Erebuni bodykit on and painted

[ssinstaller]

Well after almost 90 hours to make it fit right and about 20 different coats of paint, my bodykit is finally done.

Let me know what you think..

[wickedjra]

looks nice. gotta better side view?

[majic]

the front looks great.. i wonder how it would look with the kenstyle/mazdaspeed grille.. but i like it as it is!!! great work!

[chuyler1]

I usually don't like body kits but this one I like...looks good.

[Loose]

(wow) I like it! It looks real nice. Take some better pictures of it though.

[protegeV]

hottness...way to go the extra mile to make it fit right!

[JCell]

looks awsome

[Bijou-MP5]

how hard was to make it fit?

[ssinstaller]

how hard was to make it fit?


I'll never buy another replica kit. That is how bad it fit.

It's still not perfect, but I'm not willing to spend any more money at the bodyshop. Even letting them work on it when they were slow it still cost over $1200 to get it fitted, and that's a huge discount compared to their normal labor rates.

I'll probably end up buying the real kit next year. The real autoexe grille fit with no work at all, they just primed, painted, and bolted it right up.

[ssinstaller]

(wow) I like it! It looks real nice. Take some better pictures of it though.


I managed to get 2 flat tires in the two days I've had it back, but I'll take some more pictures of it(including the sweet sweet yellow doughnut), tomorrow. I'm pimping a caravan right now.

[longboarder]

Well after almost 90 hours to make it fit right and about 20 different coats of paint, my bodykit is finally done.

Let me know what you think..

Very sharp, indeed!

[mobomelter]

i'm not one for bodykits but that one has some nice lines.

[MrGone]

Except for the huge sticker in the rear window, that's a really tight looking kit. Way to go!! (cool)

[Antoine]

ditto...looks nice and good point about going replica Vs real ;)

[tgv121281]

Kit looks great, what kind of rims you got on there???

[SP33D]

all you need now is a fmic to fill that spot :) looks sweet tho

[Shane5425]

I'll never buy another replica kit. That is how bad it fit.

It's still not perfect, but I'm not willing to spend any more money at the bodyshop. Even letting them work on it when they were slow it still cost over $1200 to get it fitted, and that's a huge discount compared to their normal labor rates.

I'll probably end up buying the real kit next year. The real autoexe grille fit with no work at all, they just primed, painted, and bolted it right up.

nice kit, looks great, suprised to hear it had fitment problems, my erebuni kit fit like a glove..

[splitvizion]

Why are all the kits that I am seeing very conservative in styling. When is someone going to come out with an aggressive kit for the 3. Although it does look good and I wish I could afford one right now.

[KYMP5]

looks great man.

[L8R]

looks good! kenstyle replica eh?

so reading from your posts, would u order from erebuni again?

[ssinstaller]

looks good! kenstyle replica eh?

so reading from your posts, would u order from erebuni again?

No.

I don't know if my kit was a fluke, but for the money I paid I was expecting alot better fitment. I'm just not satisfied with the build quality of the kit--it decent, but not great. And there is basically no way to get the back bumper to fit like the stock bumper.

Most people would probably be satisfied, but I'm pretty anal about my car. I'm probably going to sell this kit next year and buy the real Autoexe and Kenstyle parts.

[EMAGDNIM]

It still looks nice, but I know what you mean about being anal about your car. The small things bug me the most with mine...

[ssinstaller]

It's still dirty, but here are some more pics.

[Badger Biker]

I have the same grill. Just waiting for it to get painted.

Great work! Hope everything goes better with your new kit in the coming year though! :)

[Lil Freek]

wow.. i love that sideshot.. it looks REALLY REALLY good!
just curious, is the kit made outta fiberglass?

[Loose]

Man, I love that grille. I have to get me one of those.

Sorry to hear of the flats, go figure.

[Shane5425]

wow.. i love that sideshot.. it looks REALLY REALLY good!
just curious, is the kit made outta fiberglass?

yep all erebuni is CF or Fiberglass..

[goldwing2000]

Yeah... that grille is just begging for a fmic.

[mobomelter]

considering how huge it is. it needs something.

[Shane5425]

just go on ebay and get a nice intercooler and put it in there, if you ever boost, there it is.. lol...

[MazdaAxela]

I like that front shot..looks hawt.

