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My Z33"R" Install!

Old Aug 17, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Talking My Z33"R" Install!

Hi guys,

I have finally finished my car and had some time to write up a review for the Weber Sport body kit install as some of you have requested in my previous post.
https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-in...-body-kit.html

Overall, I am very pleased with the result and I have to thank everyone who helped, especially aero R for providing this kit at such a reasonable price! $950 instead of ~$3000 from Japan! The kit fits onto the car with very little effort, but, it doesn't come pre-drilled. Whoever installs it does have to line up the pieces and have the holes drilled wherever necessary. Since mine is the hardtop model Z, they only offered a half add-on apron for the rear bumper. In order to make it perfectly to my standard and be able to remove it in the future if I want to, I did ask my installer to touch up the edges for the rear apron as you can see in the following picture. The surface finish and built quality of the fiberglass looked good to me and I didn't get any complaint or extra charges from my installer.

I have also included a picture of my friend's orange z with the same kit and a picture of my car beside the new GT-R when I went back to Nissan for service!....HMMMM....I think this kit resembles the pre-production concept model more, which in my opinion has a clearer and sharper look. The quality of these pictures are not very good and do not do the justice of actually how good the car looks in person. Whenever my wife and I switch cars and I get to see how it run on the street, the impact and the attention of this kit always bring a smile to my face! (If you understand what I mean...hehe) Anyways, just thought to share this with you guys.
















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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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Nice ride just a quick question? How do you like the side skirts on the kit I have a pair but I'm afraid that sits to low... my car is drop allredy ....

do you scrape?
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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Nice
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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The sideskirts are fine with me. I am used to driving very low cars. I usually get around without problem if I slow down and angle my car when going over speed bumps and etc.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 08:30 PM
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wanna be GT-R??
Sorry, not my taste. But very unique.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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Nice lookin rims...not feelin the kit at all however. Why want to look like a GT-R...when you aren't one? Everything else is comin along pretty good though
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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Not bad but too much chicken wire I think... and the extra air inlet at the top makes it look like every other body kit on a Civic. Kind of takes away the unique look of the Z. But I kinda like the blacked out GTR look, sort of.... still iffy on it.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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should have got rid of the cheap looking grill pieces
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:13 AM
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Spray the mesh black before you put it on.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:33 AM
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or better yet, get nicer quality mesh in black.
kit looks surprisingly good next to papa
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:12 AM
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meh... not feeling it dude, but if it makes you happy then good job
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:23 AM
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nicely done....not me....but the skirts are nice the rear part of the sides go well with the car...
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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not a fan.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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Love the wheels
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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body kit is fugly
but atleast the wheels are nice.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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Sorry . This just screams GT-R wanna-be and devalues the Z.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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looking at that first pic....the front bumper does'nt really look that much like the gtr....the grille shape does...but thats about it
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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No props for that kit. Maybe if you had a authentic Weber, but no, it's a knockoff.

Reminds me of the girls at the Scottsdale mall in AZ that carry knock off Luis purses.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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Sorry man, but that's probably the worst kit out there in my book. I know, I know... all that matters is that you like it, but damn man...
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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First: MESH
Second: The Z just died.
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