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isit one of them big plastic inserts or actual part of the bumper?
if its a big insert then yea could do it no probs.. would just be finding the same shaped grille to fit the gap, or big enough so you can cut it down yourself
imagine the front end as a huge shock absorber, when you hit somethin, the bonnet will bend upwards and take some of the force, the front panel and flitches will crumple on the crumple points and take away more of the force. thats how you want a car to be i think. i know german cars are rock...
ive seen a few bodykits lately that actually wrap around the wheel, like tuck underneath it at the bottom, i think they look absolutely w**k like that. its like they havnt been moulded properly
if it was called..i dunno .. lets say.. Maxim Wide Arch Kit... people would look at it alot differently. cause its a replica though its gettin slated a bit. imo that looks absolutely stunning and top notch as bodykits go.
still gotta paint it lol, only recently got round to repair it. was damaged from when it was a write off, nothin major but wasnt on the to-do list at the time :P
easier to dent service panels which are sound tho, if its piss flimsy your gonna get highspots all over the place, plus if they was solid in the first place you wouldnt get the dents! lol. possibly the most structuraly sound car ive worked on was a golf r32. seriously, these cars are built to...
you should see the new seat ibizas panels. by far the most flimsy panels ive ever worked on. you can push the rear quarter in an inch with 1 finger, same with the doors
definatly worthwhile. when new panels go on cars they are sound deadened, if you tap your fingers on a panel without sound deadening it sounds very tinny and thin, tap it with a piece of sound deadening and it sounds much more solid. stops alot of road noise and of course is great for keeping...
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few pics of air feedage, gonna make a scoop eventually to fit behind the bumper
was sunny as funk friday afternoon, ended up in the back garden washin the car n chillin with a few beers.. ahh the life
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