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Should this be made into a sticky? I am in the market for a body kit. I like the Amuse kit, but have concerns about the skirts scraping on my

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Old 09-19-2012, 10:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Side skirt width for various body kits.

Should this be made into a sticky?

I am in the market for a body kit. I like the Amuse kit, but have concerns about the skirts scraping on my driveway. For the last several month I have been bugging people for some measurements so I could visualize how low the skirts are. Thank you to those that helped, and to those that did not that's OK.

I measured a completely stock car and then extrapolated how low that same stock car would be with Amuse skirts, Varis skirts and Stillen skirts. I put together some diagrams and hopefully they can be useful to someone.

Those that have these skits please feel free to confirm my numbers.

Stock height - no body kit

Stock height - Amuse skirts

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Old 09-19-2012, 10:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Stock Height - Varis skirts

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Old 09-19-2012, 10:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Stock Height - Stillen skirts

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Old 09-20-2012, 12:03 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 09-20-2012, 08:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm sure you mean side skirt height.

For Amuse you're looking at:
4.8 inches (5 inches on your picture)
5.25 inches (6.5 inches on your picture)
11 inches (11 inches on your picture)

At least these were the numbers I came up with from using a random tape measure against the side skirts lol. Then again there isn't a standard way of measuring them because of the odd shape so who knows? Take my numbers with a grain of salt I guess.
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Old 09-20-2012, 09:36 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I measured the stock car (that is all I have access to) on the inside of the front and back wheel wells. Those to me would be the lowest points of the skirts front and back. I am not 100% sure how the people that helped me get the numbers measured. I tried to explain how I did it, hopefully they did the same.

I am glad you have confirmed the 11", and I think you are the second person to give me the 4.8" measurement.

I am hoping to help other people trying to decide on kits and the more accurate I can get these measurements the better it will be for them.

There are very few 370Z in Calgary and none with kits, so I can not just go and measure them.
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anybody with #'s for the nismo skirts?
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Just PM somebody with a Nismo, and I can put those numbers on a diagram.
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This thread helps me great for my decision!

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I am glad it helped.

That's why maybe it should be a sticky.
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Wow those varis skirts look nice. I havent seen those before.
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