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Hi Guys,

I've seen a couple of body kit items that I'm intetersted in on carmate and vivagarage's website and was wonering what the quality was like from these suppliers?

These are the parts

http://carmate.com/product_details.php?productid=NSGTT499GTR4DRA

http://www.vivagarage.com.au/cart/index.php?c=87∂=Frontbar

Also does anyone know of any other comapnies that make these parts?

Thanks

Shaks

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i've bought a couple kits from viva garage front and rears where ok side skirts didnt fit 100%

get what you pay for i spose.

How poor was the fitment, was it noticeable just looking at it?

A mate of mine has a front bumper and vented bonnet on his GTS4 that he got from carmate, looks good from what I can see. Never looked close enough to see any imperfections in fitment though.

I got carmate side skirts/rear bumper ... I went to the spoilershop in perth and they get their parts from them I think?

The fitting was good, the skirts were a bit long imo but it looks fine .. only thing is my doors a bit harder to close now? same with boot, and you hear some weird sounds at times when driving ... but barely noticeable and it looks alright :)

I've heard some bad stories with people buying copy/cheap body kits, i reckon best thing to do is to find the guy that orders from carmate etc and have a price set before fixing so they dont charge you for overtime if the kit doesnt fit well, but this might turn out more expensive than if you got the kit yourself and got a friendly panelbeater to fit/paint it for you or something ... unless the fitment needs alot of work then it may cost more!

I hope that made sense ... studying has made me slightly delirious these last few days

Mine was 1095 for the rear bumper fitted/painted and somewhere in the high 700s for the sideskirts painted/fitted ..

which i thought was a bit expensive but insurance paid for the rear bumper so i thought id get the sides done at the same time

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