[ssinstaller]

Yeah... that grille is just begging for a fmic.

Hopefully my engine and the The HiBoost turbo kit will meet sometime next summer. I've only got 9000 miles on the car, and I want to get at least a little use out of the warantee.

I've got some bad ass brakes to fill up the wheels on the way though, 13" rotors in front with wilwood 6 piston calipers, and 11.75" rotors in the rear.

[mobomelter]

crazy brakeing for a 1 and a 1/2 ton car.

[ssinstaller]

crazy brakeing for a 1 and a 1/2 ton car.
There wasn't anything else I could buy for the car(I need another hobby(lol2))

[mobomelter]

isn't that brake kit about 2 grand?

[goldwing2000]

Hopefully my engine and the The HiBoost turbo kit will meet sometime next summer. I've only got 9000 miles on the car, and I want to get at least a little use out of the warantee.

I've got some bad ass brakes to fill up the wheels on the way though, 13" rotors in front with wilwood 6 piston calipers, and 11.75" rotors in the rear.

You know bigger brakes rob HP, right?

[ssinstaller]

You know bigger brakes rob HP, right?

Not when they're lighter than the stock brakes.

[mobomelter]

i don't beileve 6 piston calipers could be lighter than 1 piston calipers.

[ssinstaller]

i don't beileve 6 piston calipers could be lighter than 1 piston calipers.


The calipers don't affect horsepower in any way, because they are not rotating mass, they can affect unsprung weight, but that doesn't lower horsepower.
The only component of the brakes that could affect horsepower would be the rotor as it is rotating mass, but the big brake kit replaces the solid steel stock rotor with a larger two piece rotor that has a lighter aluminum hat.

[Shane5425]

just put my erebuni rear on my car tonight(had to replace it, car accident) like i said, it fit like a glove, i had to trim 2 places less then 3 mm to get a perfect fit.. drilled the mounting wholes put the clips and bolts in, attacthed my custom support brace i made, and my car has a beautiful white ass on my protege.. .. dont know why ur 3 had so much of a fitment problem, could it be it was for a Jap spec protege and not a usdm spec protege, i know some of there protege kits are like that..

[ssinstaller]

just put my erebuni rear on my car tonight(had to replace it, car accident) like i said, it fit like a glove, i had to trim 2 places less then 3 mm to get a perfect fit.. drilled the mounting wholes put the clips and bolts in, attacthed my custom support brace i made, and my car has a beautiful white ass on my protege.. .. dont know why ur 3 had so much of a fitment problem, could it be it was for a Jap spec protege and not a usdm spec protege, i know some of there protege kits are like that..


Yeah, the erebuni kit is a copy of the JDM Autoexe and Kenstyle bumpers. I don't really know what happened with my kit, mabey they took it out of the mold too early and it warped or something. But at least it's on the car and it looks pretty good.

[alexlitov]

that paint is off...you can see it on the front bumper vs. fender shot...

looking good otherwise

[Shane5425]

Yeah, the erebuni kit is a copy of the JDM Autoexe and Kenstyle bumpers. I don't really know what happened with my kit, mabey they took it out of the mold too early and it warped or something. But at least it's on the car and it looks pretty good.

thats all that counts, its on and looks awesome..

[ssinstaller]

that paint is off...you can see it on the front bumper vs. fender shot...

looking good otherwise

The bodyshop did everything they could to get it to match perfect, it's just not going to happen.
Take a look at the the paint in the same place on the blue kenstyle car.

http://side-axela.jp/contribute/upfile/44.jpg

Paint just lays differnt on fiberglass.

[Loose]

How much for just the grille?

SS, I noticed the grille on your car is diffrent? How much did you pay from your grille?

[Shane5425]

try going on erebuni.net and lookin it up...

[Loose]

136.00

[ssinstaller]

How much for just the grille?

SS, I noticed the grille on your car is diffrent? How much did you pay from your grille?


I bought the erebuni grille for about $110.00 and it fit so bad I didn't use it, I ended up buying the real Autoexe grille from Corksport for around $320.00.

[Loose]

I bought the erebuni grille for about $110.00 and it fit so bad I didn't use it, I ended up buying the real Autoexe grille from Corksport for around $320.00.
That sounded a bit low and I know you had fitment/finish problems.

Thanx SS (drinks)

[mazda003s]

that looks great!