Heey just got my Mazdaspeed kit home and now that ive been looking at it, a doubt has come to me if either i should put it on my self or get some shop to do it for me?..

so i now ask for some advice from someone who maybe did it them self? or know how its done?? .. is it hard?? can i do this my self? and what seems to worry me the most is the sideskirts? looks like i have to drill holes in the body to fit those am i right??

thanks up front guys

 

Putting on the front bumper shouldn't be too bad if you know what you're doing. The harder parts are the sideskirts and the rear. For the sideskirts, you do need to drill holes into the bottom of the car. For the rear, you need to saw off some of the stock rear bumper off. It's all relative based on your competence with cars. Give us more info. Have you done these types of things on previous cars?

 

If you buy an authentic kit, it's the same fitting as the original bumpers.

 

i have been fitting kits before yeah but not like this ? .. never drilled any holes or fitted lips like this to the rear.. only all new bumbers ..

and this is the original kit from mazdaspeed in japan.. not a replica if thats what you mean?

 

The front bumper fits better than stock IMO. Just swap the top panel and bolt it on.

The side skirts are more labor intensive. You need to drill a few holes but you should have templates that make places the holes very easy. It's nerve racking but I did it myself and I'm not a body guy.

My advise is use some better body adhesive to glue to side skirts to the body. Yes, they are held in with holes too, but they weight a lot and the foam tape they come with will pull of the body. Get some Duramix 40/40 or something similar to glue the side skirts to the body. The 3M Duramix dries hard as **** and is like plastic- I used on my skirts and they are on there like a rock!

Also make sure you thoroughly prep the area with rubbing alcohol so the glue sticks

 

yep it is quite simple just take your time and don't rush things and you should be fine.

 

its pretty easy, did bumper and spoiler in a 2 hour range, the sides i waited for a nice day. had an extra hand to help hold up and take down several times just to make sure holes would line up on sideskirts. then used a punch to make drill not walk away from mark. and closed my eyes and drilled! (DONT CLOSE YOUR EYES) but wasnt to bad, maybe took about an hour for one side, then 30 for the other.

Good luck!

 

Allright guys.. i think ill try to do this myself .. thanks alot for all your answers..