| So you are ready for the next step in | | | | high. |
| visual and aerodynamic upgrades? Well, I | | | | Second there are Urethane or ABS body |
| want to cover a few basic steps before | | | | kits. Urethane body kits are great in |
| you take the big plunge and sink a big | | | | the fact that they are very sturdy and |
| wad of dough on a body kit that may not | | | | flexible. Cracking is fairly unlikely, |
| be all its cracked up to be. No pun | | | | unless your putting the kit on a 4x4 |
| intended. | | | | vehicle. Urethane kits are not as |
| First, let consider the steps of buying | | | | readily available as fiber glass, but |
| a body kit. First we want to determine | | | | can usually be find through specialty |
| the type of vehicle it will be going on. | | | | dealers. The cons of Urethane and ABS |
| Not many of us are professional race | | | | are that once they break, chip, or |
| care drivers, but some of us still want | | | | crack, there are very few ways of fixing |
| the performance of one. So first thing | | | | them to what they once were. Unless you |
| to consider is, what kind of kit do you | | | | are really good at plastic welding, you |
| need for your body kit buck. | | | | are going to have buy a new kit. Ouch! |
| First there are the standard Fiberglass | | | | Third there is the ever coveted Carbon |
| body kits. Fiberglass is good because | | | | Fiber body kits. They are super light |
| it is lightweight and should you crack, | | | | and super strong. Carbon fiber is a |
| ram into, smack into, bump against any | | | | material that is often used in making |
| object that may cause damage, it can be | | | | bullet proof vest and other bullet |
| repaired with some basic fiber glass | | | | hindering materials. Carbon fiber kits |
| know-how or a decent body shop. Also, | | | | can also be painted and the finish is |
| paint is going to look the best on a | | | | closest to that of fiber glass. The |
| fiberglass body kit. Unlike ABS, paint | | | | cons of carbon fiber is that it is super |
| stays on the surface and is not absorbed | | | | expensive and they are not widely |
| into the materials of the kit. | | | | available for many vehicles. Also, |
| Fiberglass kits are the most widely | | | | carbon fiber kits cannot be repaired |
| available types of kits on the market. | | | | easily once damaged. There are seams as |
| The cons of Fiberglass, is that it is | | | | well as breakage that is usually |
| not very durable. If you live in a | | | | apparent once a kit has been repaired. |
| mountainous area, with dirt road and | | | | Check out my next article on Body Kit |
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| being damaged beyond repair are fairly | | | | Body Kits. |