SC300/400 Aero parts fitment feedback thread
02-12-08, 10:03 PM
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Car Year - 1995 SC300
Part type - CF Hood
Part make - VIS
Part construction - Carbon Fiber
Source - Came with the car
Price - ~700
Fitment -
Installation - Don't crack it when drilling
Durability - The clear coat is fading, and could use a wetsanding and respray of clearcoat, and there are a bunch of cracks either from drilling for hood pins, or from pushing the hood down too forcefully when it used the latch mechanism.
Notes - Great finish when new, but tends to age quickly.
Part type - CF Hood
Part make - VIS
Part construction - Carbon Fiber
Source - Came with the car
Price - ~700
Fitment -
Installation - Don't crack it when drilling
Durability - The clear coat is fading, and could use a wetsanding and respray of clearcoat, and there are a bunch of cracks either from drilling for hood pins, or from pushing the hood down too forcefully when it used the latch mechanism.
Notes - Great finish when new, but tends to age quickly.
03-03-08, 05:22 PM
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Car Year - 1995 SC300
Part type - Roof spoiler
Part make - ???
Part construction - Fiberglass, I believe
Source - Clublexus forums
Price - $250 shipped, $100 for a repaint + repair, $20 to install
Fitment - Looks great to me!
Installation -
Durability - After reinstallation the cracks resurfaced. Going to need a touch up this year.
Part type - Roof spoiler
Part make - ???
Part construction - Fiberglass, I believe
Source - Clublexus forums
Price - $250 shipped, $100 for a repaint + repair, $20 to install
Fitment - Looks great to me!
Installation -
Durability - After reinstallation the cracks resurfaced. Going to need a touch up this year.
03-31-08, 03:25 PM
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I have it... it sucks... actually its not as bad as i thought it would be. The surface is really good actually but the front bumper lines up horribly and almost none of the bolts line up. sides look like they will fit well but the kit is pretty thick so cracking may be an issue.
I got it from a friend for $100 so im not really bummed.
I got it from a friend for $100 so im not really bummed.
04-07-08, 06:40 AM
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I have it... it sucks... actually its not as bad as i thought it would be. The surface is really good actually but the front bumper lines up horribly and almost none of the bolts line up. sides look like they will fit well but the kit is pretty thick so cracking may be an issue.
I got it from a friend for $100 so im not really bummed.
I got it from a friend for $100 so im not really bummed.
so can you possibly give me a list of some pretty durable and good fitting kits out there for my 95 sc?
04-07-08, 08:13 AM
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Cheaper kits that fit well on other cars that i know about are:
Version Select
Origin (some one said that the side marker holes didnt line up on the origin)
I dont have any expierence with any other kits but it seems like the high end kits (with the exception of the Wald kit) fit well.
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04-07-08, 08:54 PM
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price range is 2-3k maximum. im looking into a AC kit, but i live in new york and its pothole central here and im looking for durability and i heard that AC kits are very very durable. how durable is that kit and the phx attacker kit?
04-16-08, 01:16 PM
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I would get the AC kit if i were you. No kit is gonna stand up to too much abuse though.
05-25-08, 01:16 PM
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Car Year - 1999 SC400
Part type - full kit (Front, Sides, Rear)
Part make - Origina Labs
Part construction - FRP
Source - RaceonUSA
Price - $800
Fitment - Considering this is a JDM kit, this is pretty dismal. I think if either myself or the shop I choose were not perfectionist, then the kit would have fitted OK. Alot of custom work to have it fit perfect.
The rear bumper required mount holes, custom mounting brackets, and the required some level of where the body met the bumper. One side had to be filled while the other sie shaved down. We are talking a few millimeters, but that was enough to make it not perfect.
The side skirts were about 5mm too short, which again required custom mounting and extension. Looks like Origin Labs measured the inside of the dimensions of the car making it too short. My shop mounted to the body using screws and then bondoed over them.
The front bumper also required some filling right a the very front. and a corner didn't fit and required some glassing.
Surface was glass smooth, almost no prep work needed. Primer, light wet sand and paint. Not a bad kit, but these were the problems my shop encountered. I would have probably gotten it to fit myself with everything being a hair off.
Installation - Done by body shop
Durability - Unsure, car is still there
Before and after pics of the rear bumper. You can see the slight difference in the leveling and the required filling and shaving.
Side skirt pics, you can see the mount holes and the bondo on the corner.
Glass required for the at the corner of the front bumper. And you can see the bondo on where the bumper meets the hood.
Part type - full kit (Front, Sides, Rear)
Part make - Origina Labs
Part construction - FRP
Source - RaceonUSA
Price - $800
Fitment - Considering this is a JDM kit, this is pretty dismal. I think if either myself or the shop I choose were not perfectionist, then the kit would have fitted OK. Alot of custom work to have it fit perfect.
The rear bumper required mount holes, custom mounting brackets, and the required some level of where the body met the bumper. One side had to be filled while the other sie shaved down. We are talking a few millimeters, but that was enough to make it not perfect.
The side skirts were about 5mm too short, which again required custom mounting and extension. Looks like Origin Labs measured the inside of the dimensions of the car making it too short. My shop mounted to the body using screws and then bondoed over them.
The front bumper also required some filling right a the very front. and a corner didn't fit and required some glassing.
Surface was glass smooth, almost no prep work needed. Primer, light wet sand and paint. Not a bad kit, but these were the problems my shop encountered. I would have probably gotten it to fit myself with everything being a hair off.
Installation - Done by body shop
Durability - Unsure, car is still there
Before and after pics of the rear bumper. You can see the slight difference in the leveling and the required filling and shaving.
Side skirt pics, you can see the mount holes and the bondo on the corner.
Glass required for the at the corner of the front bumper. And you can see the bondo on where the bumper meets the hood.
05-25-08, 11:59 PM
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