Originally Posted by Riptide67

I'm not upset about it, I have been modifying all my cars since 2005. I have learned a lot and I know what is beyond my skill level. After doing a fiberglass bodykit on my eclipse, I knew that I never wanted to do any type of bodywork again. It was a nightmare. A carbon fiber bodykit...that is what professional car customization shops are for.

Sure I could have cut down on some cost by gutting the car myself, but I was on an extreme deadline to debut my car for NissanFest. It was 5 days prior to the event that I received all the pieces after a bit of a shipping debaucle. The body shop came to my apartment and picked up the kit and then I dropped the car off. I check on it randomly throughout the week and they pushed all other projects to the side to help me out. People tend to think its just drill some holes and put it on. It really isnt that simple or easy...especially with carbon fiber. IDC what anyone says...there are two of us (that I know of) that have this installed. I can't speak for what the other person paid or even if they did the install. This is not a predrilled kit, there is no mesh installed, the license plate and lights will not just "bolt" on. These things add up.

Had I known I was going to have that much money wrapped into the kit, I may have gone another route with the car. 3k at the body shop quickly turned into another 3k for an accuair system. Ya know the saying...Gotta pay to play, lol. Hell, just in the hood alone...I had two days with about 10 hours or so wrapped into it. The hardware that is molded into the hood does not work with the OEM parts of our hood. This was my first stab at tapping and dying threads and it was successful, but very nervewracking. Tha could have easily been another 1k if a body shop did it, lol.