kouki bumper knock offs!!

[HyperTek]

http://www.aitracing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_15_59&products_id=614

http://www.aitracing.com/images/medium/N24089HIXSDFB_MED.jpg

Finally a US company comes out with something.
Maybe someone can try to set up a group buy for em...

[Ritz S14]

It would be a million times better if it had the square turn signals. :down:

[nismo skyline]

yea i agree with ritz, the kouki lights are what make it special

[HyperTek]

nvm... $500...

[exitspeed]

Yea and how's the quaility?

[FRpilot]

$500!! it looks like a copy of the URAs kouki style bumper with the zenki light cutouts

[mike13]

didnt these come out like 6 months ago???

[nismo2491]

I'd rock em

[kuruptR]

bleh fuck that square bumper lights, its an outrage that they are copying the type x bumper... every fucking ricer will have it.

[HyperTek]

well if zilvia knows about it.. we are safe.. just as long as it doesnt get found out on 240sxforums or drifting.com hahaha

[nocomedown]

well if zilvia knows about it.. we are safe.. just as long as it doesnt get found out on 240sxforums or drifting.com hahaha
yeah...because that's how companies make money....keeping their products "underground" and "elite."

anyways..what's so special about a replica of OEM? any fool who went and bought the car from the dealer in japan got it...it's not so special.

[HyperTek]

because these fools in america didnt get it...

[ScottMan]

Hmm...are you guys sure it's $500? Am I missing that somewhere? In the title bar (at the top of the browser window) it says $345 and that number changes to $395 when you change to the Vertex knock-off (I guess that's what it is).



EDIT: You guys were right. I just called and they said $500 shipped. My bad. :)

[AKADriver]

Perfect!

Screw kouki turn signals. They don't look better, they're just different and costly. The wider pignose signals line up nicely with the headlights. I think it's a cleaner look, especially without the required extra round lenses in the lower grilles.

This is definitely something I'd buy if something happened to my OEM bumper. Maybe something for the future when I need more airflow.

[TheTimanator]

didnt these come out like 6 months ago???
Yeah, I remember seeing that in the back of an SCC I picked up back in the spring.

[Johny5]

http://www.aitracing.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_15_98

$1700 shipped, goddamn!

[nightwalker]

Anyone actually have one of AIT's kits? not what you heard, but actually own.

[Johny5]

you've been around long enough to surely remember dousan's complaints about them. he said his 180sx ait front fit like shiiiiiiiiiit.

[ootranceformeroo]

Make it fit.....Some fit nicely and some dont...just take the time to make it fit. And I dont see anyone complaining about the "knock offs" of the kouki bumper in japan.

[nightwalker]

I remember Dousan's complaints. But I also have seen pics of some nice looking cars with ait kits. Just wondering is anyone had to do little or a lot of modification to theirs to make them fit.

[HyperTek]

i heard they fit good... but all the "jdm tyte" guys say otherwise...

[sideviewcivic]

the hell "jdmtyte" ??? its cheaper getting it from jspec or proto. they dont sell to california since majority of 'aero' companies are located in so cal. this kit has been around since beginning of this year. AIT offers to kinds of the kits. the first 'white' is typical fiberglass, while the 'black' version has a matte fabric behind the bumper and the black kind i believe is the 1500 version. i have seen both kits on many a 240s. since a shop in riverside is one of 2 serious dealers in so cal that get them. the black version is alot thicker and stronger and it does flex but not to the point where its sloppy.

[Brian]

thicker isn't better.

well, if it is PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT fitment, then i guess it could be an advantage, but you don't really want a thick bumper. flex is good.

[HyperTek]

edit nevermind

[TokyoNights]

Anyone actually have one of AIT's kits? not what you heard, but actually own.
Me and my friend installed on on his car, fit wasnt PERFECT but we made it fit good.
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/mikespeed/new3.JPG

[HyperTek]

the hell "jdmtyte" ??? its cheaper getting it from jspec or proto. they dont sell to california since majority of 'aero' companies are located in so cal. this kit has been around since beginning of this year. AIT offers to kinds of the kits. the first 'white' is typical fiberglass, while the 'black' version has a matte fabric behind the bumper and the black kind i believe is the 1500 version. i have seen both kits on many a 240s. since a shop in riverside is one of 2 serious dealers in so cal that get them. the black version is alot thicker and stronger and it does flex but not to the point where its sloppy.

AIT does not list this "white version" on thier site.. so no way the average consumer would know this...

The question is if it will fit.. but Im not even stressing that cuz bodykit companies been improving that stuff...

