J's or TS - frontbumper........
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From: Auckland
Ahhh you and I have similar tastes, I have owned BOTH the J's Racing Front Lip and the TS Front Bumper(current)...
Here are some notes:
The J's Lip will lower the clearance by 40mm in side and by 20mm front compared with stock bumper. The J's Front Lip is made from Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic. The panel shop was impresse with how strong this piece was. If you DON'T lower the car, ground clearance with the J's is about 128mm.
However you will know already that you do get that line running across the bumper. And this doesnt hide the fact that the fitment of this piece of lip was not perfect. Id say in some instances about a 2mm gap can be noticed if you are standing 2 feet away from the car....
Solution: get the one piece custom J's Bumper in the group buy! Hopefully it fits well!
The Top Secret Bumper, as you know is a one piece replacement bumper. The quality and fitment as you'd expect from Top Secret is very good. Id say about 95% perfect. It loses marks from being perfect, as their is a very slight gap left between my left side headlight. Its not noticable unless you point it out to people. But its there, hence I shall report...
The kit itself doesnt sit as low as the J's Lip from what I observe but they can't be too much in it, (5-7mm) at the most.
From the two most people whove seen both incarnations of my car prefer the TS Bumper (prob just complimenting me cause I swapped over and dont wanan hurt my feelings), but there are some who prefer the more aggresive look of the J's...Either way its up to you...Have fun choosing!
More pics of both Kits available here:
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/vivisect/ProjectS2000/
Here are some notes:
The J's Lip will lower the clearance by 40mm in side and by 20mm front compared with stock bumper. The J's Front Lip is made from Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic. The panel shop was impresse with how strong this piece was. If you DON'T lower the car, ground clearance with the J's is about 128mm.
However you will know already that you do get that line running across the bumper. And this doesnt hide the fact that the fitment of this piece of lip was not perfect. Id say in some instances about a 2mm gap can be noticed if you are standing 2 feet away from the car....
Solution: get the one piece custom J's Bumper in the group buy! Hopefully it fits well!
The Top Secret Bumper, as you know is a one piece replacement bumper. The quality and fitment as you'd expect from Top Secret is very good. Id say about 95% perfect. It loses marks from being perfect, as their is a very slight gap left between my left side headlight. Its not noticable unless you point it out to people. But its there, hence I shall report...
The kit itself doesnt sit as low as the J's Lip from what I observe but they can't be too much in it, (5-7mm) at the most.
From the two most people whove seen both incarnations of my car prefer the TS Bumper (prob just complimenting me cause I swapped over and dont wanan hurt my feelings), but there are some who prefer the more aggresive look of the J's...Either way its up to you...Have fun choosing!
More pics of both Kits available here:
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/vivisect/ProjectS2000/
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From: San Francisco
Hey nice car Kids2000 looks almost like mine but I only got the stock vis cf hood nice indeed. My vote goes to TS but the gb on the j's molded looks very nice also. If I were you I'd get the j's molded only because IMO it would look real clean on silver. Fitment on TS is like Kids2000 mentioned almost perfect. Good luck on your choice!
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From: Burtonsville, MD
KIDS - I remember back in the days when you were one of the first with the J's. I got mine because I liked the look of yours so much. Then I ditched it not long after because it sat so low. I really liked the fitment and clean look of the TS...plus it had plenty of clearance even while lowered.
The J's one piece replica sure does look hot though!
The J's one piece replica sure does look hot though!