The problem with the Five Axis Body Kits

[Razz]

I'm sure your local as Axis 5 is in Irvine.

My Nephew paints cars for the SEMA show.

I'd say he can do it for 350.

PM me

[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by #87

One of my favorite parts about owning an MT is when people ask to drive your car, you can just say its a stick. 90% of the time it works everytime.

Weird, I just tell them no. That works 100% of the time

Sorry about the damage op, I know how much it sucks.

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[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Synack

Lol. There's a lot of us who would rather have it be very flush and look great and don't mind angling over steep objects.

Don't get me wrong, I think it looks dropped a bit and its all good if you can live with it.

I'll have to park mine at the bottom of my driveway and see how much clearance I do have. Would be interesting just to look. Too bad the FR-S doesn't stand for "Front-Rear-Steering"

[GNS]

Originally Posted by Synack

One word: wheelgap

I guess you didn't sense the rhetorical nature of my question.

Hellaflushing this car - or any car that is driven in the real world - can be compared to women wearing super high heel stiletto shoes. 1 part positive, 9 parts negative.

[Synack]

Originally Posted by GNS

I guess you didn't sense the rhetorical nature of my question.

Hellaflushing this car - or any car that is driven in the real world - can be compared to women wearing super high heel stiletto shoes. 1 part positive, 9 parts negative.

In my world that 1 part positive is worth 9 votes and that 9 parts negative is worth 1 vote.

On a bar of awesome, flushing the car out is:

Stupid... [-------------------------------|--] ...Awesome

[sho220]

Originally Posted by Synack

In my world that 1 part positive is worth 9 votes and that 9 parts negative is worth 1 vote.

On a bar of awesome, flushing the car out is:

Stupid... [-------------------------------|--] ...Awesome

Is that the world where you live your life a quarter mile at a time?

[GNS]

Is that the world where you live your life a quarter mile at a time?

No, his world is where the other guy never had his car.

[Synack]

Originally Posted by sho220

Is that the world where you live your life a quarter mile at a time?

I don't like ridiculously hella flush but I'll show you what my 370 looked like and I want that for my FR-S.

[flameSniper]

Thanks for all of the advice everyone - I now have a few options to look into. Someone asked earlier for pictures of the damage and I finally have my car back to take a few. There's a few scrapes on the underbelly of the bottom and one bigger scrape on the left hand front. I'm just shocked that Toyota quoted me 730 bucks for something that seems that could be easily fixed. >,<

Here's the car from normal view - it looks perfectly fine:



But look closer and from the ground, there's damage.

Here's a shot of the front area of the entire lip:





Here's a blurry view of the larger scrape on the front left part of the lip:

[xravexboix]

Originally Posted by flameSniper

I just got the Five Axis Body Kit last week and it looks amazing...however, like what most of you were worried about, it's susceptible to scrapes and scratches. Just a few days ago, my husband borrowed my car to run and errand and he comes back and tells me he scratched the front lip pulling into a shopping center.

Mind you, they are small scratches which probably can be painted over but Toyota gave me a quote and said the cost to repair was going to be around $730!! And it's not like I can just get the lip replaced, Five Axis doesn't sell the parts separately (aside from the spoiler).

I've not decided what I am going to do yet but I may call around for quotes at other body shops. I just wanted to give everyone a fair warning especially those of you in LA like me.

You can get the kit piece by piece. It costs an arm/leg compared to a full kit. However, if you show that you need it due to collision or something to that effect, it's a bit better.

[flameSniper]

Originally Posted by xravexboix

You can get the kit piece by piece. It costs an arm/leg compared to a full kit. However, if you show that you need it due to collision or something to that effect, it's a bit better.

Thanks Jeff, I went ahead and contacted them. *crosses fingers*

[Sall]

damage doesnt look that bad imo .....

[nix]

It shouldn't cost much to get it fixed at your local body shop.

Originally Posted by #87

One of my favorite parts about owning an MT is when people ask to drive your car, you can just say its a stick. 90% of the time it works everytime.

Here in Aus we have an 18 month wait on MT cars, but ATs are filling up showrooms. Never really understood why Americans hate stick.

[niceassfd]

I would sell it and buy another one....you probably won't lose too much. someone can prolly live with those scratches.....

Next time, If you spend so much on a kit and paint, you should invest in a clear bra to protect it.

so if you want to sell the kit, please pm me. hehe j/k