HalcyonTRIGGER

I did alot of searching. Having trouble deciding where to purchase a body kit for my '04 GT without breaking my bank. Problom is every website I find the kits look like they are cheapily made. Where can I go that's reliable? I dont want to hassle with terrible fittings.

Here are some kits I have been eyeballing. Any advice would be very helpful!
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Mazdaspeed Replica? It being a replica worries me. Anyone had luck with this?
http://www.gdbodykits.com/M-Speed-Bo...-07mrx8msk.htm

Type-2 Kit
This is Ideally the look im after it's modest and makes it look more aggresive.
http://www.gdbodykits.com/Type-2-Ful...p/rx8-fk-b.htm

Spec-KS ( Hybrid FRP )
Also nice looking.
http://www.gdbodykits.com/Spec-KS-Fu...08mrx8ksfk.htm


Thanks!

rx8mod83

The Mazdaspeed replica from Extreme Dimensions has bad fitment.. GD or Ground Dynamics retails chinese parts.. I wouldnt trust the fitment there..

I used to have a Mazdaspeed replica from here:
http://body-kit.com/maz04rx8ms.html

It fit really good..

Good Luck!

WVBoosted8

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Japanparts.com Say no to replicas.

Jedi54

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+1.
Check out japanparts's website, they can get just about any kit for you.

RedefineRX8

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If R-Magic interests you at all, shoot me a PM.

canaryrx8

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forum vendors or legit retailers, please for the love of God don't ruin your car with a pos replica, go real or don't bother.

KillaPapi85

i have a question for you since u already went through this.. when u had purchased the kit from ED, what kit was it, and did u have trouble with the the side skirts... I just purchased the Raven Sideskirts and reading all this scares me ... All i really need is a pair of sideskirts and it will complete the package,,, but I dont know what or how bad can the actual product is or will be..

Rotr8

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the burnout replica you can get from Shine Auto on Ebay they have a good rep...

falcons365

no vending without permission

HalcyonTRIGGER

I do like the R-Magic kit alot, from what I've seen it fits well. But the price's I've see are a bit too steep for me. As I have to get the kit painted to match as well. Mmy RX-8 Is Velocity Red Mica

rx8mod83

You selling GTP planet parts doesnt say much for your credibility. GTP parts were the worst thats why they went out of business.. They used to sell parts called blue class. lmao. Ricers used to run their poor quality fit parts on their old civics.

chrism

replica=caca

05rex8

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Check out my front bumper in my sig. It's urethane and fits perfect. I am getting the sides shortly. It is made by Tsunami. PM TSUNAMISTYLES if you are interested and tell him I sent ya.

canaryrx8

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come on man, you know that's bullshit through and through.

You should re-word this to say:

You either pay for the real deal, get a properly fitting kit that was painstakingly fit to your exact model, and you drive around knowing you have the genuine article.......

or......

You get ripped off by a knockoff company who stole the design from a legit company using the cheapest material and shitty molds, and you torture some poor bodyshop somewhere trying to get the pos to fit right to save a few bucks when even if it does, it's going to fall apart anyway due to poor quality of materials and God knows whatever else just to get it to fit right.

Your whole line of "only you will know" doesn't fly either, trust me, EVERYONE will know, especially the real enthusiasts who buy the real products, especially when they see the surfable waves in the 2cent fiberglass that was used, or the mounds of bondo and body mods from trying to make it work. Go to a car show, you can spot the fakes left and right, the gaps are huge, or it sits crooked, or you can see the waves in the material, or you can see where someone tried to cover it all up. Point being, you can see it, and it looks like ****.
The knock-off I got was so lame (I thought just like what you wrote, boy was I wrong in so many ways) my sidemarker lenses were too big for it, the openings were too small, when we contacted Extreme Dic..Dimensions and asked about their "guaranteed fitment", they said "send us pictures". I'm pretty sure the bodyshop still has that pos kit sitting at their shop as far as I know as we could never get them to take it back. I won't even go into detail on the rear bumper or sideskirts, it's not even worth it. I've been around the industry for over 15 years, I've been involved in car shows or showing cars since high school, I'm 37 now. Like I said earlier, even if it does fit halfway decent by some miracle, it won't last, and most of the time it won't fit anyway so why take that chance? I've seen it on more than our cars too, same companies make the same poor fitting, low quality, imitation crap for other cars too. People think they're getting a good deal as it's cheap, but you're not, you're getting stuck with something that's more trouble than it's worth. You can spot a knockoff a mile away just like you can spot cheap "pep-boys" pedal kits or other cheap nonsense that's on the market just to take advantage of the current popularity of the whole "tuner" craze.

You don't get the look you want like you said, unless the look you want is:

"I bought a pos ripoff bodykit that cost me 200 bucks, but I spent 3000 dollars in bodywork just to try and fit it and it still came out like crap"

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't cheap out on your car, take the time to save up enough to do it right, or you'll regret it.

Just say no to replica's, they're a ripoff.

chrism

so canary how do you really feel?

WVBoosted8

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Did you get the center to quit sagging? If so, I might give them a pm.

HalcyonTRIGGER

Thanks Canary, I appreciate your honesty. I guess ill save a bit more and wait till I can drop a few grand on a kit then. Thanks to everyone else that posted. Im new to these forums but already find them to be incredibly helpful!

05rex8

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yup

e.d.lyles08

How much was it?

imput1234

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says the guy with the knock off wheels. lol

As far as the replica war, I see nothing wrong with a replica bumper if the fitment is good.

RedefineRX8

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^ I was waiting for someone to take that cheap shot.

05rex8

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$350 plus shipping I believe

BB_SE3P08

pmed for info on rmagic kit

ShellDude

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I did notice the other night while purusing the fluid website that they have a nice selection of kits, as does Japanparts.com

If your States side, I'd start with Fluid and go from there. There have been a couple group buy attempts here that it looks like have failed for the most part.

Japanparts.com

Japanparts.com have some State-side Carriers sharpening their pencils to offer us some great shipping + freight deals in 2009; we will arrange some GB's for RX8 Club members when we are back January 6th

As far as our Orders to the USA go; we handle everything for you

No GB attempts have failed from Japanparts; we've been in business since 1996 + I don't see any "failed GB's" recorded on our watch on this Forum, or any other Forum....

GW
Japanparts.com