So I'm at work, Just got a huge box!!!!

And I can't wait to get it on my car!!!! I'd take pics but it wouldn't serve much of a purpose right now cuz I have no way to get them up here right now.. HE HE HE!!!
I'll try get some sneak peak pics up here soon!!

This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Mar 13, 2009 - 10:37 AM

sweet the combat bumper right

Thats correct!! I wish I could get pics on here but I don't have a cord that I could transfer em from my phone ha. I have a couple pics on my phone but of course I can't get em on here. SOON!!!

If your running a microSD card, you can get a USB adapter to DL pics.

or send them from your phone to your email then post them up

ALRIGHT so now for a short little update on this, in the whole body kit page thing they give a FAIR warning (combat front has HORRIBLE fitment! That being said, I went ahead and took off my front bumper last night to see how much damage would need to be done in order for it to fit... And needless to say, there is a LOT of work to be done.. So I'll be taking it to a body shop to have it done, as well as my z3 fenders (they got a little busted up on shipment (long story))..
Now my only issue is, do I get it molded to the fenders or just leave it... I love the molded look but it would be a pita if for whatever reason I need to get it off, or at least I would think..

So for now that is my update.. Not any good news really..

Yea it would look good but very hard to work on if something goes wrong on your front end

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Brady - make sure you never make anything permanent. Always make things reversible. If you hit your bumper, you take down the fender with it. Plus you still need the option to remove the bumper and fenders when you have to. Molded looks good sometimes but too much of it removes all the nices lines and details of the car at the same time. GL

Thanks for the advice! I'm going to steer clear from the molding. I have seen a few that haven't molded and they look perfectly fine. I'm excited to get this done! The kit looks amazing once on and fitted correctly. I'm going to redo what I did last night and get some pics of the actual fitment and the fenders that I have as well

Ok so I finally had a day off to mess with the fitment! I'll just go ahead and post some pics here, the pics I have right now are pretty much all of the before I started messing with the fitment. The last three are off my camera of my phone so they aren't the greatest, but they are of the after hours of sanding..






Now for the crappy phone camera pics but you might be able to tell the fitment is a little better..

ah it seams consistent with the Combat bumper that i had to do some work on.
Headlight fitment area isn't so great.

good job on the progress it looks good

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Thanks man! Yeah headlights are pretty rough... High beams have some bad gaps I'm not sure exactly how I'm going fill that, prolly going to have to refiberglass around it to fill in the gaps.. And then the corners above the low beams where it meets the hood is also pretty bad.. But honestly after a couple hours of work on it I'm amazed at how well its coming! Looking forward to getting more work done!

Looks really good, cant wait to see the end results.

wow man it really looks like you need to sand sand sand.

its gonna be sick though

it looks like a shark, lol. goodluck on the fitment

wow that bumper looks LUMPY.

horrible quality.

hope you get it all fixed up and looking good!

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I was going to say the same, for as much money as some of these body kits cost I just don't understand why anyone would try to get them. After doing all the work you might as well have made your own mold from your bumper.

Brady - nice to see things are getting better. Keep it up and I'm sure you'll get it all good to go.

Thanks guys for the posts, I have a 30 pack and all night tonight to work on it and my fenders.

Manny: you're right it is lumpy and what not but I knew from the get go that the combat isn't by any means a great fitment but I love the way it looks when it is finished! So that being said I couldn't pass it up.
Blu: Cost wasn't very much. I found the most inexpensive site I could, I know "cheaper isn't better" but I figured once again, fitment is going to be s*** any way so why spend more $ for maybe a half hour less work?
TRD: Thanks for the support. I'm sure there is plenty of headaches ahead.. Idk how long it will take to get this where I want it but I'm going to keep at it.

An update: I'm going to get a heat gun tonight and hopefully get a little reshaping done around the headlights and on the corners above the low beams..

Wait till you get my springs, ooooohhhhh

needs more intercooler

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??? Intercooler? I don't have an intercooler..

An update..
I worked on it last night and I'm giving up on trying to do this myself!! I've got some more pics but I need to upload them first then I'll post em up here.. Pretty frustrated!!! I wanted to do this myself and since I'm struggling with this it makes me want to do it even more but I think it would be in my best interest to leave it alone and let a pro do it










This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Mar 7, 2009 - 11:00 AM

I gotta say man fitment really isnt that bad, the areas u have pictured are very small areas to fill if you know how to work fiberglass, hmmmm i like this bumper how much did ground dynamics charge you because i found there new site and old site and the prices on both are different lol. PM me with price if you dont wanna say.

This post has been edited by foxcraze: Mar 7, 2009 - 3:08 PM

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lol I noticed that they had the old and new sites too and I bought it off the old site for $276 I believe, the new site has it listed at like 250 or something ha ha. The fitment has gotten better but I've worked with it for prolly 6+ hours now. Just a lot of sanding and some work w a heat gun. The gap under the passanger low beam was REALLY bad but its improved since I messed with the heat gun and moved it up some. I am going to take it to a shop I'm hoping tuesday morning, if not then wednesday and get a quote. Thanks for the post.

BTW I've been searching for this kit for about a year and half and ground dynamics is the least expensive of any site. including shipping costs. I decided to go with GD because the fitment is piss poor and so spending more on it wouldn't make too much of a difference so that being said I went the least expensive route and will deal with the fitment. Like I said before I have been searching and waiting to get the money to buy this, so I know that this is the least expensive place to get it, unless some sites done list them or something. I have searched hours on end for it, Combat, Kombat, there are plenty of sites that sell it, its your choice. I will say GD had decend customer care and the shipment was VERY decent, I got the kit in 1 week. And it was decently wrapped/packaged, just make sure you can inspect it!! Do not let them leave it without signing for it.. I made that damn mistake w my fenders, and I paid for it..

Dont give up!!!!! it doesnt look that bad.

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Lol I'm not getting rid of it or anything, but I am going to see what it will cost to get it finished professionally I'm just thinking I don't quite have the tools right now, or the experience to finish this makes me sad tho cuz I did have fun with what I did!

woooooow
looks like its extremely bumpy man!
the gaps on the headlights are really noticeable.
you should ask for a replacement!
if i were u i would return it and look for something else.

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Lol no way!! This kit is in my opinion the BEST looking kit for the celica! Yes it needs a lot of work but once it's done it will look beautiful. Plus it doesn't matter where I get it from it's going to be crappy. The Combat front is not a great fitment and never has been from what I've read.

Thanks to Tyler (boosted95) I'm going to finish this myself. The lil bastard somehow motivated me to continue this myself so I'm going to get it done! I'm sure there are plenty of headaches and lots of beer drinking ahead but it'll get done!

And another lil update on my celi, I got my Intrax springs (thank you TRDPROVEN)!! So wednesday my car will be lowered, hopefully ha.

your fitment is looking MUCH MUCH better great job

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Thanks much!!! I'm hopefully going to go to town on it on Wednesday, that being sad there should be some more pics up soon! Including before and after pics of stock ride height and then intrax lowered if all goes well ha!

Thanks for the posts and support all!