Ellis
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Post by Ellis on Aug 7, 2011 13:16:44 GMT -7
Any info on a good body shop or if it would be better to just buy a new bumper? Anybody know of any cool custom bumpers out thier that would look good for a mod. She needs a face lift bad. Thanks Guys!! Attachments:
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Post by MoNoChRoMaTiC (Patrick) on Aug 7, 2011 13:39:57 GMT -7
you could check the other forums to see if anyone is selling a fascia stock or the srt front end is always a pleasant upgrade for non srt cars, grip tuning also has a great looking very clean fascia that Richard (1sikcharger) is running and it looks great
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Post by GreenWithEnvy on Aug 7, 2011 15:06:38 GMT -7
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Post by ponch79 on Aug 7, 2011 15:17:17 GMT -7
That's a good lookin find
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Post by Ellis on Aug 7, 2011 15:43:56 GMT -7
That's a sweet looking bumper
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Post by jlawless on Aug 7, 2011 16:42:38 GMT -7
Do NOT buy that. I bought the whole widebody kit when I crashed my charger. Unless you know a bodyshop that's pro with bondo don't touch that.
When I got it, it had grinder marks in it, didn't even line up to my bumper well so it would have to be cut down the middle and trimmed down to fit. Big nightmare, couldn't return it cause the company has a 4747372 page return clause. Releasing them from any and all liability. Ended up selling the whole widebody kit for Nickels on the dollar. $650 for the whole kit that was like $2700 if I remember right.
Stay the hell away from it.
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Post by alpinewil81 on Aug 7, 2011 20:45:39 GMT -7
Two words: Grip Tuning. Ben has the grip kit on his Charger SRT too. It is by far (in my opinion) the best, meanest, and cleanest looking upgrade over the SRT OEM fascia.
There is also the Couture kits. They are really a one of a kind look, I haven't seen anyone in the area sporting one of their kits just yet??? Andy's Auto has a ton of options online. But be careful and make sure you get the proper brand or like JLawless pointed out, your life will be hell trying to get it to fit and look good. One word of advise, try to stick with urethane. As for his experience, that is the first I've ever heard of a bad fitting Couture kit... I believe there are some Fiberglass knock offs out there of the Couture kit too. An authentic Couture is urethane and what little I've seen personally the installs where good. (see my post below on this topic).
Oh yeah, what the hell happened to your car? Looks like a truck with oversized tires grated the front off in a parking lot.
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Post by alpinewil81 on Aug 7, 2011 20:56:16 GMT -7
Do NOT buy that. I bought the whole widebody kit when I crashed my charger. Unless you know a bodyshop that's pro with bondo don't touch that. When I got it, it had grinder marks in it, didn't even line up to my bumper well so it would have to be cut down the middle and trimmed down to fit. Big nightmare, couldn't return it cause the company has a 4747372 page return clause. Releasing them from any and all liability. Ended up selling the whole widebody kit for Nickels on the dollar. $650 for the whole kit that was like $2700 if I remember right. Stay the hell away from it. Huh... that's interesting. That's the first I've ever heard of a bad quality Couture kit? Did you keep pics of it after it arrived? Most aftermarket urethanes don't fit picture perfect but fit well. As for grinder marks? I've seen various cut marks that were easy to fix on kits by Stillen, Wings West, and a myriad of others. And bondo??? Bondo should never be used on urethane, a flexible resin filler yes, but never Bondo. Sucks you had a hard time with the kit... its a one of a kind look to die for on the Charger and Magnum. If I get froggy and decide to do more than supercharge the Magnum (if I don't sell anytime soon) then I planned on doing the Couture kit as it would be one of very few across the country. **** This is a personal edit: I did a little forum jumping to count success stories vs. not success. In the case of JLawless... he's got a point. It appears their quality has gotten marginal at best here and in the recent past. I'll give credit where credit is due, if this is what has come of them and their quality... go somewhere else that provides a better fitting and cleaner product. Count them out of my top five... So what body kit will I go with then?  Supercharger first, then I'll worry about that later. |
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Post by gomango on Aug 7, 2011 23:15:44 GMT -7
Dido stay away from that kit. I had ordered that as well and the body shop said they would not touch it because of the complications. Plus that front bumper will not work alone due to the wheel flares on the side. That picture makes the kit look way better than it really is
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Post by 440Gordy on Aug 8, 2011 20:18:17 GMT -7
Ouch! What happened?
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Ellis
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Post by Ellis on Aug 9, 2011 18:16:21 GMT -7
I kinda thought it was a snow plow over the winter turned out it wasn't. I was used to driving a big lifted dodge and forgot that the charger didn't have alot of clearance when driving over stuff so my bad. My girlfriend wasn't so happy with me So if anybody knows of any good body shops around or someone who is a painter she would love to paint the whole thing panther pink With black stripes! |
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Supercharger first, then I'll worry about that later.
