Body kit has arrived!

[Hawkeye71]

Originally Posted by insite

Hawkeye -

Is this the place north of town with all the f cars out front? What did they quote you, out of curiosity? I hear they do great work. Can't wait to see the finished look.

Off of Cobb? If so yep.

I told Jay that I had put a thread up in case anyone on here was thinking about using them.

[RandallNeighbour]

I sure hope you don't screw up that really low splitter on the bottom of your new bumper. You'll have to take driveways ever so slowly at an angle (even more so than before) and stop short of parking lot stops.

I'd never be able to keep a bumper like yours pristine for more than a month or two.

Looking great though! That's gonna be sharp.

[Hawkeye71]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

I sure hope you don't screw up that really low splitter on the bottom of your new bumper. You'll have to take driveways ever so slowly at an angle (even more so than before) and stop short of parking lot stops.

I'd never be able to keep a bumper like yours pristine for more than a month or two.

Looking great though! That's gonna be sharp.

Yep that's for sure. I've owned several lowered cars with front bumper lips. An M3, RB swapped Nissan drift car and the like so I'm aware of the lip thing. The car is not lowered as of now but I have a set of coil overs that I'll be installing ASAP. On that note, I'm gonna be doing rotors and ss brake lines and powder coating the calipers as soon as I get the car back. I installed a B&M short shifter in it the day before it went to the body shop for the body kit. Also looking into forced induction but not sure I like any of the kits on the market. If I go that route I'll more then likely fab a setup myself. We will see I guess.

[Hawkeye71]

Got an update from Magnum Collision this morning. The car is supposed to be getting paint this afternoon and should be done the middle of next week!! I can't wait!!!

[thstone]

Very cool! Keep us updated.

[Hawkeye71]

Sent an email off to Jay at Magnum. He told me that it was in paint getting prepped and that he is "hoping" to get it painted tomorrow.?? This after telling me it was supposed to go to paint Friday? So it's taken them over a week and half to fit the front bumper and side skirts (which he said the side skirts went on great.).

I sure "hope" their work is better then their customer relations. As of right now I'm not to impressed with what they are telling me but I will hold judgment off until I see the finished job. As they say; the proof's in the pudding.

[insite]

for what it's worth, i've never NOT had this happen at a body shop. right, wrong or indifferent, i always take however long they say they'll have the car & i double it.

sucks, but it seems to be SOP

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye71

Sent an email off to Jay at Magnum. He told me that it was in paint getting prepped and that he is "hoping" to get it painted tomorrow.?? This after telling me it was supposed to go to paint Friday? So it's taken them over a week and half to fit the front bumper and side skirts (which he said the side skirts went on great.).

I sure "hope" their work is better then their customer relations. As of right now I'm not to impressed with what they are telling me but I will hold judgment off until I see the finished job. As they say; the proof's in the pudding.

Take it as a good sign that they're taking their time with the fit . As we discussed, these kits start out in crude form, and they require a good deal of tweaking in order to get a good fit. When my kit arrived from Germany, I was convinced that some kids at a vocational school had made it, not a prestigious "tuner" !