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CarChick - 20 Jul 2005 17:28 GMT

I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure
they're good...has anyone ordered anything from PaAutoracing before?
Let me know, wanna check it out before I buy. Thanks!

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pjhartman@gmail.com - 20 Jul 2005 20:53 GMT

What car is this for? Civic? Accord? Integra? Similar rice project?

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Jim Yanik - 21 Jul 2005 01:26 GMT

> I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
> website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure
> they're good...has anyone ordered anything from PaAutoracing before?
> Let me know, wanna check it out before I buy. Thanks!

Fiberglas cracks and trears very easily.
The original bumper covers are urethane,flexible and much more durable.

Most of the cars I see with body kits have damaged air dams and read bumper
covers.Lowering the car makes it much more likely,too.

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Sir Lex - 21 Jul 2005 02:29 GMT

My advice is don't bother with a body kit. Spend the same amount of
money on real performance mods and you could have a pretty quick car.
Many body kits do nothing but give pedestrians and petrolheads a good laugh.

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to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they
succumb to it utterly and can never again escape from it"

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Alex Rodriguez - 21 Jul 2005 16:24 GMT

>> I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
>> website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure
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>money on real performance mods and you could have a pretty quick car.
>Many body kits do nothing but give pedestrians and petrolheads a good laugh.

They also slow down the car since the kits are developed strictly for looks,
not be aid the vehicles aerodynamics.
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Alex

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Jim Yanik - 21 Jul 2005 17:13 GMT

>>> I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
>>> website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure
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> Alex

Nothing wrong with jazzing up a car's "looks",but those body pieces are
usually fiberglas and do not hold up under normal driving;they crack and
tear.
And it's worse if you lower the body.

I too would rather have better performance.

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Motorhead Lawyer - 29 Jul 2005 20:53 GMT

> > I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
> > website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure
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> My advice is don't bother with a body kit. Spend the same amount of
> money on real performance mods and you could have a pretty quick car.

... that you have no idea how to drive. Spend the first thousand on
driver schools. Otherwise, you end up with a car that's *way* better
than you'll ever be.
--
C.R. Krieger
(BMW CCA instructor)

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C.H. - 25 Jul 2005 23:52 GMT

> I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
> website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure they're
> good...has anyone ordered anything from PaAutoracing before? Let me know,
> wanna check it out before I buy. Thanks!

Working out will do much more for your body than a body kit.

Chris

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wws - 27 Jul 2005 04:07 GMT

>>I'm looking for a body kit...need some advice though. I found this
>>website that sells them for pretty cheap, but I want to make sure they're
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> Chris

Working on drivetrains will definitely build your body.
My assignment the other day was to hand carry a segmented driveshaft
down the street for a carrier bearing press job.
They couldn't do it.
Back home, then I got a car to go another mile.
Feels good.

wws

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