Bodykits for MY's?

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:06 am

Hey hey. i've got an MY station wagon which instead of lifting it, i was thinking of dropping it, and it occured to me that it would probably look fairly stupid without some minor plastic surgery. I was only wondering if bodykits from imprezas and liberties and such would look good on/if even fit an MY wagon? any info would be good.

hehe thanks guys.

jason.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:18 am

Maybe see if someone has done anything with Photoshop in regards to this... should be interesting. I think i remember an L series lowered with some body kit parts on it before but never seen an MY.

Dave

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:24 am

Kwijimbo has fitted some Nissan Pulsar bumpers to his 13B powered GLf - it actually looks quite good.

Specs are posted in the Reader's Rides forum and you can see pictures HERE.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:20 pm

damn right it looks good! from a vector right? thats certainly something i might look into, but thats an MY coupe. im only guessing that the coupes and wagons are somewhat different in length? they appear that way. the L-series bits wouldnt fit my MY would they? well, at least i have something to consider.

cherrio

Jason

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:48 pm

Only MY that's a different length is the hatch. MY coupe's are the same length and width as wagons, Brumbys and sedans.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:49 pm

MY coupes and wagons are the same length wheel to wheel i think... and also everything infront of the front doors is pretty much identicle.

Dave

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:15 am

ah cool, so would anyone be able to give a rough estimate of how much a bodykit like kwijimbo's would cost? (inevitable question, had to ask it sorry)

kwijmbo · Post by **kwijmbo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:26 pm

well due to the amount of trial and error, and damaging them by accident, they owe me a packet.

If you took it to the same place I took mine and they know the car, you'd be looking at about $50 per bar, plus about 4-500 in labour to fit, weld, cut, fit, play around etc. then you need to plastic weld/bog it up, then paint it

you can get a full fibreglass kit made for abt 3k including a mould which u could then produce them.

personally, unless u plan to go all out like i did, it's a lot of money. my owes me over $25k. most damn expensive MY you ever saw.

Yes they are N13 pulsar bumpers.

Paul

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:39 pm

That sounds psycho, any cheaper option? As you can imagine, I'm just like everyone else, cos I'm always tryin to get somethin for nothin, you know it if you've ever sold something

No possible way to like get a big block of fibreglass and stick it to my front bar then cut it and mould it myself then get like fibreglass matting n make a bumper perhaps. ill practice a few times obviously... Is that even possible?

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:18 pm

if your good with fibreglass then anything is possible

find yourself a fibreglass body kit you like the look of and chop it and re-attach it where it needs to be

even glass in the mounts off an old MY bumper and she will be sweet

lots of hard work with sanding things smooth, but if you take your time and plan things through then... anythings possible

or you can just go to the wrecker and have a look around till you see something that might look good, look at how it mounts and think about how to make it fit an my... if you think you can, then go for it

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:36 pm

I've seen a heavily rice'd sherpa in ebay with a "modified" wrx front skirt, IMO it looked hideous (probably still does) but it goes to show what is possible with some initiative.

Jordan.

kwijmbo · Post by **kwijmbo** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:35 am

lol yeah well it was really expensive for me because it was trial and error. i'd tip money into something that didn't work, so we'd have to try again, again more money.

Now that I know how to do it, it would be a lot cheaper.

Glassing is easy, but you have to do it properly to get the right finish. Anyone can glass. where the quality stands out is in the finish. sanding, bogging, more sanding etc to get a glass like finish and no pinholes.

i dare say it would be easy to do what i did if you wanted to invest in a heat gun and some plastic weld strips and a sander. would take some time, but would be considerably cheaper.

Paul

wagonist · Post by **wagonist** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:27 pm

I've got a factory L series skirt kit sitting here waiting to go onto my wagon.
The side & rear skirts are simply screwed onto the car with self tappers in lots of hidden places.
I don't think there was anything factory available for the MY, hough I'm thinking about making some moulds of mine so I can try to recoup some of the costs of getting it here. Might be worth trying to mod.