My experience installing oem kit...

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Old 09-30-2003 | 12:49 PM
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My experience installing oem kit...

AHHHHHHHHHH!

took me 5 hours to install the sides and the back. i think it would've been much easier if i had the right tools.. I did everything by hand and without jacking up the car (no tools/equipment).

Sides came out perfectly (took me about an hour to pull out original skirt cuz i was afraid i'd break it), but the back is a bit off alignment. the back didn't stick/line up with the bumper perfectly. it had a little bit of gap between the skirt and the bumper. hard to notice, but somewhat of a disappointment. the premade hold on the bottom of the bumper didn't align perfectly with the kit. Again, i think it wold've been easier if i had a drill of some kind.

I'll be going to the dealer for the front since i'm not crazy enough to hand drill 9 holes on my baby. Dealer will be charging me $90 buck for front lip only, but they are the only ones i could trust.. (i think)...

anyhow.... looking forward to thursday...
Old 09-30-2003 | 10:58 PM
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I think you should reconsider , i installed the kit myself and found the front to be the easiest piece to put on , all you need is a drill , the lip stayed on by itself , all you need to do is drill a couple of screws in , but i guess if you are not comfortable then do what you have to do.
Old 10-01-2003 | 08:47 AM
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It is not really that hard. But whatever you do, you will be please when put the front lip on. The complete kit will look awesome.
Old 10-01-2003 | 10:06 AM
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I installed my kit over the weekend.. The only thing is hard is that I have to do everything my self!! Just get a 5/8 (I think)drill bit and a drill, then you are set!! I rather keep the $90.00 in my pocket imo.. Good luck!!
Old 10-01-2003 | 07:07 PM
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Originally posted by TypeSDragon
It is not really that hard. But whatever you do, you will be please when put the front lip on. The complete kit will look awesome.

The front lip really does compleate the kit !!!!!!
Old 10-01-2003 | 07:27 PM
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i need to get the kit! it complets the look of the car!
Old 10-02-2003 | 02:09 PM
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I did the sides in 20min and the rear in about 30min. You just didn't need to be affraid of usings some leverage on those side skirts.

The drilling part is very easy and not scary at all. All you have to do is just set the front lip in place, it sits perfectly on there by it self and drill the holes in the in the center of the holes on the body kit and its as simple as that. I thought the front was just as easy as the side skirts. The rear was much more difficult to align properly and keep in place.
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