Bodykit Galleries

It was suggested a while ago that we start a set of threads showing the various body kits. I dont think it ever took off but its a great idea.

So I want to try and get that going. The question is should we have an individual thread per bit of bodykit (ie a thread for bomex, a thread for veilside, a thread for stillen..) or should we have a thread per part of the car (ie a thread for bumpers, a thread for side skirts, a thread for spoilers).

So thats the vote...

JB

I'd say try the 1 thread per maker first...but you might want a single thread for smaller makers and their parts - ie Ganador mirrors don't need their own thread. I'd say the maker needs 5 parts to get their own thread.

somebody on the other thread pointed out that newbies wouldnt know a bomex from a stillen and so doing it by manufacturer may confuse them. Im on two minds on this. It would be nice to have an indexed gallery of some sort but thats not going to happen.

JB

that was me

It would be nice to have the ability to search by section of car (bumpers etc, which is how i voted) as I wouldnt know my, as branners puts , bomex from a stillen!

If I had the skills I'd knock up something in flash to do the job, but I dont - I've seen something for audi's in the past which was done like this, and it was superb!

Would be nice if you could just search Bumber (lol - that's for the people that spell it wrong all the time) or indeed bumper

I'd say it would work either way...so by part if you think that's easier for n00b's.

Per bit of bodykit makes sense, some supra owners just wish to fit sideskirts etc so a single thread would be better in that case, plenty of pictures as well , as many as can be found for each design would be great!

I think all submissions in the gallery should be vetted...ie a moderator or someone like that has access to clean the thread up and keep a good format going.

sounds like a good idea to me. definitely would make life a lot more easier, than trying to go by websites to find illustrations.

as for which way to do it, would suggest the way thats easier to keep on top of it all, so you don't end up with numerous categories, and too much work to do to keep it running ok.

personally, i like this method, could be either by manufacturer, and then part sections. or by part, then manufacturer sections. you could always keep a general section for the lesser known manufacturers, or parts. so it could work either way.

i suppose for newbies, part may be easier.

more important to keep sections navigable easily.

i think per item would be a good idea as a lot of peeps have mix and match bodykits

I like this idea. I think by car parts as opposed to manufacturer because a lot of owners use different manufacturers for different parts. Ie Do-Luck front with Veilside skirts etc.

So it would be good to see galleries based on parts IMO.

What about 1 big thread that shows all the kits including mixed and matched parts like this..

http://members.aol.com/AkiraNeo/kits.html

for mkiii but you'll get the idea

thats not bad, but a bit tricky to navigate IMO - if it was broken down to sections then it'd be easier.

A thread for Front Bumpers - then pics of each manufacturer in perhaps alphabetical order

A thread for Rear Bumpers...

A thread for side skirts

A thread for spoilers

A thread for bonnets

That would pretty much cover if all wouldnt it?

One thread per kit or kit manufacturer is enough for me.. no need for a new thread per peice of bodykit, you'd never be able to find anything!

been looking through some of the meet threads that have pics - i'm sure a lot of the pics from, for example, the lake meet, could be used to show the different kits/bumpers etc...

thats not bad, but a bit tricky to navigate IMO - if it was broken down to sections then it'd be easier.

 

A thread for Front Bumpers - then pics of each manufacturer in perhaps alphabetical order

A thread for Rear Bumpers...

A thread for side skirts

A thread for spoilers

A thread for bonnets

 

That would pretty much cover if all wouldnt it?

I like that idea. If I'm looking for sideskirts I don't always know which manufacturer/style I prefer and I won't necessarily like the ones from a particular front bumper manufacturer for example - I like the Veilside front but not the sideskirts etc.

u got it - thats what i think would be easiest... I'd say - right - i want skirts - so i'd go into the skirts section and have a look.

I wouldnt go - yeh, i want veilside - i'd need to see the different designs, and then chose from there

I think a section per part is best. This will definetly need to have moderated submissions though!

thats not bad, but a bit tricky to navigate IMO - if it was broken down to sections then it'd be easier.

 

A thread for Front Bumpers - then pics of each manufacturer in perhaps alphabetical order

A thread for Rear Bumpers...

A thread for side skirts

A thread for spoilers

A thread for bonnets

 

That would pretty much cover if all wouldnt it?

I'm for that too

ok so it seems that the per component idea is winning by quite a fair whack...

I am willing to help do this (unless you don't want me to of course) - but I'd need a list of every main manufacturer of kit parts so i could start to collate images of each one.

So if anyone is willing to post up here a list of manufacturers and what parts they offer it'd be good

For example:

Veilside - front/rear bumpers, skirts, spoilers.

Do luck - front/rear bumpers, .....

etc

bringing this back up to the top as I may as well do this now.

So we are looking at a thread per location, eg one thread for bumpers (including splitters), one thread for side skirts, rear spats, bumpers, spoilers, bonnets and so on. Would need a miscelaneous parts section for roof spoilers and dodgy licky sticky crap. One final though, a single thread for all the widebody kits?

JB

One final though, a single thread for all the widebody kits?

 

JB

Yep, I would agree.

Gaz.

Yeah I agree thats the best idea mate

Looking forward to this, I hope it happens

i've been doing a bit of work on my PC, trying to do this, but unfortunately with my lack of knowledge it's prooving very difficult.