Due to the growth of the aftermarket
tuning industry, factory body fitted body parts are becoming more
available as a response to this growing market and manufacturers now
have in house motor part divisions developing styling upgrades. These
departments work to upgrade and fine tune their product using their
product vehicle as a platform.
Vehicle enhancements like carbon fiber hood or an after market wing
were originally made by other companies as add ons or cheaper
alternatives to original parts a manufacturer does not offer. They
designed body kit components designed to complement each other but some
car owners do a mix and match approach where the front of the body kit
is matched with a different rear design.
Why get a vehicle enhancement?
If
you have been watching movies like The Fast and the Furious, Tokyo
Drift, you’ll understand why a car body fit can give your car that extra
push. These exterior car products improve the aerodynamics of your car better than its mass produced brother.
It
is also known to improve the gas mileage and mile times of your car
aside from the fact that it can make your car look really cool making it
a certified chick magnet.
Many
cite additional weight as a down side to getting these styling kits,
but the truth of the matter is, most styling kits really don’t add
weight at all.
And
even if it did, it doesn’t make much of a difference as to actually
affect the performance of the car. An Accord, for example, if replaced
with fiberglass front and bumper/air dam, side skirt assembly could
affect the weight of the car by 50 lbs. when you replace the factory
urethane bumpers.
Kinds of car body kits
Car body kits come in three kinds: fiberglass, polyurethane and carbon fiber.
Fiber glass accessories like fiberglass trunk
are the cheapest and most widely available aftermarket accessory in the
market toady. It is light weight and easy to make. Despite its
popularity, its down side is that, unlike polyurethane and carbon fiber,
it is brittle and easily cracks upon impact.
Polyurethane
accessories are a more resilient option than fiberglass. They then to
be thicker, able to flex into place and can withstand an impact better
than fiberglass. The down side to polyurethane is that it costs more
than fiberglass and more difficult to come by. Highly popularized import
tuners favor this material.
Carbon
fiber body kits are also a popular performance upgrade. It is light and
is normally the material of choice when the car owner is concerned with
the speed and weight of his vehicle.
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