And I'm not arguing your taste in mods or anyone else's. Bolt on kits aren't for everyone, I know that and don't discredit those who hate them, but when someone says an overfender that's adds 2-3" per side is not a "widebody" they are by definition wrong.


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Those photos really are poor examples of widebody. They do look really, really bad.

yet again go back and find where I ever said anything about the width of those ****ty looking widebody kits.

you're battling the wrong person for starters and furthermore you're not smart enough to read my post, take a moment, and go back and check what I'm telling you.

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I stand corrected. My comment was meant for James10694.


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:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

took you long enough.

those widebodies are... uh.. wow. really?

the fitment is hella broke. that's not hella flush. if they wanted that stance hella flush then why are they aiming to have bolts? why is there a gap between the hackjob and original body?

seriously. a baseball bat to roll your fenders would turn out better than bolt on 'wide body'

there was another member here that did some custom widebody to his car. wasn't everyone's taste but he atleast did true to 'hella-flush'

DO IT!, DO IT! Please DO IT, and squeeze the trigger this time! I'll sell the tickets to the event. :D


These wide bodies don't do anything for me. :shakes head:

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Sound like everyone's arguing semantics and aesthetics, neither of which is productive

Sorry but that's just plain ridiculous.. When I see these guys running these huge @ss spoilers on their cars I want to puke. So ugly and does nothing but scream Wannabe...:roflpuke2:

The big wing doesn't bother me if the rest of the mods are track mods, but a bolt on wide body kit with hella flush wheels with stretched tired and a huge wing, rofl, that is just STUPID

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Can we not derail yet another thread with individual value judgments on style?

I mean , I see people dropping thousands of dollars on twin turbo kits but roll with stock suspension and wheels, which is lame to me but what they want. All of the last page is just nonsense about what different people want out of their cars

I always thought our z was wide enough already lol

I'm pretty sure RocketBunny hasn't produced a wide body kit for the 370z because it takes a great amount of design creativity to make a good flowing wide body kit for a car that already has a great flowing wide body

From a purely aesthetic standpoint, i think the flaw is the rear end. There's alot of overhang on that rear bumper, probably as a concession to platform sharing with the G, which requires a certain amount of trunk space + rear seats and what not.

Part of that can be hidden or balanced out, imo, with even wider flares. Just a visual cue for me. For example, the Supra Mkiv has MASSIVE front/ rear over hangs that make it look like a fat ugly pig in near stock form. Widebody ones, however, look ok.

As for rocket bunny and "add-on" flares, anything can look good when executed correctly. I've seen some add on flares from various companies where the arches don't line up with the curves of whatever front/rear bumpers are on the car, and no amount of wheel fitment or big wing or flashy paint can cover that up for me

Wiggins, whether you like add on flares or not, is putting effort into good execution, so you gotta give him props for that. Plus the amuse kit + wide = sex. The rear bumper smooths out the over hang issue because it extends the rear bumper out in a rounded way (midline pokes out but tapers in toward the bottom of the bumper), giving the illusion of a slimmer, tighter rear end. Like good fitting yoga pants make rear end look better

The "rocket bunny" or "bolt on" style fenders are just modernizing the old school wide body look. Whether it's bolted on or molded on, wide body is wide body. How you decide to install is your own preference.

But back onto topic, I'm sure we'll get a RB kit soon.

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This is exactly what I was saying.

I have nothing against bolt-on flairs if done right. Most of the stuff today looks like over-kill.

That's execution, which always matters

Not sure which definition you looked up, but imo a widebody should flow all the way from the front bumper to the fenders to the skirts to the rear bumper. Not just the bolt on fender flares. Now I agree 100% some of the kits look good and some don't flow with the natural lines of the car. I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me, but to call bolt on flares "widebody" is rediculous to me. But, to each their own I suppose.

Iv just never been a fan of seeing people drill holes in the body of the car. I wont lie, some of them can look quite nice but for some reason I feel like rocket bunny isnt really the direction to go with a widebody kit.

Getting a pre fabed widebody is far safer a choice then getting your fenders cut, pulled, welded and custom made. Your relying on a shop to do proper, top tier body work. Hard pill to swallow when I actually got it done that way on my 350z back in 09'

kinda this

There's one guy who had that done on his rear fenders. Looked really wide and almost stock. Not sure if he's on here it was a red sport

yeah, it turned out horribly...and I believe the owner put it up for sale very soon after it was done. Poorly executed and a definite example of what NOT to do.

So by your logic, every lifted truck with bolt on fender flares is a wide body?

i would daily this car to death

By definition... Yes. The profile of the car is in fact wider than OEM.

I thought the work done to extend the fenders out themselves was pretty nice, the rest of the car... not so much.

what like the tires not fitting? :stirthepot:

Herra flush y0

herra fuckin stupid you mean :bowrofl:

Rocket bunny we have been neglected !!!
 

Doing these for few years my take is if something is made for the car rather then aligning the car to the parts as some wide body execution, it looks better. We have installed Moonbeam kits full and partial and most of the time it's the full kit which has side blades, lip, diffuser and other parts for widebody looks better, that's what rocket bunny does on most cars looks better as they ask you to change it all. Seen few Nissan/Infiniti with just flares slapped and unfortunately nothing flows and car started looking uglier

If not wrong we have the smallest size rear fenders, although 3" wide but found them the most difficult part to be made keeping body lines in tact

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:iagree: You can't half *** the build. Like big wings with stock aero :shakes head:

Unfortunately it's execution like this that ruins it for those of us who do a bolt on overfender correctly and spend the time and money to make them look, fit and flow right... :shakes head:.

Home Depot widebody?

"Mafia" or some **** like that. Worst part is the guy defends the fitment of the kit...

Wouldn't you get defensive if you were in his place?

Hard to say... but its tough to defend throwing front overfenders on that were designed for the 13+ front bumper and you have a 09-12 body style. Its also hard to defend the gaps in the rear overfenders... pictures say 1,000 words

The fuckin wheels and stance trash ruin that car well before that awful body kit does.