At this point im either A. going to just have them paint the skirts and bumpers,then install it all with someone else or my self..cause i dont have money for a shop to do it.the insurance co was payin but i dont wanna have to wait and **** to go through another place.
or B. take off the bar at home then take it back to them.I doupt they would let me do that though.(affraid of gettin sued and s*it)

 

how does accolade make OEM spec hoods for the Ralliart according to Jap OEM specs when their is no Ralliart in japan? The closest thing woudl be the lancer MX touring, which has a similar body style, but a totally different engine and i believe its available in AWD. If accoldade thinks they can sell stuff made for the jap market here, then why dont we just broaden our options and look for any other body products for the jap version that are marketed in japan? i mean, we are gonna have to make the same body modifications either eay =) anyone read japanesse?

 

Of course it is safety hazard, if you remove any safety feature on your car it is going to be a safety hazard. A reinforcement bar is there for a reason.

The unfortunate thing is if you had searched before you purchased your kit you would have known about all of this. There are countless threads about this specific issue and this kit. I don't mean to sound like an *** but your kinda up **** creek now. Your only choice is to find another place that will do the work and not care about the reinforcement bar and federal laws or else do it yourself. OR sell the kit. I personally would be a little woried about getting into a serious accident without a reinforcement bar.

Good luck no matter what your choice is.

 

Oh by the way DO NOT let your insuracnce know about you removing your reinforcement bar.

 

Yeah i know that part.but Im hoping that if i decide to let the shop do it they wont tell the insurance company.Im so confused right now.

 

just try and sell the kit dude. Or give it back to accolade and get yo money- they did false advertise afterall. I'd fight that one to the end- their website says "OEM fit". Which is complete bull****. I wouldn't put up with that ****, and not having a reinforcement bar doesn't sound like a good idea.

 

yeah.but what can i do? since I was in a wreck I dont have a front bumper,and i sold my "ground effects kit" to help pay for the body kit.If i get my money back,($1,100) then I would still need side skirts and front bumper(aprox. $1,600)factory parts are a rip off.
I could have the insurance co pay for the carbon fiber hoods that are out..BTW how much are those? and I could wait untill a new kit came out for the RA..whats the best way to do this?

 

Aaron dude . . just have them paint it and saturday i will drive up there and help you put the kit on. I took my reinforcement bar off when i bought my evo bumper from derekW on the board . . its back on now. But lemme know if thats what you want to do . . leave it on and we can put it on saturday away from the shop cuz it is illegal to take that off

 

Ight,waiting for decision. I got all excited when I saw that Cf hood.I would send my accolade **** back get my money! patch the holes from the sideskirts,have the insurance co buy an OEM front bumper and use that untill a new kit came out..It would look like an es for a while but atleast it would have a sick *** hood.

 

so what you plan on doing . . . . . Are you going to sell your accolade stuff or give it back? If you keep it ill help you put it on. The carbon fiber hood dont look like it will be out for a while.

 

S**T in that case I minus well just keep all the accolade stuff,and just wait till someday when a kit that fits comes out.Im waiting for warren at (advanced autobody) to give me a quote on the price just to get the car out with the parts painted.(no instalation) you and I can do all that.what do you use to hold everything on?

 

you know all those lil yellow things i told you i wouldnt need . . lol i used those . . i had to drill holes in the frame of my car and into the bumper lol.

 

Lol.Ahh i see.Does any one know what to use?I can use some of that double sided sticky stuff for the top..will the bumper be hard to install?also I thought several ppl have bought the evo 8 kit for lancers,and Ra's where are these ppl now.lol..there info would help alot..

 

yeah . . . i didnt use double side tape on mine except for a couple spots and it doesnt look good. We will figure it out if you want to do it. YOu can come down to my side or i can go up there. theres a lot more cars down here and we could cruise or what not after wards.

Get that **** out of the garage and get it down to Avondale and lets get that evo kit on it. its time you got behind the wheel again lol

 

Haha! Sounds like a plan to me.I will figure out a way to attach the skirts,Will the front bumper go right on there after the renforcement bars gone?I will come out there saturday, if they can have it painted for me in time.