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Title: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 14 May 2007, 17:03
What do you guy's think? I'm not interested in fitting one, but it seems that they are popular with many car tuners (mainly french and jap). Anyone got good/bad pics or experiences to share?

here's a wonderful example, and if this turns into a 'bad pic' competition, i think i win...

(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p153/ghiblitom/main.jpg)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tobz. on 14 May 2007, 17:11
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
It's the jet car from santa pod!!!
I can't even begin to comprehend how somebody would think that was cool :sick:
Definately no, can anybody find a worse one???
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: jv on 14 May 2007, 17:12
that is special. although i think the exhausts may be a bit too wide for the back of your mk2 ;)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tobz. on 14 May 2007, 17:14
that is special. although i think the exhausts

By that you mean the dustbins???

Reckon they must have been on the gameshow 3-2-1 and lost!!!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 14 May 2007, 17:16
think you might be right john? Still think of the spade loads of downforce that startrek looking spoiler offers! :grin:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tobz. on 14 May 2007, 17:20
Hmmm yeah due to the fact it probably weighs a tonne!!!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: bomp on 14 May 2007, 17:32
Oh yeah, lovin' them afterburners. LOL

It's got to be a joke surely? Taking the p1$$ out of idiots with whale tails and "my exhaust is loud therefore it's fast dude, yo-yo safe bro, beeee-atch" type peeps.

My friend turned up at my house once telling me he's customised his car, so I looked round it and couldn't see what he was on about. I climbed inside the car and noticed he had a big black dildo for a gearstick. Class  :grin:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: BobbyT on 14 May 2007, 17:45
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Toofunkyhouse/T_Golf2_WideArch.jpg)

get this on ya mk2!!! with some 9" wide wheels!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: cняis on 14 May 2007, 18:13
bodykitted my old Rover, thought it looked ok  :rolleyes:

(http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/502/DSC00175.JPG)
(http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/502/DSC00244a.JPG)

bumper was a pain to fit, the bodyshop struggled but it never fell off  :cool:

speedbumps were a no though.

sold it to my brother so still in the family... and i want those wheels  :angry:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: ...joe on 14 May 2007, 18:36
bodykits suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!! mainly because they never look quite right on whatever car they are fitted to. they always look like such an after thought so stick out like a sore thumb, no matter how well they are fitted.
exceptions are there but generally big fat no!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: sharpie on 14 May 2007, 19:35
mostly neigh, but there's something about that wide arch mk2, i want more pics!!

ten points and a chocolate biscuit if any can find pics of the carbon fibre widebody race spec mk5.
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: BobbyT on 14 May 2007, 19:45
http://www.tuning.co.uk/rieger/ (http://www.tuning.co.uk/rieger/) loads of kits on here by Reiger!  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Hurdy on 14 May 2007, 19:56
Now then...if you are out for the championship of crap cars, here is the section you need to be looking at. Good old Top Gear :grin: :grin:

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/carbage/pages/0526/

Some absolutely awful cars :sick:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: coolash87 on 14 May 2007, 20:52
Ive got a 1.6 mk4, but i want to get the 1.6 sign off at the back of the car, but i am worried that when i do that you could see the where the 1.6 sign was. Will this happen   
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: BobbyT on 14 May 2007, 21:04
no, they are just stuck on, i use hot watter to soften up the glue and then just prize them off, then a little white sprit will take the glue off! then just polish the area! jobs a gooden!  :wink:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 14 May 2007, 21:50
Ive got a 1.6 mk4, but i want to get the 1.6 sign off at the back of the car, but i am worried that when i do that you could see the where the 1.6 sign was. Will this happen  
god damn hijack.
some splendid examples on that link hurdy! :grin:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 14 May 2007, 21:55
nice wheels crevice! even if they were fitted to a *cough* rover.
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: cняis on 14 May 2007, 22:06
pmsl  :shocked:

it rattled more than my gti which is nearly twice as old and has done twice the miles...
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 09:50
Bodykits? Dont do it unless you buy a fibreglass one and are happy to rework that!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Chantuz on 15 May 2007, 10:14
Blech

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40880000/jpg/_40880534_guin1.jpg)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Mr Blue on 15 May 2007, 10:37
barryboys.co.uk :cool:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: KittyMk1 on 15 May 2007, 10:45
There are some really really AWFUL cars round here with bodykits. most the girls have either standard ka's or corsa's clios etc with stupid bodykits that look awful (they dont seem to have any taste) and then theres the lads. some are ok but some look plain ugly.

there's a renault 5 with massive chrome wheels, a stupid bodykit and a spoiler that makes it look like a shopping trolley.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 10:47
Mr.Blue - I trust that is a sarcastic comment! :laugh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: ...joe on 15 May 2007, 10:47
Bodykits? Dont do it unless you buy a fibreglass one and are happy to rework that!

yeah, thats what ALL the good body shops say.... :P
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 10:49
Yes joe I am talking from experience! dunno if I'd do it again!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 10:59
Ummm just looked at that again and umm ya cant be comparing me to a good bodyshop surely? :huh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: ...joe on 15 May 2007, 11:15
no i'm not i'm afraid len. more saying that most body shops don't use fibreglass kits and especially those which need modifying to fit.
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 11:20
 :cool:

I know I'm good but not that good! :wink: :laugh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Simon8v91 on 15 May 2007, 11:51
Hell No!

