I've seen lots of cars with cracked fronts and they try to duct tape it up or something. Doesn't look very pretty....

Plus with fiberglass you have to be really really careful. Beacuse if you slightly hit soething it'll crack or break into a thousand peices. The best thing to do would be to get a polyurethane kit. Which is what I have.

 

i've had a glass kit eversince i bought my car 2 years ago and i have had no problems with the exception of paint chipping off my front bumper cuz of rocks but you cant avoid that and a guy rear ending me but theres only a crack there that i'm eventually gonna fix...you just gotta learn how to drive and dont mold any of it on the car cuz that will eventually crack if you do that

 

i have a fiber glass front bumper and it is a pain cuz its already cracked from hitting different things........the corner also cracked from just using a electric buffer on it!.....but i would also be weary of the urethane kits too cuz my sideskirts which are urethane are already sagging after one year

 

Had a Wings West Fiberglass kit on a CRX for two years, no problems. Had a fiberglass buddy club no name fiberglass front end on a civic, three months, two hairline cracks. Guess it depends on the quality of the kit. I wouldn't go so far as to say fiberglass kits are crap, but get a good quality one at least. Otherwise go with polyurethane kit.

 

Had my FG Kit for 2 months now and so far so good. Like what what they said, just be careful on the bumps. On freeway, I say don't go no more than 80mph just in case you hit an uneven road and scrape your front. I know if I have to crack my front bumper, It better be a big crack and have somebody hit you I always make sure that I have the "right of way" just in case I wanted to hit somebody and claim it under their insurance. I aint scared...

I 2nd SweetChin, sooner or later you gonna have to replace your kit anyways...and you can't aoid that period. IMO

 

I've had my kit for about 2 months now and no problems as of yet. But then again I'm not as low as some of you guys. I don't think I ever scrape on the freeway, and I just try to drive real careful when it comes to driveways and ditches. All I've got so far are some scrapes on the bottom of the front. It all comes down to how you drive and how low your car is.

 

unless its jdm style I just dont like flairing bodykits. Go with something mild!
I think bodykits=rice would agree you can ask him tho

 

Man it sucks I ordered the Wings West W-type front bumber for my civic and when I got it, it came in a Kaminari box and it was fiberglass.
I live in alaska and shipping sucks so I had to wait all that time just to find out they send me the exact bumber I wanted, but made by another company and it's fiberglass. I ordered from eautoworks.com so just to let people know they are very slow and I am not sure if they know what they're doing.