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Getting A New Body Kit ( Entire Process Detailed )

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Old 02-03-12 | 12:25 PM
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Hi Will, Hi Chris and welcome to the forum Frosted.

Happy New Year.
Good to hear there is another SC in London, about to be modded.
Great to know there is another meet in the offing.

I have just ordered a full air suspension kit from the States so I will be a couple(maybe a few) months doing the installation, but hopefully it will be ready by May as I would love to go to the meet again.
I have already booked everything for my road trip to Le Mans again in June so the car has to be ready for then.

Will keep you informed of my progress with the air.

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Old 02-03-12 | 12:35 PM
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wow nice Steve you get the airrunner setup.

Have to say a road trip to Le Mans sounds fantastic
Old 02-03-12 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by aquanuke
wow nice Steve you get the airrunner setup.

Have to say a road trip to Le Mans sounds fantastic
Hi Chris

Good to hear from you.

No, I have ordered the Accuair System with the E level setup through Universal Air in California, it's a fortune, but I want the best.
Have asked Zack at Universal Air loads of questions about it and all his answers were positive so decided to go with it.
Just so fed up of grounding over every speed bump. It is the same system as IcenPinki (Will) has on his fabulous white SC.
I intend to take some time off work to complete the install, but it's a big job so hope I can get it done in time for the meet.

Been taking the SC to Le Mans for a few years now. It's a great weekend. We travel over a thousand miles over the weekend and it is a fantastic drive (even if the racing is not).
Last year, after I had lowered it and fitted the new wheels, the car was centre of attention . It's wall to wall Porsche and they were all interested in my SC......
You should go, thirty five minutes on EuroTunnel and you are in France.

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Old 04-17-12 | 03:55 AM
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i wanted to purchase that same kit but keep having second thoughts
Old 04-17-12 | 06:38 AM
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hey how did you test fit your lips? Did you have to remove the bumpers? I dont want to scratch mine up test fitting.
Old 04-17-12 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by robertrios
hey how did you test fit your lips? Did you have to remove the bumpers? I dont want to scratch mine up test fitting.
Those are full bumper replacements, not lips.
Old 04-17-12 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by HOODCELEBS
i wanted to purchase that same kit but keep having second thoughts
It's only available in the UK. Personally, I'd pay the extra $ for a genuine kit from a reputable company rather than risk a cheap knockoff anyway.
Old 07-03-18 | 06:57 AM
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First off thanks to @tsachiti for posting this and giving me confidence to even attempt this upgrade. Decided to change-up my 03 in lieu of finding another reliable cool looking hard top convert coup. If someone wanted to see this kit in black, here goes.



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Old 07-03-18 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by damlex
First off thanks to @tsachiti for posting this and giving me confidence to even attempt this upgrade. Decided to change-up my 03 in lieu of finding another reliable cool looking hard top convert coup. If someone wanted to see this kit in black, here goes.



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Looks really nice. Whered you get the kit and was it a PITA to get fitted properly?
Old 07-03-18 | 07:37 AM
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A Royal PITA. If your not now, you will become fiberglass literate at the end of this project if you DIY. You have to build mounts for fog and backup lights, headlight washers, and both front and back parking lights. It took me 4 months. But I'm totally satisfied.
Old 07-03-18 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by damlex
First off thanks to @tsachiti for posting this and giving me confidence to even attempt this upgrade. Decided to change-up my 03 in lieu of finding another reliable cool looking hard top convert coup. If someone wanted to see this kit in black, here goes.
NICE JOB! It looks great! Is this the kit from Poland? I hear it is a real pain to install. Is it a pain because of the fit? or is it a pain because they left so many of the parts out and you needed to figure out a solution yourself (you had mentioned the lights, hl washer etc)

Either way, it looks great!

Old 07-04-18 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DshngDaryl
NICE JOB! It looks great! Is this the kit from Poland? I hear it is a real pain to install. Is it a pain because of the fit? or is it a pain because they left so many of the parts out and you needed to figure out a solution yourself (you had mentioned the lights, hl washer etc)

Either way, it looks great!
I believe so. I bought the kit from a guy in the states. The fit was actually pretty good, but fixing the shipping damage, purchasing the new lights, and manually making their mounts was a challenge. I also had to re-strengthen and remake a lot of the current mounts and lips. Hardest project I've ever completed, but I'm not a auto body guy so it might be easier for them.
Old 07-04-18 | 04:44 PM
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Hey another one in Black. Nice work, looks really good.
Most body shops used to working with fibre-glass should have little trouble fitting the kit from Poland but it takes time. If you're doing it on your own then it's quite a challenge.

Designing and building the rear spoiler was the hardest part for me.




Old 07-04-18 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Neil E
Hey another one in Black. Nice work, looks really good.
Most body shops used to working with fibre-glass should have little trouble fitting the kit from Poland but it takes time. If you're doing it on your own then it's quite a challenge.

Designing and building the rear spoiler was the hardest part for me.
Sweet ride! Yeah I figure pros would have flew through this install.
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