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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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New Putco Body Kit

Anyone got the new Putco body kit. I really want to see it on a car besides the advertised pics and i cant find a pic of the rear bumper of this body kit. Does anyone have one or can someone find one for me. im very interested in theis for the spring

http://www.fastmini.net/pubokit2mico.html
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 07:30 PM
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There is a picture on there of the rear bumper
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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i know but its so small you can barely make out what it looks like
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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meh. i like the JCW aero kit. If it was closer to the duell i'd be down, but it looks like a JCW rip-off plus LED's.

http://www.carztune.com/wp-content/u...icc_auto02.jpg

looks like the rear is similar to that.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Drobinson1692
meh. i like the JCW aero kit. If it was closer to the duell i'd be down, but it looks like a JCW rip-off plus LED's.

http://www.carztune.com/wp-content/u...icc_auto02.jpg

looks like the rear is similar to that.
but its around the same cost as the jcw aero kit
 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 05:51 AM
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After installing one front JCW aero bumper on previous Clubman S, and full JCW aero kit on my current Clubman S by my self and learning all "quirks" on how to install trim on MINI I would be very careful ordering third party kits. Issue of perfect fit and finish is a big one. Lining up all plastic parts is not easy if they are not 100%...
This is all from the point of view of doing it yourself, and not paying a body shop to do it. That is different...
As far as OP kit inquiry, I would wait to see much bigger feedback (proper photos) of installed parts.
Design? It is similar to OEM JCW Aero kit, for sure. I prefer Duel as well. But the cost of their parts (with shipping to North America) is waaaaaay too much
 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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The sides just look wrong for the car, OEM is much cleaner. The front looks nice but its not drastically different from the OEM JCW Aero, just has a few things added.

 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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Side skirts look horrible IMHO.

As for the front it looks as if they took a JCW bumper and made a mold of it then added the LED lights at the bottom.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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Front Bumper: Sexy. I like what they did with the fog light area and the LEDs are awesome.
Side Skirts: EW!!!
Rear Bumper: I wish I could see it...
 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 12:52 PM
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ya those side skirts are pretty gross... the front does look pretty good though
 
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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The led in the hood scoop is too much
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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Agreed, the Led in the hood scoop would probably look weird...unless you put red led like the knight rider Kitt
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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Not a fan of the LED in the scoop. I did find more pics on ebay of this bodykit.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1207834210...84.m1436.l2649
 
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