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Old 01-25-2005, 09:18 PM
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Question Bodykit question

Hey all. Just have a quick question for people. I'm lookin' at getting the Saleen body kit, and I was wondering what you guys think of the two options out there that I've found. The first one is available here, http://www.mustangtuning.com/musabokit9.html and it's reasonably priced. The other one is located on Saleen's website here... http://www.saleen.com/index.html
The most notable difference is that the second one(Saleen's) is made from Urethane versus fiberglass(MT's). I don't know much about either, so what's the difference...there's damn near an $800 price difference from the two. Let me know what y'all think.
 
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Old 01-25-2005, 09:23 PM
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Urethane bends, and fiberglass does not...or as much.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 04:53 AM
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Problem with fiberglass is if you hit something the 1st time you can kiss it goodbye. Urethane it will flex and retain its shape.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 07:38 AM
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Yeah, Ditto, go with Urethane if you can but the drawback is, like you said, a pretty big price difference.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 08:40 AM
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There are better prices for urethane out there though. Look around, never buy directly from Saleen, they are horrible with cust service anyways. Look around on Ebay for someone with a very high seller rating that is selling a urethane kit and you will be fine. Will be imbetween the saleen.com price and the fiber glass kit price.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 12:34 PM
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Also make sure its original part from Saleen, my rear wing has Saleen engraved on the underside.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 03:08 PM
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I say go with the Cobra R body and urathane all the way baby. Its worth the extra in price. you dont needa a rock hitting then kit and breaking it on the first boo boo. Urethane will bend and flex for you. Save the money in the long run.
 
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Old 01-28-2005, 09:06 AM
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You get what you pay for... buy the urethane.

I was a bit suprised that MT would carry a full fiberglass kit.
 
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Old 01-29-2005, 12:57 PM
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buy the urethane if u buy fiberglass u will regret it trust me
 
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