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.................due to heavy demand for the pics......................here are the some pics of this wonderful job ................................ I don't have any pics of the paint job as i droped my car straight away to jetspeed in clayton to remove this bodykit and put a new one and my car is still with JETSPEED but as soon as i pick my car up and the bodykit (f**K one), i will upload more pics of the paint job...........................................anyone intrested in buying this bodykit then just let me know......... i will give you 30% off.......Easter Sale..................LOL

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i must say, seeing the pictures doesnt clarify everything. but in saying so :

1, looks like this guy knows what hes doing if he had to cut your skirts and re fibreglass join them , aside the paint quality as they say you get what you pay for.

2, the kit obviously is garbage if he had to join them. you can see why , obviously these skirts wont bend around the gaurd to fit , thats why he has cut them.

3, rear bar looks terrible , these cheap kits are rubish , they never fit properly and i must say , iv never seen a decent body kit which hasnt got cracks in the paint . you twist the car going up steep drive way and they crack without them touching the floor. they are just garbage

4, stick to the standard bodykit , that thing doesnt suit the skyline one bit. quality isnt cheap , thats why plastic or carbon fibre is the way to go as far as body panels. genuine plastic panels , your looking into the high hundreds per skirt , bumper.

Replying to your post SKY017 ---- if this guy knows how to cut the fibreglass then he must know how to join them as well but got massive lumps where he joined the side skirts.......... you are right that these pictures can't do justice............. you have to see it to believe .............. i showed the bodykit to Victor at jetspeed and after looking at the bodykit he recon. if someone knows how to install fibreglass bodykit will not cut it and join it again............... he recon. heating the fibreglass with a heat gun should flex it and no need of cutting for just extending it 2cm.......... same with the rear bar.................... All fibreglass kits are not rubbish mate............ i checked the quality of this whole kit before buying it and it was not too bad............... it all depends how you prep. it so you can get good results ........................ you shold seen the paint job mate............... it got paint run marks everywhere even on the genuine plactic rear spoiler series-2........ the person who can't paint the genuine spoiler ............ then waht you expect from him with the fibreglass.............. yes, it was my f**K up in first place that i want to save bit of money and trusted this guy.............. but learned the hard way .......................

Why do people still pay good money for fibreglass Shit. On one of my first cars (nissan Exa) I got a Jetspeed body kit fitted to it paid stupid amounts of cash for it and it never fit properly looked shit and lasted about a week!

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Being fiberglass doesn't mean it's shit... Even Nismo or Eastbear makes fiberglass, does that mean they make shit parts?..

I think what people should do is invest some money into well known brands, brands that have good feedback on fitment.

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