Valley's - 93 GS Project
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Yeah I know I've heard similar things from my mates at the other ends of the country. It just seems to depend on how much of a pain your local police force want to be and it seems the police around here dont like it. Not that it really bothers me all that much now because as I said I've taken them off and have no intention of puting them back on. :)
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right need some advice just got my uni job sorted as a dj so have a cash to live on for the rest of the semester. following that i have about a grand left (pending i dont touch any) for the x mas period. so what i am looking for is a body kit and ideas on a paint job i have an idea on what im after an agressive front smoothing out in to a smooth if not standard looking rear. with a different spoiler.
so any info on this would be excellent.
ps hope body kits are simple to fit as im doing it my self along with the perping for the respray.
thanks
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mate, a grand wont get you no where near a kit fitted and sprayed…
If you buy an abs plastic kit, fitting and prepping would be simple, but they cost about £850 and even then you still have to get them sprayed and fully prepped...
A fibreglass kit would probably cost you about £800 to get in the country and then you have to fit em, which is a very big task as fibreglass kits are known for being poor. Mine was terrible! Mounting the kit is also a major issue as fibreglass kits dont come with any fixings so you have to make em yourself!
As for prepping, an abs wouldnt be too bad, but fibreglass would be a mission! The amount of work required is silly, plus ti get it right you would probably spend about £250 on materials such as sanding flats, filler, fibreglass etc etc...
For a full re-spray, materials alone would cost another £250 so already theres half your budget gone!
Another thing to find out before you go and buy the kit, make sure you have a bodyshop who are willing to spray a kit fitted and prepped by yourself... Most bodyshops wont do it as 9 out of 10 times, the fitting and prepping isnt up to their standard, so it makes them look bad as if they did it! Also if the paint reascts or cracks... whos fault is it? The preppers, or the sprayers??? Thats the reason they wont do it...
Personally if it was me, i would wait and save up another grand and get a bodyshop to do the lot. Everytime i see a car kitted up and to a poor standard, i cringe... and i think most other people do!
Remember mate... good things come to those who wait ;)
Hope this helps!
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thanks for the advice. think i fould a kit to be shipped in from america. working out cost's 400-500. lucky friends of family own a bodyshop/ respray shop (www.viperstripes.com) so that would reducd the price on that side of the labour. and paint at trade price. at moment just thinking of ideas as buying a kit and paint is a big thing and i do need the correct ideas etc.
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my kit was £550 from America… but when it gets into the country, they charged me over £200 to get it through customs and delivered to my door!
Also when you respray a car, theres always hidden costs such as replacing rubbers, rain gutters etc... For a new strip that runs along the rain gutter, its £70 each side! One of mine kinked when we was taking it off, so it had to be replaced!
If friends of the family own a bodyshop, why dont u just get them to do the prepping? It would save a hell of a lot of time and effort!
Not tryin to put you off, just giving you some advice. I been there and done it and its a shit load of effort! lol
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that was my idea when i first got her but dont think i will be removing the spolier. just gotta get a new/ scrap yard front bumper with splitter as the bloke before me cracked the lower half over a blood speed ramp. just started to price up the twin turbo idea, through a mate whos know the owner of modified motors in ireland should be good. and hopefully an excat product for the engine.
heres hoping.
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got great news, well sort of. found my kit for 300 already in uk brand new. been to local body shop (non friend of family) and have been given a rough estimate of fitting and respray for around a grand mark give take 100.
considering i have not seen the same colour mx-3 around i think i will just keep this, but put a slight misting of purple etc over the top, (something different)
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Hi there welcome to uk mx3,
It would be great to see some pics of your car.
The easiest way to do it is to put them on cardomain.com and then link to them.
Where did you find your kit for £300 and what was the kit.
You can get the full 'Invader' bodykit for £390 from RPI Tuning in germany.(including delivery) Thats the cheapest full kit I know of:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/RPI-Tuning
Rear Bumper
Good luck with the project, let us know how its getting on.
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not got the kit yet but here is the link its located in london according the the ebay listing. im just waiting on a few final details from the person selling. and o yea
HANDS OFF!!!!!
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Valley!!!
If you notice, they havent got a picture of the kit on the car. Ask em if their interested in a bit of sponsership or discount if you let them use pics of your car when it is finished.
£300 though does seem awfully cheap? Whats the deal?
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never thought of that sounds like a good idea will defo chase that up. can i ask what did your sponser offer you with yours?
also that the main thing im trying to find out how come the kit is so cheap. just waiting an a reply from that, along with other info such as mounting brackets etc.
then will sting them with the sponsership idea.
