Body Kits

excon · Post by **excon** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:53 am

Danteneon wrote:
excon wrote:
Danteneon wrote:Nothing like that, but most folks opinion (here anyway) will lean towards not liking the bodykit idea. More folks lean towards the "function over form" way of doing things. A bodykit is a visual mod that does nothing for the car performance-wise. Not to say the Mopar side skirts and lipkit aren't only visual (because they are) but with the Chrysler parts you get a much better fit and finish without making your car scream "Hey, look at me!"

Just my take on it.
Not necessarily...

Just like you said, the bumpers are made of fiberglass. On some cars (definately not first generation neons) the bumpers are made of aluminum or metal and fiberglass is much lighter, but much more brittle if you hit something (or are hit). As for fitment, yes, you'll probably have issues installing it because an aftermarket company mass produces bumpers for many makes. I've seen a body kit on ebay for a neon, and the next day saw the same thing on a focus!

Another reason people get body kits is for aerodynamics, but I doubt that any of the companies that make these kits have ever put it on a neon and put it in a wind tunnel to see if it produces less drag and/or downforce at speed...

stick with your stock neon body... you'll be happy you did...
I'm confused by that part. Are you referring to the reinforcement, or the bumper? And what was the "Not necessarily..." in reference to?

The bumper covers (the part you can see) is plastic...1st or 2nd gen. The bumper reinforcement is metal...1st or 2nd gen. The bodykits don't replace the reenforcement, but simply mount either over your factory bumper, or attach to the factory locations in place of your bumper. Some kits do require you to remove your reinforcement to mount them...don't buy those! That would constitute an insurance non-payment if it were seen after an accident.

yeah i meant bumper covers. (the part you can see) the bumper enforcement is behind the bumper cover and i think you could call it your crash bar? oh well, and yes, the bumper covers on neons are plastic FOR SURE. so i'm not sure what would weigh less if you got a fiberglass bumper cover soley for racing...

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:40 am

The guys on here are right tho, ill vouch for saying that the kit does ALOT the change the look of the car, its the subtle things that do go a long way

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:02 am

The factory bumper cover doesn't weigh very much at all. The fiberglass covers weigh more than the factory part does.

If you spend more for the higher end kits, they are made like the factory parts out of plastic and not only weigh less than fiberglass but take impact much better as well.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:25 am

Eric7million wrote:
Eric7million wrote:Does anyone have a picture of what the front bumper of that Fascias from the link above? I want to know what it looks like, but that website doesn't give any besides the rear bumper.
awesome thanks. I guess there's not much difference between that and what I already have- just the lip right. I think I kind of would like something like these...

http://www.racerwheel.com/xko-abk-kit-dn03hizen-96.html

http://www.gofastperformance.com/produc ... cts_id=578

or this one...

http://www.racerwheel.com/abk-kit-dn03histk.html

Any good?

so are those any good?

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:41 am

the ones at racerwheel are made out of fiberglass ! i emailed them bc i was looking at a kit they have aswell an lil sparkplug said it woulndt be a good idea to buy it if its fiberglass!!

dear chris, thank you for e-mailing us. the bodykit you are interested in is made out of pfrp fiberglass with intererior layer of fiberglass injected with a material called honey comb to make the bodykit a more durable fiberglass kit. thank you again for e-mailing us.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:06 pm

oooh wow thanks for letting me know.

I hate how they don't give you a description at all on those sites!

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:25 pm

http://www.racerwheel.com/abk-kit-dn03histk.html ya i was looking into this kit!

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:50 pm

cbjones26 wrote:http://www.racerwheel.com/abk-kit-dn03histk.html ya i was looking into this kit!

yeah same here

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:09 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:www.moparsupercenter.com Get yourself a mopar lip kit. front rear, and sides, then get them painted electric blue... will be less than $700 and won't look like rice

how much did it cost you to get yours painted?

