Next Stop Body Kit, Your thoughts...
 

Guys, I really like the modded agressive look of some of those tuner civics out there and want to do so with mine as well. I have been looking over body kits and found one with the look I am going for however I have heard some talk about differing opinions between fiberglass kits and polyurethane. What kind of advice do you have for me? I have never had a body kit on any type of car before, here is a link to the one I am looking at buying once I save up some extra cash for it:

http://www.procivic.com/pages-produc...508/index.html

RE: Next Stop Body Kit, Your thoughts...
 

well ur kinda of new(accroding to your post) but alot of people here are gunna say screw the body kit and get a lip kit. im one of those people but i also believe in get what u like cuz its ur ride. but to answer ur question im not really feeling that body kit, personaly ilike the buddy club body kits. thats just my opionon. and you should also get a polyurethan kit cuz there will stay good against small bumps and nicks they might get. i havent heard good things about fiber glass kits.

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IMO if your gettin a kit go for the buddy club like ballinboy said but if not he's right Lips FTW! lol.
But deff go for what you like. and you get what you pay for the more expensive the material the longer it will last. That's my two cents.

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i had the blitz body kit and it was fiberglass and it did fine if you take care of it anything will last

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That's not a bad looking kit, 7th gen civics are the only ones that I actually prefer a body kit on. I'd get a urathane one though, urethane kits will fit like OEM most of the time and look really clean and they last, fiberglass however usually takes a lot of work to get to fit right and they chip up pretty easily. My friend hada fiberglass kit onhis EG that took weeks to get on right and clean, then it chipped all to hell before he could even get it painted.... then agian, his car was slammed like 3 inches from the ground...

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personally i think bodykits are ghastly, but to each his own, atleast keep us updated

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Does anyone know what the Buddy Club2 kit is made out of. I do like that kit as well and wow its about 3x as much as other kits.

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Nerosync, where are you from?
Ive got a few sites with awesome amount of kits on that will help.

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I am across the pond from you bro in the US. I just found a pretty good site www.kgsengineering.com today that has a pretty good selection, but I will gladly look at any you can forward. Thanks!

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I like body kits as long as its the right kit on the right car. Polyurethane is going to be stronger and more resistant to cracks and chips...its the same thing that is in skateboard wheels to help absorb impact vibrations without cracking. Just PLEASE paint the kit right away and dont be one of those guys driving around for months with a blue green kit on unpainted.

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^ nah... I thought poly kits came in black? I know the lips do...

and the Bomex kit's a little too aggressive for my tastes... I love the Buddy Club 2 kits (and the R34 front bumper... but then again, I used to have an R34 kit, so I might be a little biased). And fiberglass does just fine as long as you're decently careful with it. I scraped my sideskirts all the time (actually, they're the same ones on my car now), and there's only one crack in them (and I did that last night on a pothole lol). If you get a fiberglass kit, I'd recommend doing what I did: go to Wal-Mart/Home Depot/Lowe's and buy some spray-on expanding foam insulation (it's meant for around doors and windows in homes) and fill up the inside of your bumpers/side skirts with it (be careful, since it expands... if you spray too much on, it can crack the fiberglass). Because of the foam, my front bumper survived meeting a snowbank sideways at 25 mph with only a few small cracks to show for it lol

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I checked with Buddy Club and they do not make a kit that will fit my 05. :(

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just throwing me opinion in here (even if its been stated before) but that fiberglass kit is crap (I had one and the fitment was okay, but it was SO fragile), so for less than $400, the kit i imagine isnt gonna fit well. If youre gonna do it, do it once and do it right, meaning a nice Poly kit. I like the look of the kit though, just the quality wont be good.

RE: Next Stop Body Kit, Your thoughts...
 

Thanks for all the honest opinions guys. As I said I have never had a car where I have considered looking into a body kit so I had no idea what I should be looking for. Now I pretty much know thanks to you guys. Does anyone have any site links for poly kits? I have found a million sites but they all seem to be fiberglass. Also are there any good sites for lip kits?

Thanks again fellas!

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lol. if your ording lips, order any where but streetstyler.com i odered mine from there liek 9 weeks ago and i just got them wednesday. hmotorsports is good i heard, and idont really know for body kits.

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http://www.speedculture.co.uk/osc/ci...3770_3028.html

Good selection of 05 kits there mate..

Also check out mad motors.. they both import their kits from the US so should be able to hook u up..

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put the money towards suspension, you will not regret it.