ok i have a 2002 cavalier with a full aip racing body kit looks good but im tired of the fiberglass freaking cracking. theres 2 spots on the front bumper that iv re-fiberglassed by the headlights and there cracking again. i hit a huge rock and ripped my right side skirt off but we re-fiberglassed it as well and tried to customize it to save time. i wanna lower the car but my house is in the middle of 2 damn speed bumps, just my luck. but i wanna know does any1 have any good pics of there cavy with stock bumbers or bumpers that have been customized a bit and lowered looking for something new for it.

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Well, first off, your kit is a bomex style kit. Very common and you can probably find a front bumper on ebay for really cheap. Same with the side skirt. Or you can do a Urethane kit. They still can crack, but it take a lot more to hurt them. Also, Im sure (because I have had that same kit on my other car) you can lower your car and not hurt the kit, if you know how to drive. I have had a kit, lowered on air, and never had a issue with rubbing, and I live in Chicago, and I also live on a street with 2 of those mountain speed bumps, and my alley has two tall but not wide speed bumps, and I never hit them. If you know how to drive you should be perfectly fine. Goodluck.

I am with mike I have the rksport type j kit on my car with it about an 3 inches off the ground and never had any issues. If you know how to drive a low car then you will be fine. I drove through dips, speed bumps all that would make a stock car bottom out but I made it through without as much as a scrape. Its all about the angles and having a quality bodykit to start with. Never go fiberglass if you have bad roads always go urethane.


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Cavie Freak aka E-Thug wrote:I am with mike I have the rksport type j kit on my car with it about an 3 inches off the ground and never had any issues. If you know how to drive a low car then you will be fine. I drove through dips, speed bumps all that would make a stock car bottom out but I made it through without as much as a scrape. Its all about the angles and having a quality bodykit to start with. Never go fiberglass if you have bad roads always go urethane.

This. And we both had the Type-J's and he was just lowered, and I was on air, and at the time, we both lived in or around Chicago. I did have a fiberglass kit and was stock ride height, and caught a manhole cover and shattered the front bumper. Its best to invest in a new front bumper and side skirt. I have seen bomex style kits going on ebay in urethane for 300 bucks or more. I cant remember right now. worth the investment. Goodluck buddy.

Stock bumpers, with Homedepot lip, drop'ed as low as you should go in the front.





Not the best, but at least its not rice. Unfortunately I've been unable to find a body kit for this car thats not rice so this is how its going to stay most likely.


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Oh and thats lss side skirts. I wish I could find lss front and rear lips for this for cheap, but no such luck.


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2002 Chevy Cavalier LS Sport Coupe: In a Junk Yard
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Sponsored by: Kronos Performance

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