Rocket Bunny for daily driving?
 

What's up everybody, i was just wondering if any members on here had a rocket bunny that they were daily driving. Just wanted to hear your pros and cons. I just bought my fr-s a few months ago, but this kit has just grown on me. I just love the aggressive look of it, but it's hard to justify cutting into my fenders and possibly dealing with problems since i'll be daily driving it.

All input is appreciated :thumbup:

Shouldn't run into any issues with it. I DD'd my S14 that had widebody for about 2 years. No issues.

So long as you do the installation properly and don't cut corners, you should be just fine. Just make sure you're aware when you're driving though considering how much lower the body of the car will be.

I dont see why it would be bad for daily driving, just be aware of the new widith and realize with the wider wheels/tires your going to take a hit on MPGs.

Im hoping to do rocket bunny or another widebody kit next year, im going to do a hexis teal wrap though to blind everyone O_O

Yeah that makes sense. If i were to go this route i'd most definitely make sure it's a quality job. How about highway driving and all that? There doesn't seem too much that will stop paint chips from rocks and all that.

Nope but that's the way it goes. It's a car so unless it's a garage queen, it will get small rock chips and wear over time.

There are ways to prevent it though, like clear-bra and other things. As stated above, also be aware of the wider width. You'll more than likely run custom wheels to fit the wider fenders, so you want to be especially aware so you don't curb the $$$$hit out of them.

There's no big differences. Just more to take into account and be aware of when driving.

Right. I already figured i'd need to have custom wheels and all that. But if all it requires is the use of common sense and awareness of my surroundings, i'm all in! haha :party0030:

Yeah I plan on waiting a while before I do anything as well. Only 4,000 miles on my car lol.

Yeah its a bit decieving, the kits 3k but you need install and some beastly tires/wheels

Paint or a wrap as well.

If your worried about chips a clear bra would be a good option, im just doing viynl to make my life easier.

Yeah it's definitely not the cheapest lol. I really wanted to look into having the kit molded. I've seen a few around and it looks sexy haha. Something like that would probably cost and arm and leg though.

So what could I be expecting cost wise for the labor to have an actual shop put it on? (Cutting fenders, Paint, etc.)

I'm wondering the same thing.

It'll cost more money to have them installed (labor, tires, rims, materials) than it will cost to buy the kit.

You could always get new fenders just for the kit it's like 190$ for a fender if you are worried about cutting them up..So just keep the old sine you need to put color on the fenders anyways... Don't know just a thought

Where could I find something like this?

I don't only want the fenders, I like the whole thing, but the fender work is basically what takes the most time. And having a wide body kit on even 8.75" tires would look bad unless you buy spacers. Gotta buy a whole new wheel set at least 9.5"

I wouldn't do it. You can't really take it off if you want to and if you modify your car the kit will make it a cop magnet. Also your gunna need to lower your car and get wheels big enough to fill it out. Personally I wouldn't for a DD.

The kit looks great and very aggresive. I was about to go this rout and then a few thoughts came to my head:
1)I am absolutely sure I will tire of the kit's "stuck-on" appearance and those damn bolts. Seems more suited for a race/rally car than a DD. i dont know, the bolts look rice to me and i dont like it to be super obvious the fenders are just stuck there especially with bolts
2) if something stupid were to happen ( anybody backs onto my car) this will be a BITCH to repair and$$$$. Remember ur fender will be cut up, it will be hard to fix a cut up fender. You'll probably need to order a new fender and cross your fingers it doesn't happen in the rear
3) once its on, you never go back
4) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and then some. Cost is for the kit, paint, the JOB. Then you need some kind of suspension and some heavy big ass wheels to go with the wider body
5) please dont do the looks without doing the engine, slap on at least a supercharger, $$$

Dont get me wrong. This kit ruffles my feathers. I just can live with its difficulty to maintain and its stupid looking bolts. Oh yeah, bondo... Not a good idea to mold it onto the body. That will just cause it to crack eventually and look horrid

you can daily drive it if you really want to. like the others said, you have to determine your ride height. i know a local person that drives a 993 porsche with the RWB kit on it. he could not for the life of him drive it home because he could not clear this one speedbump in his complex. he ended up buying a cup kit for the front of his car from www.umbrellaautodesign.com (i am not affiliated with them by anymeans) but its pretty cool, it's a pair of small airbags that go on top of your existing coilovers that comes with a small pump. apparently, it does not affect handling whatsoever.

he got it, installed it. flick of a switch, he cleared it. you might need it ;)

Definitely a daily driver with no problems.