This one made me laugh!  :laugh:

(http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/carbage/pages/0480/main.jpg)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: ...joe on 15 May 2007, 11:59
thats not really a body kit though, more a body wig :P
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Len on 15 May 2007, 12:10
Does he have to use a hair dryer when it gets wet? :laugh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Simon8v91 on 15 May 2007, 12:15
Does he have to use a hair dryer when it gets wet? :laugh:

..........He might struggle going up hill when wet  :grin:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: dubmaster77 on 15 May 2007, 23:21
Not all body kits suck!!! Zender square arched small bumper 16v Any one???Yes Please!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Thom89 on 15 May 2007, 23:29
How to ruin your car!! add one body kit!  VWs have a unique "LOOK".. adding to it takes away the cars identity, why make it into something that its not!
Tom
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: mase on 16 May 2007, 09:37
see... now i think they can look good if done well, i also think they have to suit the car they are on, subtle bumper extensions / aprons and sideskirts can look really effective and can add to the lines of the car well.

as for the many many people who seem to think veilside inspired jap styled kits will look good on saxo's and corsas, well, they are sadly deluded, and need to be put down.

example:

the 'flycatcher' kit for the saxo.
(https://www.abstyling.co.uk/catalog/images/Saxo%20Flycatcher%20kit.jpg)

please note the optional 'sexo' sticker in the rear window.... people who came up with sh*t like this should of been aborted.  :sick:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 16 May 2007, 09:51
people who came up with sh*t like this should of been aborted.  :sick:

quote of the day :laugh:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Tom H on 16 May 2007, 09:57
I think I'm with the majority on this one - although the vast majority of body kits just look sh!te, occaiosnally they can really add to a car and make it a thing of beauty.

Unfortunatly I live in Southend, so I get to see 100's of bad examples every day - although my person favorite is the 1.2 nova with the 6inch exaust that's otherwise totaly standard - way funnier than a bad body kit!
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: mase on 16 May 2007, 10:02
Unfortunatly I live in Southend, so I get to see 100's of bad examples every day - although my person favorite is the 1.2 nova with the 6inch exaust that's otherwise totaly standard - way funnier than a bad body kit!

pmsl.... i love stuff like that, i live in aldershot, which is pretty much the same, full of chav bastards, there is a totally standard pug 106 1.0 zest which rolls around with a MAHOOSIVE jap can exhaust, no joke u can hear it comming from about 30 miles away, i easily recon i could fit my head up there (not that ive tried however) but i swear there is a family of badgers living in it.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 16 May 2007, 10:02
i think the exception is if you're going for the authentic rally thing and have engine/paintwork to match?
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: mase on 16 May 2007, 10:32
^^^ yea, that sort of thing... im also a fan if they add to the cars look.

used to own a cinquecento (dont laugh) which had the abarth body kit, front and rear aprons and side skirts... they can look quite fetching when smoothed and euro'd

(http://www.autoholic.de/images/resized/Fiat-Cinquecento-TWTR.jpg)

^ thats got the abarth kit, the bottom half of the bumper isnt standard, neither are the side skirts... but the kit is nice and simple, just the way they should be.  :cool:
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: tom26 on 16 May 2007, 10:52
^ i quite like that. would look great in nimbus grey or something similar?
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Ivlatt on 27 May 2007, 20:30
Unfortunatly I live in Southend, so I get to see 100's of bad examples every day - although my person favorite is the 1.2 nova with the 6inch exaust that's otherwise totaly standard - way funnier than a bad body kit!

pmsl.... i love stuff like that, i live in aldershot, which is pretty much the same, full of chav fatherless sons, there is a totally standard pug 106 1.0 zest which rolls around with a MAHOOSIVE jap can exhaust, no joke u can hear it comming from about 30 miles away, i easily recon i could fit my head up there (not that ive tried however) but i swear there is a family of badgers living in it.  :rolleyes:
LMAO
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 27 May 2007, 20:34
that fiat remidns me of teh lupo?
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: dubsport on 27 May 2007, 21:52
I dont think modern kits suit mk2's ???

(http://www.body-kit.co.uk/acatalog/LNX-24-PR318Large.jpg)

Think this is really nice tho  :tongue:

(http://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Virtualcarimages/cars/vwpolo.jpg)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: Thom89 on 28 May 2007, 00:16
I dont think modern kits suit mk2's ???

(http://www.body-kit.co.uk/acatalog/LNX-24-PR318Large.jpg)

Think this is really nice tho  :tongue:

(http://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Virtualcarimages/cars/vwpolo.jpg)
What makes that look so good is the fact that stuff has been removed, rather than added.. Ive always said tha less is more....
Tom
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: martinb on 28 May 2007, 01:02
although generally not a fan of bodykits i reckon some can look very good eg this one:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/martinbowles/kittedmk2.jpg)
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: monzablue16v on 28 May 2007, 08:32
Sometimes yes sometimes no, I don't like the big veilside snowplow look but my zeemax kit looked sweet on my mini. Not on a dub though unless it's a Carat kit on a T25
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/sharemaster/MVC-869F.jpg)
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Post by: sesterfield on 28 May 2007, 09:10
although generally not a fan of bodykits i reckon some can look very good eg this one:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/martinbowles/kittedmk2.jpg)

Those wheels have ridiculous amounts of dish  :shocked:
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Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 28 May 2007, 12:44
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/veedub16v/skeete.jpg)

theres another version of that car, im loving it with the 16v spoiler.

which kit is it?
Title: Re: Bodykits - Hellloooo or Hell No!
Post by: neil_1821 on 28 May 2007, 15:50
although generally not a fan of bodykits i reckon some can look very good eg this one:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/martinbowles/kittedmk2.jpg)

How did i know stantons car was going to get up here, yeah his car is pretty mad, in fact he's selling that bodykit and brekaing the golf you see there, he's got another project coming along.