Body Kit/Kouki Conversion Progress Pictures

[Wiisass]

Spacers increase track width, which will reduce lateral load transfer, which will keep the tires more evenly loaded and allow the car to produce more lateral force. They increase loads on the wheel bearings the same way that a lower offset would. The studs are in shear due to the weight of the car. Spacers aren't necessarily bad, bolt on or slip on, as long as everything is right and there are enough threads are engaged, then they should be fine. I don't know why people think spacers are so bad. Is it just because some idiot didn't tighten something and a spacer broke or was blamed for a failure?

[VerySlowS14]

500 dollar maaco job coming right up hahaha

i am anal retentive enough as is, i dont want to have to worry about dings and scratches in a $2000+ paint job.

my buddy and i are prepping it....he did the same to his car, and it turned out amazing....i have been told the secret is truly in quality prep work

[OBEEWON]

Originally Posted by Jjaeger240

What were you saying again about overfenders looking like junk of s14s?

Thats exactly what I was saying. I hate that look, but thats just my preference. To me it makes the car look cheap.

[OBEEWON]

Originally Posted by VerySlowS14

500 dollar maaco job coming right up hahaha

I've seen Maco paint jobs that look as good as $2k paint. Its all in the prep work. It looks like you are doing your own prep so you should be good, unless you suck, but I'm sure you don't. ha

I hate the body kit on Johnny 5's car. The skirts look so wavy and cheap. Like I said before, its my preference but his car looks so flimsy.

[VerySlowS14]

Finally done....

I used fasteners to secure the inner edges of the sideskirts.....if you think it looks terrible, let me know....of course they will be painted over, and are pretty flat

God I need to get my real wheels on......Stirtch I want my tires boyeeee

[D Money]

Seaps, it looks sick. Once you get the wheels on, it will look 10x better.

A few suggestions....

1. Lower the car more
2. Buy chip guard (spray version) then tape off the front of the side skirts and rear bumper in the wheel well section with the thin blue painters tape. Apply it on there, then take the tape off. When you bring it to paint, they paint over top of it and it will prevent you from ever chipping the paint off in that area. With the tires right there and having such a huge contact patch of body behind them, they tend to chip fast without it.

3. Get a titled can style exhaust. That straight out thing is wack son.

4. Graduate from Princeton and buy me some parts.

5. lets bring it to your cousin Jeff's house when it's done to show him!

[VerySlowS14]

Can't go a whole lot lower.....my coilovers dont have individual threaded bodies...

As of now, my struts only have like 1.5 inches of travel left, although the great folks at TEIN told me they are designed to only travel that much

It will look more slammed with the other wheels on, dont you worry

[OBEEWON]

Good work. What color have you chosen?

[StreetEG]

hot diggity damn