No doubt wow that would definitely suck. My ac compressor went out on me yesterday but I was lucky it basically happened in my driveway

Update : I spoke with the manufacturer of my body kit and was informed that you don't have to remove the metal bar just the foam padding that covers the metal bar. Also and I'm sure riptide would disagree, and maybe I shouldn't take the sellers opinion for fact, but he told me riptide got taken advantage of and that there is no way it should could twice the price of the kit to install. So I'm really not sure what to expect at this point. Maybe somewhere in between the two oppinons. I really hope it doesn't cost 10 gs to get this done or I would have just bought the varis frp body kit and accented with carbon ground effects. I freaking love that varis kit. Simply amazing but I have a carbon fiber fetish

Carbon fiber, right? So there's really not much room for tweaking or finagling by a body shop per say or they'll **** it up I assume. Also, no paint. So 2 bumpers and two side skirts? A half a days worth of time and a couple hundred bucks at most. It's a body kit, not a kidney replacement.

Hahaha! Yea I agree. I expected around 12-1500$ but 6gs is absolute rape!

I think longer than a half day tho because all the wholes in the carbon fiber have to be drilled and lined up perfectly the first time and all the mounting brackets have to be custom fabricated also the brackets for the rear license plate and the lights over the plate have to be made from scratch out of fiber glass I was told. Also one thing I have going for me is the fact I live in West Virginia and we don't have license plates on the front bumper.

As Far as I know :)

Ahhh ok I should have been able to guess that

Did you get your kit from Powerhouse Amuse or is it a replica? And do all amuse kits require so much fabrication/modification or is your kit special

I ordered it from areo jacket so yes it'sa rep. And as far as the other kits I think the only difference is that with carb on you have to have all the holes drilled they don't come pre-drilled . Also I'm so glad I saw Fly1 Motorsports sells the skid plates for the front bumper and side skirts. Very cool

Ya they look good and give you protection

Absolutely. Fly1 definitely nailed it with those. Also their fenders are sick as h***. Can't wait for mine to get here. I'll be sure to post pics

even if you had to remove the front crash bar, I dont believe(just my theory) its main purpose is occupant safety. It's aluminum and its meant for very low speed impact protection for the engine compartment

or in other words it's meant to protect the engine(expensive bits) from getting a hole poked through it from a measly 20-30 mph crash...has "almost nothing" to do with protecting the driver

That's good to know. Much easier to replace than my face!

Being that I oversaw the install of my kit and knowing all the work and customization that went into it, I was not raped. It took 60 hours to install at $100/hour with a lot of customization. The fitment is a 9.5/10. I spoke with several shops before the install and only one would even touch the kit. It's a unique award winning car and hopefully whoever installs yours puts the time and effort into it for a damn near flawless fitment.

For my car to be beat by a $300k Liberty Walk GT-R at HIN can attest to the hard work that went into mine. For a build that has cost me 20k....not bad to.take 2nd place to that kind of money.

I suppose some of you are also the type that think 6k is expensive for custom work. I know people who have spent double, triple, and quadruple that on similar ventures. CF is not easy to work with. I did my hood, fenders, and wing. All of which required custom work for the best fitment possible.

Just like a tattoo...you get what you pay for.

Should yours turn out like mine, you'll have a damaged bank account or wallet too. The custom brackets and fiberglass work all add up. And keep in mind your trunk will be gutted and put back together. You wanna save yourself some cash. Remove all your oem panels on your own and drop the car off.

I gave you helpful information, not to be bashed. I figured I'd help you, since I had no prior information.

Best of luck.

This is something you really can do yourself if you have the time and a daily driver. Riptide is correct it takes a lot of time for someone picky to get these parts close to factory spec. I had my parts painted but installed everything myself in probably 20-30 hours off and on. It was only my second time doing body parts on a 370z.

The Shine parts should have mold marks everywhere you need a hole. Save yourself some cash and do it yourself!