My exterior!!!, Combat Front! Update 3/13/09 Lowered! Options

[bseaman_5]

So I'm at work, Just got a huge box!!!!

And I can't wait to get it on my car!!!! I'd take pics but it wouldn't serve much of a purpose right now cuz I have no way to get them up here right now.. HE HE HE!!!
I'll try get some sneak peak pics up here soon!!

This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Mar 13, 2009 - 10:37 AM

[Akirad1]

sweet the combat bumper right

[bseaman_5]

Thats correct!! I wish I could get pics on here but I don't have a cord that I could transfer em from my phone ha. I have a couple pics on my phone but of course I can't get em on here. SOON!!!

[Spider77]

If your running a microSD card, you can get a USB adapter to DL pics.

[Akirad1]

or send them from your phone to your email then post them up

[bseaman_5]

ALRIGHT so now for a short little update on this, in the whole body kit page thing they give a FAIR warning (combat front has HORRIBLE fitment! That being said, I went ahead and took off my front bumper last night to see how much damage would need to be done in order for it to fit... And needless to say, there is a LOT of work to be done.. So I'll be taking it to a body shop to have it done, as well as my z3 fenders (they got a little busted up on shipment (long story))..
Now my only issue is, do I get it molded to the fenders or just leave it... I love the molded look but it would be a pita if for whatever reason I need to get it off, or at least I would think..

So for now that is my update.. Not any good news really..

[twolownissan2002]

Yea it would look good but very hard to work on if something goes wrong on your front end

[trdproven]

ALRIGHT so now for a short little update on this, in the whole body kit page thing they give a FAIR warning (combat front has HORRIBLE fitment! That being said, I went ahead and took off my front bumper last night to see how much damage would need to be done in order for it to fit... And needless to say, there is a LOT of work to be done.. So I'll be taking it to a body shop to have it done, as well as my z3 fenders (they got a little busted up on shipment (long story))..
Now my only issue is, do I get it molded to the fenders or just leave it... I love the molded look but it would be a pita if for whatever reason I need to get it off, or at least I would think..

So for now that is my update.. Not any good news really..

Brady - make sure you never make anything permanent. Always make things reversible. If you hit your bumper, you take down the fender with it. Plus you still need the option to remove the bumper and fenders when you have to. Molded looks good sometimes but too much of it removes all the nices lines and details of the car at the same time. GL

[bseaman_5]

Thanks for the advice! I'm going to steer clear from the molding. I have seen a few that haven't molded and they look perfectly fine. I'm excited to get this done! The kit looks amazing once on and fitted correctly. I'm going to redo what I did last night and get some pics of the actual fitment and the fenders that I have as well

[bseaman_5]

Ok so I finally had a day off to mess with the fitment! I'll just go ahead and post some pics here, the pics I have right now are pretty much all of the before I started messing with the fitment. The last three are off my camera of my phone so they aren't the greatest, but they are of the after hours of sanding..






Now for the crappy phone camera pics but you might be able to tell the fitment is a little better..

[playr158]

ah it seams consistent with the Combat bumper that i had to do some work on.
Headlight fitment area isn't so great.

good job on the progress it looks good

[bseaman_5]

ah it seams consistent with the Combat bumper that i had to do some work on.
Headlight fitment area isn't so great.

good job on the progress it looks good

Thanks man! Yeah headlights are pretty rough... High beams have some bad gaps I'm not sure exactly how I'm going fill that, prolly going to have to refiberglass around it to fill in the gaps.. And then the corners above the low beams where it meets the hood is also pretty bad.. But honestly after a couple hours of work on it I'm amazed at how well its coming! Looking forward to getting more work done!

[k-weaver]

Looks really good, cant wait to see the end results.

[808celica]

wow man it really looks like you need to sand sand sand.

its gonna be sick though

[Akirad1]

it looks like a shark, lol. goodluck on the fitment

[presure2]

wow that bumper looks LUMPY.

horrible quality.

hope you get it all fixed up and looking good!

[blu94gt]

wow that bumper looks LUMPY.

horrible quality.

hope you get it all fixed up and looking good!

I was going to say the same, for as much money as some of these body kits cost I just don't understand why anyone would try to get them. After doing all the work you might as well have made your own mold from your bumper.

[trdproven]

Brady - nice to see things are getting better. Keep it up and I'm sure you'll get it all good to go.

[bseaman_5]

Thanks guys for the posts, I have a 30 pack and all night tonight to work on it and my fenders.

Manny: you're right it is lumpy and what not but I knew from the get go that the combat isn't by any means a great fitment but I love the way it looks when it is finished! So that being said I couldn't pass it up.
Blu: Cost wasn't very much. I found the most inexpensive site I could, I know "cheaper isn't better" but I figured once again, fitment is going to be s*** any way so why spend more $ for maybe a half hour less work?
TRD: Thanks for the support. I'm sure there is plenty of headaches ahead.. Idk how long it will take to get this where I want it but I'm going to keep at it.

An update: I'm going to get a heat gun tonight and hopefully get a little reshaping done around the headlights and on the corners above the low beams..

[trdproven]

Wait till you get my springs, ooooohhhhh