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Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:45 PM
Hey, I live in Halifax , and I just heard about this sale that Sound Speed is having on body kits. I would like to know what the quality and fit is like on their kits? I searched and found that some liked the kits and some hated. I was curious to see what people that are local to the shop have found about their kits? I have the cash to buy the RK kit I want I was just thinking maybe I could save some cash and get a hood as well as a kit if I go with them. I know you get what you pay for but like I said it would be nice to get the hood and all in one shot.
Any info is appreciated guys thanks





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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:47 PM
Hey Sam

Its really a tradeoff between a fibreglass and urethane kit. If you're very handy with fibreglass or have a friend who can fix imperfections or chips, then fibreglass might be a good way to go.

If your car is a daily driver, and you dont want to worry about debris hitting the front bumper and taking a chunk out, urethane will be your best bet.

A friend of mine had a fibreglass Drift Kit and Ram Air Hood and it didnt fit as nicely as a urethane kit. Just alot of gaps. This kit was bought about 2 yrs back, so Im not sure how relevant this info is.

Hopefully you can see the objectivity in my post. Its probably a 50/50 shot with any Fibreglass kit, whereas RK Sport (urethane), its more of a 90/10 shot.

Good luck though!


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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:05 AM
I just got a fibreglass kit a few weeks ago from soundspeed and it fit great. Like I said in another post, it seems they've changed their methods of glassing their products and its a lot better than what I've previously seen.



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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:06 PM
I remember a while back when there kits were complete crap and everyone was bashing them and there were a bunch of posts on here about it ... maybe in the exterior forum

but they have cleaned up their act of selling stuff that didnt fit, I know i'm getting my kit from them and i have a couple of friends who have purchased from them and are going back to get more stuff.... so I say go for it.... FG is cheaper for the kit easier to fix and a lot more selection and if you want to do something custom its easily done.... when it comes to urthane you have like a few choices, RK sport, wingswest, ECC i donno whats going on with there kits i think there still around i thought i heard something but i might have just mixed up my reading of posts.....

its totally up to you .....

good luck with your purchase





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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:44 PM
good old soundspeed...... I wouldn't recomend them for customer service, and the fitmet of my type 2 wasn't very good at all, it left me with a huge wave that they then decided to SCREW DOWN!

So yah, i'm going to be getting the TYPE 3 BUMPER off them soon because i'm sick of the wave and I like the dual exhaust look.

However, I'm only going to them because I don't know where else to get the Type 3 rear. I wouldn't recommend them personally, but i'm stuck and thats the only rear that i really want.



Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:56 PM
how bad is this wave?? im lookin at getting the type 2 in a few weeks

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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:33 PM
thanks for the input guys....from the way it sounds I think I'll just spend my money on the kit I really wanted in urethane....cause for the 03+ they only have the bomex front and I'm not totally fond of it







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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:16 PM
thacks99z24 wrote:how bad is this wave?? im lookin at getting the type 2 in a few weeks


could have gotten sea sick!



Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:26 PM
Triton: What does the Type 3 bumper look like? One of my suppliers might carry it in the US under a different name.


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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:49 PM
well im going tomorrow to pick up my kit...cant beat the price and their quality has improved so imma take a shot at it

scott, theres the rear:


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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:55 PM
got a pic of the wavy rear? did you try L brackets? or one long piece of angular steel to hold the bumper up?

even the type J kit as pricey as it is, has the rear bumper famous wave in it.

as for the customer service...last time i went there (its almost 2 years now though, i haven't done too much to the car since then, except my own work) Gino was a great guy, and helped me out no problem at all.






Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:58 AM
i must say i got my kit today and am very impressed with the looks of it

dealt with Gino and have no complaints about the service whatsoever

Phil Thacker
JCO North President

Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:27 PM
We wanna see some pics phil...
And i saw the wave in Tritons back bumper, it was baaaaaad. I always waved back to his car when i went by it


Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:45 AM
once its on i'll get some pics of it but that wont be for a while right now

Phil Thacker
JCO North President

Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:38 AM
Purchased my kit from Sound speed a year ago in march. Customer service was excellent, and if you play your cards right... you can save some money by working out deals.

As for fitment, the type 3 rear has bad alignment close to the rear fender, and also if you were to purcahse this bumper to look into L brackets for the rear by the trunk lid to prevent sagging, and tension bars for the sides of the rear bumper to prevent them from sticking out past your rear tires. Hards to explain but I think most of you will understand.

Here's a couple of pics. I know they've perfected the drift front and Bx sides.

Good luck with the purchase.







Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:45 PM
I liked my experience with Soundspeed. My Drift front was dead on for fitment and quality, the rear was pretty good after the sag was fixed, but as for the sides....that was another story. Too wavy but they got molded anyways. Customer service was good too. Im dealing with them again right now, so id say go for it.




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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Monday, February 28, 2005 7:20 PM
Any one bye a hood from them and how good dose it fit.Did you guys look at there site latly they have lambo door kit for like 900 what do you guys think is it a good deal or should i spend a little more money i cant see it being that good for $900 since they sell for like $1800 thanks
Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Monday, February 28, 2005 7:51 PM
i was talkin to him about those and the new stuff they will be carrying

the kits for the doors are supposedly made by the people who make the VDI kits which are top quality...dont know for sure if thats true or he was just blowing smoke

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JCO North President

Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:37 AM
I'll be buying the only kit they have for the sunfire next week, I called last friday and their customer service was pretty good, and like z double dozen said, you can work out some $$$ deals.
I'll post some pics , and I'll let you know guys how everything went, as soon as I get my ride back from the body shop.


Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:08 PM
I'll be picking up my vertical door kit next month!!!




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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:55 AM
stiki, you should work on getting new springs if u havent already... get that fat ass off the ground finaly





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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:10 AM
Stop staring at my ass!




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Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:34 PM
StikiGreenZ let me know how the kit is im looking at geting one to
Re: Sound Speed Motorsports???
Friday, March 04, 2005 4:12 AM
I pick up mine this Saturday...it won't be installed for a couple weeks but l will toss up some pics once its done.....
00 Drift type two rear....



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