Wings West 9pc Flare Install
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Maxx Mazda
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Ya man, the clips for the skirts gotta come off. Be careful though, cause to order them for one whole side is $100 there abouts. Those things are expensve! I only broke 2, but be careful. Jsut a word of caution, the front bumper fits like s***. Make sure you've got about 2 buddies and a coupleheat guns to make it fit before it's painted. Also, if you're gonan use your factory lower grill like I did, fit it then. That mesh one looks like s***. The areas you want to watch for fitment on the front bumper are around the upper grill and below the headlights. You'll also need to build brackets for the fogs cause they need to mount to the frame.
I was realyl dissapointed with the quality of the urethane they used. It's like tupperware - it can't be painted without peeling unless it's boiled first. I work at a body shop, so I had my kit sent out to this bumper repair place to get boiled in thie solution that removes al lthe oils from the moulding process. Without that, you won't get paint to stick for more than a month. Even so, be careful with a pressure washer. Fucken things are made of recycled tires or some s*** LOL! Anyways man, good luck with the install!
I was realyl dissapointed with the quality of the urethane they used. It's like tupperware - it can't be painted without peeling unless it's boiled first. I work at a body shop, so I had my kit sent out to this bumper repair place to get boiled in thie solution that removes al lthe oils from the moulding process. Without that, you won't get paint to stick for more than a month. Even so, be careful with a pressure washer. Fucken things are made of recycled tires or some s*** LOL! Anyways man, good luck with the install!
haha that's exactly what I was thinking.. lol recycled tires dipped in motor oil... damn I figured i'd be set with urethane... keeping away from plastic cause everyone I know with a kit has the thing chipped to hell... hmmm well this should be a fun adventure...Maxx Mazda said:
thnx for the info man
Maxx Mazda
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Hey man, I live in calgary. They use fucken boulders here in the winter for gravel, and I winter drove my car last winter with the kit on. It held up, but it has like 3 chips on it. Nothing big at all. Jsut tell the body shop you take it to that you don't think it wil lstick right away, and they need to use everything they've got for adhesion promoter and s*** to make that paint stick. Or at least make sure they offer a gaurantee of at leat 1 year against peeling not dur to rock chips. Anymore questions, PM me if you want.
