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The Rocket Bunny kitmis definitely noticeable, but after seeing a few in person, including Staycrushing's car, they look cheap. Yes it will draw attention, it's what its made for but at any serious show where a judge is going to look at the car as a whole, that wont be enough. It is very hard to compete with sponsored cars as well, you're automatically at a disadvantage if you try going at it alone, unless you have money.
Getting sponsorships is equally disappointing since manufacturers seem to primarily sponsor shop cars, which is pretty crappy since shops are typically more capable of spending more money on their cars than the average Joe. Ive spent more than $26,000 dollars of my own cash on my car and am just now starting to buy the purely cosmetic stuff, it's a huge downer when you put that kind of money into your car only to be one upped at a show by someone who got their car picked up by a tuning shop, didnt do any of the work on their car, and got half or more of their stuff for free. It's something you have to get used to, you'll get beat by kids that are 16-17 with no jobs who have their parents buy everything for them, and rich dudes who just have a seemingly endless supply of money as well, just keep plugging away.
The best way to stand out is paint or wrap, that said a real paint job will trump a wrap everytime. Also the rice racer look with a 100 decals and such is less likely to win than a cleanly painted car, unless you are going with a historic or popular race livery. Body kits will get noticed but the overall fit and finish is what you really want to focus on. Body gaps that are noticeable will be noticed, uneven surfaces like ripples and waves will get noticed. Rock chips will get noticed. Etc. Etc.
Engine mods are important but show is more important than go, which goes against my car religion, but is the truth. I have purchase engine bay bling (password JDM engine cover, fuse box cover, and hardware kit) because of this, I like the way it looks but its damn expensive for something that provides no performance gains at all. Of course I have a real attention getter in my engine bay...my P&L turbo kit. This helps alot since there are not many boosted FRS/BRZ's...over time that will change as people are buying more and more. Some easy things to do is paint some of the plastic under the hood to provide some color to the bland as hell black everything.
Last but not least dont get discouraged by not winning, keep plugging away at your car. Also build your car as you like it, don't build it to satisfy others, you gotta live with it so you mightnas well like it!
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