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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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Looking for the cosmetic advice

So my entire rear end got trashed this week. Don't know how. Just found the car that way. Anyways, I had my car towed to the shop and thought of some other body panels to replace the factory with.

MY car is a lakeshore coupe btw.

First off, I looked at the factory trunk and wing that was. And said screw it. So I'm going with the strafe trunk.

Roof spoiler of course.

Now, I'm looking to update the front end of the car. Since the car will be in the shop anyways. I'm on the fence between these two options:

K2 poly or....... keep the factory front bumper and get a gialla grill and n1 lip

I'm second guessing the whole k2 poly bumper because ive been reading mixed reviews about poly bumpers. This is my first time messing with aftermarket body panels. How bad is the sagging on polyurethrane bumpers? Any of you have the K2 poly bumpers. If so please chiem in.

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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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poly bumpers are good. the cons of having one is if the fitment is off you cant fix it. Or if you break it, it cost more to fix and sometimes its more difficult. Strafe's k2 fits awesome. Talk to ezpotato on the forums he has been running it for a month
 
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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Go to Mach III and get a K2 bumper. Mach III is awesome. K2 is way better than the stock bumper with lip. As for the rear end, how's your bumper? I say get a chargespeed rear. =)
 
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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if your worried about sag why not go with fiber glass? i have a fiberglass K2 with great fitment and zero issues.

I definitely say go with the K2. if you want something less aggressive go nismo.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by chrcarlo
Go to Mach III and get a K2 bumper. Mach III is awesome. K2 is way better than the stock bumper with lip. As for the rear end, how's your bumper? I say get a chargespeed rear. =)
i called them up yesterday, they say they dont stock body parts.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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If you're planning to get aftermarket side skirts too, then I would go with the K2.

Otherwise, I would stick with stock bumper with lip.

Just my 2 cents

Good Luck.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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yeah. I already made the decision to just buy a gialla grill and a nismo front lip. Now i dont know whether to paint my roof black or paint my cf trunk.

I have lakeshore slate.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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My roof is painted Jet Black and I love it.

I would paint your trunk and just leave alittle Carbon Fiber expose around the tip of the spoiler.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by GarGamel
My roof is painted Jet Black and I love it.

I would paint your trunk and just leave alittle Carbon Fiber expose around the tip of the spoiler.
yeah. i was thinking that as well. like do a fade where the lip is. But I dont know how thick the lip is to show any contrast. I haven't seen the trunk yet.

here are some coool examples:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...+paint+bootlid
 
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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My buddy did it to his Strafe trunk n it blended in pretty well. He got it done at TNT in Sacramento.
My car is there as we speak getting complete paint job too.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Yup, David's faded spoiler is pretty impressive!
 
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