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:15 pm

if u diy alot less...cost of paint and everything was around 150 for all my parts, a shop will do it for prolly double...im not really sure at all

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:29 am

Mine cost nothing to paint. I bought a Bright Silver kit, then bought a Bright Silver Neon!

however, I can't see it costing that much to paint. It would be less than a body kit anyway. All I did was paint the indentation in the back of mine matte black with a can of DupliColor and it came out awesome!

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:36 pm

what about this? doesn't someone on here currently have this kit?

Paralyzer · Post by **Paralyzer** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:30 pm

i would say my kit but you can't get it anymore. Sorry. I perrsonally like the SI lip conversion. But haven't seen it on an 03+ car. But it does give me an idea how to implement it and get it looking good.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:50 pm

Yep, I Think that's the kit or at least front bumper that KrackStar has on his cinnamon colored show neon

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:55 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:Yep, I Think that's the kit or at least front bumper that KrackStar has on his cinnamon colored show neon

sweeeet! I might get the mopar soon and eventually get this when I have enough money to paint it and all.

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:33 pm

Mopar lip kit FTW

Body kits to me really don't look good because i have yet to see one that flows with the lines of the car. They are usually way over done and just stick out way too much. Maybe its just me i don't know

But no matter what you decide on as long as its painted before you put it on it should look good.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:44 pm

Graphite SRT wrote:Mopar lip kit FTW

Body kits to me really don't look good because i have yet to see one that flows with the lines of the car. They are usually way over done and just stick out way too much. Maybe its just me i don't know

But no matter what you decide on as long as its painted before you put it on it should look good.

paint it before you put it on? why before?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:14 pm

yes definitely get it painted before... it's just the right way of going about doing it. And if you've never painted before, just take it to a reputable body shop to paint it. The lip kit shouldn't cost that much to paint, but that is depending on how expensive Electric Blue paint is as well.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:28 pm

ahh i see. yeah I've painted motorcycles before, but those are much smaller pieces before. and plastic sucks to paint.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:19 pm

just saying my input that bodykits arent bad they just give u a better outlook of the car and appearance.

my evo kit wasnt that hard to get on and i molded the fedners too and its all intack and in perfect lining.

but lip kit isnt that bad.

p.s just giving my input of working with a bodykit.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:58 pm

fresh04neon wrote:just saying my input that bodykits arent bad they just give u a better outlook of the car and appearance.

my evo kit wasnt that hard to get on and i molded the fedners too and its all intack and in perfect lining.

but lip kit isnt that bad.

p.s just giving my input of working with a bodykit.

hey nice

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:50 pm

holy hell thats a huge wing

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:39 am

That makes the SRT spoiler look minute as all hell!

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:43 am

That is a huge wing, also that molded kit will surely crack in due time. Just pray you don't hit anything.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:38 am

trust me theres like 3 layers of bondo on there.and yeah i know its a huge wing.i bought it from ebay off of this guy for $25 he didnt know what he was selling.
then when i picked it up i realized it was a jsp type wing which can cost up too $300.
surely did make it stand out more with it on there.

speedballer4life · Post by **speedballer4life** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:50 pm

I Have en 03' SXT thats the Atlantic Blue Pearl. I was thinking of getting a mopar kit for it and leaving it black. Has anyone seen a neon similiar to this? Or any color 2gn with black mopar lip?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:23 pm

Yep, just look around. Several people on here have mismatched lip kits. Try the search function. I think there is an Atlantic Blue with either a silver or black kit. Nitehawk has a black car with a silver kit. If I were you I'd just color match it because it looks pretty stupid usually.

Here's an OB with a black lip kit:
viewtopic.php?t=29595&highlight=atlantic+blue+lip+kit

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:51 pm

also search for krc21. I believe he has an Atlantic Blue with Black lip kit

viewtopic.php?t=35298&highlight=

UNDERGROUND6T9 · Post by **UNDERGROUND6T9** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:54 pm

Get a polyurethane kit

2gNeon4life · Post by **2gNeon4life** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:22 pm

Does anyone know where i can get a r/t 2000+ body kit with the front lip?