Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Choosing Car Body Kits?

We have all seen them.Ranging from mild to wild, cars with exterior attachments that makes them seem lower, wider, and sometimes even faster than they actually are.These visual add-ons look simple enough, but there are several questions you should ask yourself before choosing car body kits

• Is there one for my car? Body kits at their most basic consist of five pieces – front bumper, side skits, rear bumper, and trunk spoiler. The aim is to change the visual lines of the stock vehicle, but not every car has a kit available for it. Fortunately, in many cases kits can be custom-made or modified to fit. The downside to this route is that you may still not get the visual impact wanted from the original body kit.

• cForm over function? This is a very important question since it has cost implications. While on the surface body kits are used for appearance, their existence is owed to motorsports where aerodynamics (the ability of the car to lower wind resistance to go faster) is necessary.Generic Body kits may in fact reduce the performance of a car. Functional body kits tend to be very expensive as they are in many cases wind tunnel designed and tested for maximum aerodynamic performance. These kits are of a higher quality tougher material, as the rigidity is needed to stop air pressure from deforming the kit. They are also lighter where required to avoid adding extra weight to the vehicle.

• What is the kit made of? Construction method has a lot to do with the life of the vehicle. Since the body kit will be attached to the body panels, it is susceptible to all the ills like impacts, dirt, and the weather elements; therefore, the material it is made out of can affect its lifespan. The bottom rung of body kit material is fiberglass.It is cheap and can be molded into shape, but it breaks when heavy force is applied to it.Polyurethane made kits cost more due to their durability, however they are difficult to paint as their flexible surface requires special additives to avoid paint cracks. The Holy Grail of body kit material is carbon-fiber. It is a very high-end substance used in motorsports because of its extra light weight and high strength.Carbon-fiber is used to build kits that place function over form at any price.