HELP: Evo Body Kits

I have just bought a 2003 Mitsi Lancer Wagon, forest Green. I am desperate to get an Evo (series??) Front grill and Sides.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where to purchase/paint it??

Also I have a Momo Competition Steering Wheel & Bos Kit, which I want to put on. Will I still get a warrent if I take off the Factory one and remove the Drivers side air bags in the process?? I have heard there is a legal way around it.

Any other suggestions greatly appreciated

Cheers

I have also asked about removing the airbags in my car, basically according to Mark Stokes (low volume certifier) you can't unless your planning to cert the car as a race car etc

But people do it all the time, if you do it just be aware that they may fail you and hold on to it incase you need to put it back on.

In regards to an EVO front bar and side skits, (you'd probably want at least rear corner caps aswell) they are a dime a dozen and available everywhere, try trademe, will probably be the cheapest.

if all else fails

http://www.n1kits.com/

Whurr would I look for the corner/end? caps for a CS13 Silvia? To go with teh Aero kit...

for original EVO bits contact kempys

http://www.kempys.co.nz/

geniune evos bits are pretty expensive beware..

but fibreglass is ass

thats why its called fibregl - ass

nothing wrong with fibreglass, its cheap, light and easy to repair

Shot, thank you very much blade

I have checked out the n1kits site - very cool, good place to start also.

Re; the steering wheel, I'll just make sure I change it over again for a warrent

no worries, yeah thats the best idea

its shitty and cheap, Chips to easy, breaks to easy, and most importantly doesnt have the OEM fit plastic does.

Well for the less fortunate it doesn't chip to easy, depends on what the paints like.

breaks too easy? look at it like this, it has a lot of flex - I'd rather break a bumper than the $1400 intercooler behind it...

The fit depends greatly on how the bumper was moulded. Was the mould good? Was the person doing it making an effort? With some sand paper, bog and finishing putty you can pretty much make anything look like it came from the factory.

It's just not as easy. But not everyone has the funds.

Fibreglass is shite

Sincerely,
Jeeves

also rimmer .... dont mean to plug another website ... but go to the F/S forum on www.nzmmc.co.nz

All you'll need if your looking for mitsi parts info etc.

Sincerely,
Jeeves

I second that fibreglass is ass.
but if you don't have the funds for plastic.. its your only option.

No no ... theres another option ... save your money and go genuine

Sincerely,
Jeeveessss

minus buying say Veilside.... a large number of styles of fuckin cool far less mainstream bodykits aren't manufactured in plastic and can only be had in glass, also if you can get your hands on something OG its not that hard to make a mould and then you can spit out copies like Christmas

Fiberglass wont save your intercooler without proper re-inforcement. Most bumpers made have non of this.

Fiberglass is about as brittle as you get ... apart from cost there is no benefit. You wont get a OEM out of fiberglass with out spending a lot of time (I mean a lot) bogging and shaving and preping. when you could spend a few hundred more on a plastic one that is ready to paint design via cad software and a perfect fit.

The money / time you spend on preping you could get a plastic one painted for the same cash.

about range ... yeah it seems to be mainly a NZ thing to do ...

I have a little chuckle sometimes when you see someone fuck it up slide off onto the grass on a race track with a fiberglass kit and all you see is the front drop bumper break off and end up under the wheels of the car.

Just a case for me of been there done that and alot of friends too (including skylines with fiberglass v-spec kits on them).


Its not the be all and end all ... I just see it as a cop out option .. however .. things like splitters and wings are fine ... just not body moldings.

I'd still rather wreck a glass one than a plastic one.

If I was building a show car for the purpose of winning Autosalon, yeah sure, otherwise I see it as a waste of money and time to find what you want.

What about homebrew carbon fibre, would that be ok? I have a mate thats just learned how to work with it. He's making me a set of carbon fibre eyelids to match my bonnet.

dont crash then ... been racing 6 years now and still had no issues

On a track?

where else not compeditively (IE in a series) but the club days are awesome ...



yeah man .. Fiberglass and carbon fiber is sweet for 'add-on' bits ...

I've said in another thread (or maybe this one) just have to get the right carbon fiber so its UV resistant.

I'm actually looking at maybe going the carbon fiber splitter route. Not sure yet .. once the 'plastic' reiger m3 bumper(s) arrive I need to see what practical on NZ roads.

Driving on the track for 6 years and never fuct a bumper? You should get on to Giltrap with a record like that

Why are you considering a 'carbon' splitter why not a 'plastic' splitter?

just careful driving ... I do it more for the learning experience ... when I started I thought I knew it all about 'racing' boy did I learn otherwise fast.

Carbon over plastic ? probably because the make them in the states like this .. again .. it all depends on weather its pratical. its only for the look .. not performance ...

I've probably learnt more from crashing or almost crashing than I've learnt from driving, different people I spose

hehe .. yeah had a few of those "almosts" ... once was up onto the front straight at pukie at around 150 the weight sifted coming up over the rise, and I spun 2 full 360s down the straight of way ... was a quick lesson and I was very lucky I didnt end up in the wall.

that rise is fun eh, its apparently possible to hold it full throttle in a Pro7 through there according to mates brother (won the championship 2003) mate tried it and spun nearly collecting the wall too