Rant on Body Kits. Options

[Driver]

I don't know why, but the Veilside or similar knockoffs make me want to puke. Especially with that rear bumper. I'm not bashing on anyone's car, I understand and respect the creed of to each his own. That damn bodykit doesn't follow any lines on our cars AT ALL and it's just over the top in every way. I'm also not a fan of the "C-5" or similar kits. I love how the REAL C-One kit looks and I don't know why no one here in the states makes the skirts and the rear lip. I found a site that imports C-One stuff and got in touch with someone and priced out an authentic kit with front bumper, skirts, rear lip and hood. It came out to just over $3,000 which seems reasonable and I'd pay that for a high quality kit, the only down side is it'd cost almost FOUR grand to ship it here. Blah, it'd be so nice to have a quality replica of that kit. /end rant.

So what is your guys' kryptonite when it comes to body kits for our cars?

[Hanyo]

I don't know why, but the Veilside or similar knockoffs make me want to puke. Especially with that rear bumper. I'm not bashing on anyone's car, I understand and respect the creed of to each his own. That damn bodykit doesn't follow any lines on our cars AT ALL and it's just over the top in every way. I'm also not a fan of the "C-5" or similar kits. I love how the REAL C-One kit looks and I don't know why no one here in the states makes the skirts and the rear lip. I found a site that imports C-One stuff and got in touch with someone and priced out an authentic kit with front bumper, skirts, rear lip and hood. It came out to just over $3,000 which seems reasonable and I'd pay that for a high quality kit, the only down side is it'd cost almost FOUR grand to ship it here. Blah, it'd be so nice to have a quality replica of that kit. /end rant.

So what is your guys' kryptonite when it comes to body kits for our cars?

yes veilside body kit is consider to be ugly now. But you have to remember preferences and taste changes over time.

Back in the mid 90's all the car manufactures wanted to their cars to be futuristic (the bubble stage). The body kits of that time was suppose to draw attention- be dramatic- and completely blow the pubic out of the water (which was use to seeing a boxy design.)



This is the rational for the veilside body kit. They attempted to create a flow design or similar to the "new" Mazda Nagare (aka flow) design. Basically this design was suppose to mimic the graceful fluttering of fabric as it travels through the wind.

If you look at the front bumper and skirts of the celica and compare it to this car. You can see subtle cues of the similar design.





To respond to your complaint about the kit not matching the car. Well the veilside body kit was design to be over the top like you said, but that was the number one reason why it was so popular in the first place. That help them set themselves apart and establish there name.

Ten years from now we would think the fortune kit from them would be ugly also




My kryptonic body kit would be a generic veilside body kit, poorly mounted, and on a car that never will be painted to match.
My favorite body kit for the celica would have to be an authentic veilside body kit. Its iconic depiction of a celestial dragon running on clouds.