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Ok I dont have much experience in "body work". But I know enough to do this. I installed the rear and it was no problem really had to fill a small gap, shave off a little, I mean I know how to do this. And the SS are fitted now, just not installed.
Size of the original high beam and how much needed to be cut out (the whole still is not even big enough as there is not enough just straight up material to cut off.

Pass- The curve of the low beam is very different from the kit, and allows it only to close that much while the other side looks like the pic below this one-

getting as close as I can (alos bolted one side after this and still no luck)

Showing the top, its about 3" away from being able to bolt in anywhere on top, and it can be pushed in because of the high beams not fitting, kit not being wide enough and the different shape of the low beams


So I was trying to get the FB fitted, and the damn thing just doesnt fit! I even took off the crash bar to see if it would help and it didnt . It looks like the whole thing is just to small! The high beams holes were about 1 1/2"too small so I cut it out and they still, well everywhere! it just doesnt fit, the low beams are too high and the kit covers 1/4 of them..... also at doesnt even reach the 5 bolt holes under the hood

I dont know what to do? Should i bring it to a body place? I mean I feel pretty confident it just doesnt! fit. (idk what they could do at a body shop... or should I try to return it?
I will post pics in a few mins, but idk what to do very upset

This post has been edited by mgnt232: Feb 17, 2010 - 9:59 PM

idk if this will help any but my splitters had that gap when I put them on. I lined the inside edge with super thick truck bed liner..the gap is gone and it kinda looks like it is supposed to be there..

more importantly...does your hatch have window paint on it? haha Seniors '09?

yep mine was the same way, it doesn't look to bad if you run a bead of paintable sealer in there like i did but i'm going back and blending the kit in now because of it. it must be the mold.

haha yeah that pic was from last summer, just graduated.
Would you mind sending me pics of what you did with the liner? thanks



what exactly is paintable sealer? lol Can you get me a link and tell me what i should do? thanks! The rear was rather easy i'd have to say though is the front harder of easier?

i looked through my photo bucket but i dodn't have a clear pic of the gap, i'll take one tonight when i get home and post it, as for the paintable sealer its available in most auto paint stores and hardware stores like home depot and lowes, its like bathroom sealer but it will have the words "sandable and paintable" on the label, just put it in a caulking gun and run a bead into the gap, then wipe and run off with your thumb and try and leave it as smooth a possible. its not the perfect solution but it looks good and is quick and easy. feel free to look through my pics on photo bucket to see mine...

click here for pictures!

like i said i'm going back and blending the kit with the body next week but that is a lot of work and you may not want to bother with it, personally i think its worth the time...

yeah the gap closed most of the way on the passengers side, and the drivers side is still about a half inch gap . You think I can close the gap with the sealer?

this may be a silly question but is the exhaust pushing it out some? mine needed to be rehung to fit into the cut out right, if its pushing on the bumper it might be giving you trouble....

No its not pushing against , just barely touching, and when I start my car the muffler moves quick and hits it.
I am going to have the exhaust redone anyway because its all still 1.75 piping while my res and muff are are 2.25
I just bought some all purpose sealer and going to put it in tomorrow and hope it sticks and makes it look better then sand it.
Think the sealer will fill a space that large?

it looks about the same as mine did so yes it will work, the other thing you could try is to file the corner of the bumper where it lips to the wheel arch some. that should help but be gentle so not to crack it on the corner

i have a huge gap on my bumper,thats why im taking it off puttin my old one bak on plus i dont like the invader bumper its ugly

well i really hate the invader body kit,
it just seems so over exaggerated if thats how it is spelled haha
makes the celi look ugly
but it seems you did a good job man!
you shouldn't cut it man, it will start to break from that point

ok here is some close ups of mine....

i think you need to paint it away from that ugly ass primer color

looks good on ya man

and about that gap; FG that sh!t right.

Thanks! it was hard! lol And the invader kit was the cheapest too would rather have gotten something diff.

haha well Yes im going to be getting rid of the primer, painting the whole car in the springish. Got to install the rest of the kit, and the Z3 fenders, and will have to be sanding and finberglassing some rust spots so the car is going to look veryy ugly for a bit lol
But thinking of painting the car black or white!



Yes I see now, I just some of the sandable filler last night and just got to do another "coat" (it slid down a little into the gap because it was so big) then sand it a little, and my RB is complete!
thanks for all your help!
Will be doing the FB next weekend, did you have any trouble with your crash bar?

yes i did, i removed mine as it would not sit right with it on, its never caused me trouble not having it but if you deside to keep it you will have some work to do, i have pics if needed....

I really hope you don't use that liner stuff to fill it, in my opinion it looks really messy, cheap and lazy, find another solution, that just looks sloppy. just my two cents..

no; but i built most of my FB by hand so... idk if it applies the same to a real "aftermarket" bumper...

Can it be removed? I posted on here and they said its required for inspection and its my daily driver lol, yeah put up some pics if you can
thanks for all the help!



lol I did fill it with the cheap filler, but my dad owns a caulking business, so he did it and did it right and its actually all flat and just looks connected to the car, ill post up some pics. Only a temp solution too, will be doing something different when I get the car repainted.

here are a few pics...






i have had never had an issue with not having mine but i don't know the laws where you are, i have seen people cut the bumper and get it to work but you still see the crash bar and i didn't like that, if you do want to keep it then the bottom half needs to go or maybe painted black so it doesn't notice so much, also the lower frame below the radiator needs to be painted black also or that will notice like mine does right now, i'll be fixing that this week...

i just uploaded another 200 pics onto my photo bucket if you want to see any other angles, feel free....