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RPI gave me a cheap deal on my kit as I checked his adverts for him you see on the uk ebay. Basically i grammer checked them and spell checked them for him as he doesnt speak that great english :)
The bodyshop gave me a cheap deal due to them only just starting up and needed a car to show everyone how good they were :) So they asked me and obviously i agreed!!! lol
Anyways, i dont wanna high jack ya thread so let us know how it all goes mate :)
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busted!!!!
found out a possible reason why the kit is so cheep. comes with no bracket mountings. there for it would need slight modding to fecking fit.
secondly the reply i had about a sponsorship was we are not looking for a deal at the moment. (feckers)
anyway rsroadkilla, what was the condition of your kit did it come with mounting brackets. if not how easy was it for your body shop to fit these to the new skirts then to the car. as im sure with the kit im looking at it will only bump up the price
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none of it come with kits except for the drift rear bumper, which 1. I sold as its crap… and 2. They were in the wrong place anyways lol
To fit my front bumper, they bonded the front impact bar to the kit with lots of sticy stuff and fibreglassed it in properly, and also built up the sections where it meets the wings and built in some pins to bolt it on by.
Basically when you take the front valance off, it has the impact bar bonded to it, and 4 lil pins either side by the wings to bolt it through the wings aswell. Hard to describe, butIts getting re-sprayed soon so i will take some pics when it is off so you can see mate.
As for the sides, you dont need any fixing points. If you dry fit them so they fit perfectly and there is no flex, you simply just have to bond them on with lots and lots on tiger seal. We rocked the car by my skirts once they had bonded, and there was no cracking, movement in them at all. 9 months later and theres no sign of cracking or flexing at all!
Most cheap kits will need around 5 hours fixing, so remember to count this in the cost, whereas my mate bought a reiger kit for his Vaux... payed the extra for a decent kit and it fitted straight on with minimal sanding! And i mean minimal!!!
Bodykits are 1 thing you shouldnt skimp on. Theres pretty much always a reason as to why they are cheap if it be poor fitment, or poor fibreglass!
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thanks for the advice mate. i will see if they can send me excat photos of the kit to be fitted and take to my bodyshop to see what advice they can give me and a rough price ball park. however been thinking about your previous idea. smoothing out the entire car and lowering on 17's. with a respray. as this may be something different and eye catching.
however when i had the car the front bumber skirt was cracked (previous owner took a speed bump lil too fast.) so i had this fixed and smoothed out looked sweet till some fecking chav put their foot in to it ( even left foot print) this has been fixed again but im sure the new supports will give way soon so in mean time might have a look round for new bumber with splitter to get a price.
following that your right about the white led's everyone i seen with neons wants to know where to get them and how much. but one problem got mine trade.
:P :lol: :D
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MAZDA MX3 - STREET BODY KIT - VENODESIGN !!
£299.00 +£45 delivery.Some Pics of it fitted.
(DEFINATELY DONE IN PHOTOSHOP NOT REAL PHOTOS)
uni_car_tuning
£329 +£45 delivery.
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any way been shopping alot on line for part for my baby. managed to get a decat pipe including delivery off ebay for 40 quid. will give you lot the seller when i get in to ebay some time. also looking for high shift cams and if there is such a thing sports tappets. let us know if you have any ideas on this.
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You do know that its only legal to De-cat a pre 1992 car!
After that its not legal due to emissions regulations brought in at the end of 1992.
So if you have a 93 don't bother you will have to source a hi-flow CAT instead. :cry:
Also a "De-Cat" pipe is just a standard piece of exhaust pipe that is cut to the same length as your CAT and has the correct sized ends welded on, £40 a bit steep I made one once for £8.
As for sports tappets, I have no Idea but I cant see why you would need to upgrade your tappets so probably not.
Also that would be "High Lift Cams" you are looking for not shift. The extra lift on the CAM Lobes lets your intake valves stay open slightly longer and therefore have more time to draw in more air/fuel mixture.
Depending on the increase in CAM size you might need to get your fueling looked at aswell, ECU's can learn to a degree but it is limited.Hope that helps…
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to do list
1 get bumper from freedom… smooth down every skirt on car with new bumber. (remove lil rust from pillar)
3 respray standard colour
2 strip engine new steam seals.
tappets correction
polish up like hell
pipe tart up kit.4 new cv joint
5 down to walsal or west coast custom. new exhaust system.
all for under 600 very lil labour charge if any.
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simple
got new cv joints few weeks ago
new dizzy cap (anyone lacking any power and think its slugish change this mine was £18)
new headlights. fixed again following frost that night. (remove old glass and place on new ones)
next project. is see how much would cost to convert old lights to projectors.
custom my bumper.
air vent (custom)
(following job interview)