I was recently in an accident with my OZ and am going to buy a body kit and hood with the ins. $$$. I am looking at several kits...
Ken Style
Apex
Evo 7
Walker
I am wondering which ones require the removal of bumper supports (I dont want to do that). And which ones have fitment issues. Thanks for your help guys.......

 

All the ones that you have listed have fitment issues and they are all fiberglass If you get the from Acloude. Basicly all the Acloude kits are trash. If you want a nice good quality kit get the kaminarie. it is made out of polyerthene it fits great and lookes great. I got one and I love it.

 

Also if you can find the real ken style if is a nice and good quallity kit.

 

i agree on the kaminari kit

 

iono bout that flame rite there on accolade... if its such trash... why did they jus close a group buy with about 20 people buying accolade kits?

accolade had a bad rep... but from wat i've heard and seen, they've cleaned up their act... import trendz has a evo7 kit but their current one does require you to remove the front reinforcement bar... the accolade one does not

fitment issues will occur... none of these kits are perfect... but its hardly noticiable for the most part

 

I second that. I do not own the kit, but I so wish I had the money to get it

 

rayabedi, you've made my night lol...
it's funny how he asked a question or two, and it went the other way lol...

and now to answer his questions

yes, some have the removal, and most don't, according to accolade (and i will personally test them) the fitment issues have been IN FACT worked out, oh and another thing, they're not made of fiberglass ... PFRP poly fiber reinforced plastic get it right next time...
Thru Accolade:

Ken Style - no removal (i believe, but i will get you the info if n e thing)
Apex - get the apex 2 no removal lol
Evo 7 - no removal at all!
Walker - not made in accolade land...

if you want my honest oppinion, evo7 and apex 2 is the way to go... that's just me lol, but that's not the issue in the thread
if you want, i can get you all the info you want, well.. me and jwerner

ttyl bro, contact me whenever you want

 

ACCOLADE is NOT ... and i repeat is NOT trash!!.. before the end of last summer.. yeah they were trash... but Now they've BEEN improved their game!! Their Direct bold on kits fit our lancer with no problem.! if you do your research on here you will hardly find anything about accolade fitment issues (starting around september / october) you dont have to remove any component from your car with their kits... with the exception ( I THINK) of their GT rear bumper... Import trenz kits.. u have to move the stupid safety bar... and they lack production for our lancer .. kaminari is good quality.. but it still looks like a regular lancer sometimes lol.. so its your call bro

 

Thanks for your help. I think I may go with the apex II only because I want to get the complete kit and I dont think the eve VII comes with the rain guard for the engine. I know I can purchase the carbon fiber hood from VIS with the rain guard seperately but that would put my evo VII a little pricey. So I may try to save some $$ by purchasing the apex and hood seperately.

 

yeah i dunno what you guys are talking about accolade made new molds and everything.. bumpers don't need to be removed, kits are excellent quality and fitment is no problem, at least from everyone ive heard with KITS ON THEIR CAR. plus you can't beat their prices.

 

i ment reinforcements didn't need to be removed, sorry

 

ACCOLADE evo 7 body is not fiberglass, is made out of polyerthene too. im saying this cuz i have accolade evo7 body kit.

 

most of the kits from accolade ARE NOT fiberglass, they are PFRP.

i was hit back in sept, and am going for a kenstyle kit if i can get my hands on one... anyone want my money for a kenstyle?

 

exactly...

 

i think the apex 1/2 middle holes are to big, unless u have an intercooler in there.

i think ken style looks the best...but i liked there (non discontinued) Evo5 kit....it looked a lot better than JTAutostyles Evo5kit...