Pictures would be great. Oh how much did it cost you to have the problem areas fixed and painted

 

Front Bumper:

The width of the bumper is fine. The problem is the top of the bumper, the trim that goes under the hood and secures the bumper to the car. This trim is not long/deep enough, you basically will need some kind of extension (about 1/2-3/4 inch) between the bumper and the plastic top in front of the radiator. Right now I don't have these extensions so my corner lights and the hood are sticking out (looks like I had a front collision with the bumper pushed into the engine bay). Also the hood doesn't align with the top edge of the bumper (the bumper needs to be raise a little bit). The way I am planning to fix this problem is by buying pieces of aluminum and make custom extensions.

Side skirts:

Overall they fit nicely except for the driver side which for some reason is a bit longer and it sticks out about 1cm into the rear wheel so doesn't align too well with the fender well. They also need some filling on the bottom back corner of the doors.

Rear bumper:

Width is fine and so is the height. The only problem is the trim in between the tail lights, it is too wide so it ends up pushing out the tail lights to the sides. It also doesn't come with a trunk key hole so you have to make it yourself. Last are the openings for the lights on top of the license plate, they are too big. It is almost like they are for a completely different light setup.

Hopefully this description is helpfull. Once I take pictures it will be easy to understand and see where the body kit needs to be fixed.

I'll take pictures on Saturday. By the time I get home from work it's already 7pm and dark so digital pictures pretty much suck.

Anton

 

Holy christ. That's quite a few problems. Thanks for letting us know!

 

You are a patient person stating that overall you are happy....I would be very irritated if I got the kit and had to go through all of that after paying that much for something that is supposed to fit my car. :?

 

Alright, here's the resolution.

GTR front and rear pods with Cuda 1 side skirts.

Hopefully that'll look right.

 

Let us know how it works out.

 

That should look alright. I had almost the same problems instsalling my Cuda 1 kit. Same problem with the lip on the front bumper being too thick and not long enough. To solve this I had to grind down the inside of the lip to take away some of the material so it would align better. Still not perfect, but close!

 

I was not able to take the pictures of the Cuda2 kit. I waited until Sunday to take the pictures and it snowed here. At least I have the pictures of my drilled/slotted rotors (I saw a few people trying to get into a group buy on these), I have already uploaded the pictures in my profile and I am just waiting on Admin approval for them to be visible. I'll try to post the Cuda2 kit pictures next week.

Anton

 

<span style="color:#ff0000">[/color]<span style="color:#400040"></span>[color=#ff0000]</span>I had ordered a cai for my 98 tib in may 03
i deployed to the desert so i forgot about it until i got back thinking i might be here when i got back
well i got back and it wasnt here yet so i called them, they said they were having probs with the manufacturing company and it would ship mid-october
well fast forward to end nov i get on their website to look around and just happen to look at the page with the intake
i had ordered a blue one
well i guess they decided to discontinue blue and make only black and red so i call again last week and they said they would give me 110% refund which i have yet to see
so thats my gripes i like their stuff just hate the company

 

I emailed SharkRacing asking how much a Ixion kit was, and how much to ship a Ixion kit to canada, and they said 250$ to ship it , but they never told me a price on the kit. I emailed back but I haven't got a reply, I am not expecting one either. I think i would rather pay a more in shipping and know I would recieve it from K-spec.