Also remember, you don't NEED to cut the fenders, it'll just look far much more better if you cut them to fit your wheels precisely and line up nicely.

so if you don't cut the fenders, all you have to worry about is drilling the holes for the bolts?

Some great points here. Giving me alot to consider. thanks for the input :thanks:

I'm also most definitely going vortech later on down the road, so it's not gonna be all show no go lol.

To all the people asking about daily driving the rocket bunny, it's not a problem whatsoever. I definitely took a hit to my mpg
And the open side cut off areas of the over fenders do throw rocks/gravel onto my car but hey what do you expect?

Installation wise besides cutting fenders paint and riveting, you also need to weld the area that's cut into one piece again. When you cut the fender you separate the unibody from
The outer fender and need to fill that hole up or else stuff will get INSIDE your car and I was able to see inside my door! I filled up the gap with an expanding sealant foam but that was just for temporary and I will be welding it soon. To be honest, this kit actually isn't very difficult to install yourself. Minor shaving to extra molding around pieces were required but I sanded all of it down. You basically like up the over fenders, drill holes and rivet.

If you don't cut your fenders you're not gonna be able to fill up the gap and its gonna look like stock wheels with over fenders....from a rear view
It'll look like you have no wheels :lol:

Not if you're running a really wide wheel set-up, seen a few ones with the same as what you're saying and it's horrible yes. But I've also seen some with reallllly wide wheels.

Please don't spread misinformation if you have no idea what you're talking about.


It is absolutely necessary to cut/weld your fenders if you don't fancy your tires hitting and damaging your fenders -- this kit requires to run NEGATIVE offsets to look even remotely flush.


If you're not running wide wheels + tires, what is the point of having a widebody? :iono:

[QUOTE=yohan04;987901] If you're not running wide wheels + tires, what is the point of having a widebody? :iono:[/QUOTE

Because not racecar?

#yolo

I already assumed that it would affect my mpg. I was more worried about the functionality of it rather than things like mpg. For all those who are saying you could never go back to stock, i fully understand that. But if I were to sell my car i'd obviously sell it with the kit and wheel setup etc. Or at least that's what i'd hope to do. With the car being out for a little more than year, i've only seen one rocketbunny being sold so far, and he's a member on this forum as well. I guess I have to really decide whether I would be keeping this car for a really long time. I'm so torn! :sigh:

I'm not spreading misread information. I'm pretty sure I've seen other topics talking about this. Thanks for correcting me then :)

theres nothing wrong with daily driving a rocket bunny except for looking like a goober on the road.

im really not a fan of a street driven/non tracked widebody.

Go for it, it be a cool idea. A lot of people say it would look poser but were all driving a car with 200HP that looks like it should around 600HP, were all the real posers here.

I wouldn't put that huge ass wing though, it would attract to much attention, cops and people wanting to race you.

And birds that would chill on it and shit all over the car. With the wing also, you'll not only have a car, you'll have a picnic table as well. Im gonna do the kit in the future (minus the wing), but will put some work on the suspension and engine first. Im not a "show, no go" type.

Bad idea.

get a turbo to go with it

good to see you on here

- Mark

AKA

"STI RUSH"

Do what you want. Unless you're worried about what other people will think.

Thank you, precisely.

What's up bro, long time no talk. How are things goin?


Exactly. I'm not so worried about looking like a "goober" on the road. I like how the kit looks, plain and simple. I just wanted to get some input from those who have experience with driving a rocket bunny on the daily.

There's a definite possibility for a vortech charger in the future though, so no worries there. :iono:

I can imagine the flying rock chips hitting every where because of the half naked fenders.

One question.
What about backup/reverse lights?
I know that there are two circular stop lights but I haven't seen any backup lights.

Its there in the middle

http://www.motorward.com/wp-content/...ion-FRS-10.jpg