I recently wanted to covert my evo3 front and rear end into the evo 9's and the thing is in this kit, i all i see is both rear and front bumpers one color, and on the orignal ones rear bumper is two toned like this
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...es/JDMRear.jpg

and this the one accolade offers.

http://body-kit.com/lan05e9con05.html

help? is there a difference?

 

it is a well known fact on this site that a kitten dies somewhere everytime you buy a poor fitting pos from accolade. Go search buschur and see what they did with their accolade piece.

 

even if someone were to reccomend accolade, it stil wouldnt fit your car. that kit is to convert and evo8 into an evo9. i doubt it would fit any other evo, besides the 7

 

O_o? mine is a 8. . . . .

 

lol on ur first post you said u wanted to convert your evo3? not 8

 

Last time I was reading up on the lancer show and shine it was a kit made for the regular lancers to convert to the evo 9. The kit is not made for the evo wide body. IMHO Just buy a used evo 9 front.

 

you wrote evo 3.. anyway better to go oem, or the apr gt front end from evasive.

 

ya i noticed also he said evo 3, but anyways check out that thread by buschur, its pretty funny what they ended up doing with that front bumper lol. as everyone else said go oem or get a used 9 front, thats your best bet.

 

sorry sorry i meant evo "03 dang .....

anyone got the link to the thread about what they did with the accolade conversion?

 

And if youre wondering why its one color thats because its unpainted

 

Unless you have the money to burn, if I were you, I'd just wait until something happened (perhaps a parking lot incident or whatever) before replacing the bumpers.

 

And if you do have the money to burn, burn it on something better.

- Patrick

 

but the 9's bumpers are soo sexy and the rear too, i like keeping it slick and stockish? so no aftermarket bumpers for me maybe a lip after but yeah. i mean unless i don know convince me other wise..

 

The JDM rear bumper is the only hangup. You should be able to find a used OEM front IX bumper for around the same price as Accolades, and since it's factory you know it'll be a billion times better.

JDM rears are expensive but trust me getting OEM is worth it, just save up! I have the OEM JDM rear and it has amazing fit and finish. It went on so smooth and easy.

Plus, you can buy the OEM front and rear bumpers color matched and essentially ready to bolt on. Any knockoff bumpers are going to have to be extensively fitted, prepped, and then painted which will cost in upwards of $400-500 (PER PIECE) or more to do properly, unless you want to have mis-matched body parts like a ricer Not to mention, despite their wording, the Accolade kit is made of FRP which is fibreglass. It's not nearly as flexible or damage resistant as the stock Urethane.

Just some food for thought. It may look like more money to go "the right way" and get OEM bumpers, but trust me, it saves a lot of headache and costs down the road to just do it right the first time and be done.

- Patrick

 

people are still buying chit from accolade?!?!? good god. some things will never change.