[Gladman]

Full drift body kit. $300.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7923018024&category=36475

[Touring240]

I have the AIT sides. had the front too but sold it to jookybanana. It sat high and I don't have coilovers just yet.

fitment is not bad. 7.5/10. dousan was lazy when installing his kit and he will admit it. so was I and my fitment isn't that great. Put some effort into it and you can make the ait kit fit very well. the price is right for sure

[nightwalker]

Me and my friend installed on on his car, fit wasnt PERFECT but we made it fit good.
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/mikespeed/new3.JPG

whoa! thanks mike, that's pretty hot. Even the ghetto wheels are alright. :p

[jookybanana]

i have the AIT front and its fits pretty good, but i'm not too picky
if you want your car to be a trailer queen, or show car quality then, AIT is not for you, but ya, it doesn't fit like OEM, but if you put some time into it, it will fit quite good, and thicker fiberglass isn't that great, its heavy and i had a hard time sliding the bumper on over the fenders with out cracking anything because it didn't like flex, and when you use the stock brackets take your time to line those up with the bumper as well, i spent more time on fitting the front as i did with the sides and rear combined, but those were Msports and they fit almost like OEM
oh yah i also had to cut an inch off the top part of the vents since the usdm re-bar is bigger and was blocking the bumper from going on, i took dousan's advice to cut the bumper rather than to mod the re-bar, or it would have been more work

[91CRXsiR]

oh crap AIT is advanced import tuning?... i pass by these guys everyday.. some nice cars parked outside

[E&ERacing]

We installed one of AIT's B-Magic full Wide Body Silvia kits on a HB, it was before they had the 50mm HB rear, but I made the Coupes work. All of the kit fit pretty much perfrect, no problems at all. Most kits require some work, if it was entirely bolt-on no work neccesary, then they would charge dealer pricing. If anyone's wanting the kit or peices, we sell it here at our shop, give us a call for pricing 678 770 4516.

Here's a link to his car we just did with the kit
http://www.e-emotorsports.com/rb240.html

Eric
www.e-emotorsports.com

[mad s13]

now if only someone in the US will make some kouki side skirt knock offs that fit well. There was a company on ebay selling knockoffs of the kouki bumper with the lip attached and I emailed them abotu the side skirts and they said that they aren't popular over here so they won't make them..I'm like the reason they ain't popular is cause no one makes em yet...oh well..

Gray

[Steeles]

ummm havent these been out for months and months? wernt both Dousan and dorifto180 sporting these begining of summer? heck I've seen the adds for these in SCC for the past couple months at least....

[KiDyNomiTe]

ummm havent these been out for months and months? wernt both Dousan and dorifto180 sporting these begining of summer? heck I've seen the adds for these in SCC for the past couple months at least....
ya....

Knockoffs are knockoffs, I guess the kouki copy just was released, but someone said $500 thats a rip off...

[CoasTek240]

ok, so i've seen the pictures, but hows the sideskirt fitment? i know people said the front bumper took some time to make it fit right, but how are the sideskirts? how are they mounted, do you have rivets on the inside door sill on the rocker panel? is it all tape. whats up
i'm very interested, side skirt fitment is key.
also for somebody with experience with other aero, does anyone know how the bomex sideskirts fit? compared to ait?

[JaeTea]

Knockoffs are knockoffs, I guess the kouki copy just was released, but someone said $500 thats a rip off...

:stupid:

$500 for a knock-off??Am I missing something? :confused:

[ScottMan]

I called and they quoted me "around $500 shipped to Georgia". I assumed that meant about $350 for the bumper and $150 shipping. :shrug:

[E&ERacing]

Scottman, give me a call if you want some better prcing on the bumpers. 678 770 4516.

Eric
www.e-emotorsports.com

[91CRXsiR]

now if only someone in the US will make some kouki side skirt knock offs that fit well. There was a company on ebay selling knockoffs of the kouki bumper with the lip attached and I emailed them abotu the side skirts and they said that they aren't popular over here so they won't make them..I'm like the reason they ain't popular is cause no one makes em yet...oh well..

Gray


post his e-mail so we can all ask for him.. maybe that will get the point across...

[240trainee]

http://www.jspec.com/ait180sx.html

This is where I always saw the bumper, and it had the square driving lights. I must be missing something...

[ScottMan]

^ I'm not incredible at kit identification yet but that's definitely not a Kouki knock-off. I believe that's a Vertex knock-off or one of those other smaller companies that produce something very similar. The call it the "Vortex" so I'm assuming that's what it is.

[HyperTek]

yup thats vertex.. everyone knocked it off now..