Did a search and didn't feel like i got my answer. I live in western NY. I have to drive me car all year round for now. It's stock height and i was wondering whether or not to invest in a body kit. If i did i would go with a dura-flex and not something extremely low. I understand the potential risk i.e. ice chunks ect. Does here drive with a it on all year round. Only post if you have something constructive, if you wanna bad mouth and what not don't bother.
Hey man I drive my car year round as well man... I'm in Virginia and we get snow and ice and my car has a bodykit and it does just fine. I advise you if you get a fiberglass one learn to fiberglass, it's very very easy and will help you in case your kit gets damaged, save you a lot of money on repair as well. I have torn off about one third of my bumper before from rolling in the grass and hitting a hole and I was able to fix it perfectly. Also if you get a bodykit make sure to take it to a custom shop not a body shop, they don't usually work with them. Also you might wanna sand it yourself some before you let them paint it, get in all the tight places and so forth using 220grit. My first kit had paint chippin off pretty easy and it was taken to a custom shop, I decided to paint it myself and it hasn't chipped at all. So a little love goes a long way.
If you get a kit, since your in NY I wouldn't lower the car more than 2inches just to keep it intact or get an air ride. Urethane kits are more durable but are alot harder to repair, fiberglass are easy to repair but break easier than urethane. So you have to weigh your options. I stick with fiberglass, cause you can do more customizing with them, I just put RX-8 headlights in my car which would be alot harder and pain in my butt to do with urethane. I hope this helps if you have question feel free to pm me.
you can still get a kit but if your worried about messing it up, take it off for the winter and swap the stock parts back on.
winter and bodykit does not belong in the same sentence
I'm in ontario canada and we get plenty of snow in the winter. I used to have the full import fighter kit on my 98 cavalier and would just switch back to the stock front in the winter. If you are getting a fiberglass kit I would recommend swapping all back to stock just so it doesn't get destroyed.
homieJ wrote:I'm in ontario canada and we get plenty of snow in the winter. I used to have the full import fighter kit on my 98 cavalier and would just switch back to the stock front in the winter. If you are getting a fiberglass kit I would recommend swapping all back to stock just so it doesn't get destroyed.
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im in ontario as well and thats what i do... just find a nice spot in the basement to store ur kit and put the stocks back on in the winter...
no worries of breaking anything
JK wrote:Did a search and didn't feel like i got my answer. I live in western NY. I have to drive me car all year round for now. It's stock height and i was wondering whether or not to invest in a body kit. If i did i would go with a dura-flex and not something extremely low. I understand the potential risk i.e. ice chunks ect. Does here drive with a it on all year round. Only post if you have something constructive, if you wanna bad mouth and what not don't bother.
WNY huh? where abouts?
anyway, it really depends on the kit. We used to drive my wife's old cav with the urthane type-J kit in buffalo. we scraped it up a few times, but not terrible. easiest thing to do is put the stock kit back on for the winter. swaping them out only takes 30 minutes or so.
Thanks for the post, it has helped me move toward a decision. JO3Y i live in the jamestown lakewood area.
Depends on how well they plow where you live, I live in CT and I end up being the only plow on the road if I have to work mornings. Needless to say in the next couple weeks i'll be getting a new front bumper. I just have a stock ls sport front, but the cars lowered so I'd imagine it's as low as if it had a body kit.
This is my car with the kit in the winter. I live in Maryland and we got a good amount of snow a few weeks ago. i have no choice right now but to drive my car in the winter also with my body kit on. i can become a pain in the ass but I always brush the snow off and after I drive i make sure to take off any slush that has built up in the bumpers or fender wells. it all depends on if you would rather do that or if you want to store it. if I could I would store it as well. This is about ten minutes after I drove it and later that night it was worse and I had to drive it again. My side skirts sit really low. I can stick my show under the rear of the shirt and I will have about a half inch clearance but thank god that Maryland cleans up really well. But areas that they don't I haven't had any problems yet. (KNOCK ON WOOD). This summer I want to switch to a new kit so If I can I will just keep this one for the winter.
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winter and bodykit does not belong in the same sentence
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94 Honda Del Sol
Snow + Body Kits = Bad Idea.
Trust me I'm paying the price right now for driving mine this winter.
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