We've probably all thought about it at least once.
Should I grab the sawzam or the angle grinder?
And start just cutting up my car for some over fenders
or a wide body kit.
But the massive popularity
of wide body cars today, it's actually no surprise
if that thought has crossed your mind.
Welcome everyone.
I'm Gels from Fitment Industries
and today we are going to be going
over what makes certain cars a good car
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it's hard to track down the origin of the wide body car
but when digging through the history books
the answer is actually pretty obvious.
Like most of the trends and modification styles that we see
on cars they've been adapted from somewhere else
whether that be from the influence of trends and stylings
from overseas or from something else that is huge impact
in how we choose to modify our cars,
which is motor sports.
Racing has been around
since the world's second car was made
and as cars have gotten faster and more powerful
they require something else along with that.
And that is more traction to be able to keep those cars
on the track.
When more traction is required
the easiest solution was to slap some wider wheels
and wider tires on however limited
by the stock body lines of the car and the room
inside the wheel wells, they were left
with one of two options, either make more room on the inside
of the wheel well or just make the car wider
Since making the overall car wider innocence was much easier
than moving important components such as
suspension and all that stuff on the inside of the car,
the wide body was the obvious choice.
We look at motor sports in the eighties and nineties,
you'll see that circuits were littered
with some of the craziest wide body versions
of the cars that we now know and love.
They were low, they were boxy
and they were wide as.
Throughout the last few decades,
manufacturers and car enthusiasts
have adapted the same styling
and technology to their own cars.
And even though the styling itself may have changed
throughout the last
you know 20 to 30 years like anything would
the principles has really stayed the same.
Why buddy cars have become extremely popular
with pre-manufactured kits
almost readily available to install on your own car.
So now you may be sitting here watching this video
thinking that you want to wide body a car
but maybe wondering what cars is there going to be
like the best solution or the best candidate for that.
When it comes down to what makes a car a good candidate
for a wide body kit
or just over fenders or whatever you might do,
there are a few things to keep in mind.
The absolute first thing that you're going to need to keep
in mind when looking to wide body a car is
that it's going to be a permanent modification.
Wide body in a car requires cutting
and removal of parts of the original fenders meeting
and once you make that first cut,
once you dig that tool into the side of your car
there's really no going back.
Unless you wanna spend it ton of money,
to let you know like welding some stock
body panels and all that sort of stuff
and I know you're probably sitting there thinking
like "Yeah. No Gels."
But hear me out.
This is a permanent modification
meaning that if you're looking
to wide body and car that would originally,
you know like appreciate or grow
in value or that you plan on selling in the near future
be prepared for that value of that car to just plump.
Just like most aftermarket modifications,
they don't add value to your car
even though you are sticking more money into it.
And especially with such a drastic change
like a wide body, please big impact.
Another main point here too
is that you're going to want to stay away from your more
like rare or special edition cars as well that you could be.
I hate to say it destroying the value of.
However, who am I to tell you what to do.
If you want to go cut
up a car, by all means, go cut up a car with your buddies
in the garage.
Because wide bodies have become so popular,
there are a ton of manufacturers that are making kits
for a huge amount of cars.
Companies like Rocket Bunny, Liberty Walk
and Veres being among some of the most popular
that you can get your hands on.
Ideally, you're going to want to go
with a car that companies like these are producing kits for.
As it's going to be your easiest
route to actually wide body a car
Before these kits were available or even a thing,
it required people to build them
from their own like procedures and their own materials out
of fiberglass or other composite
materials to create their own custom wide body kits
for their vehicles.
As you can imagine,
it's a process that's very time consuming
and potentially very expensive that
will force you to learn a lot
of new skills if you haven't done it already.
And if that's something that you aren't
just ready to dive kind of head first into,
recommend going with the manufacturer kit.
It makes the entire process just that much easier
and usually only requires some filling
and sanding to get the kits to fit perfectly.
With all that being said
there are some cars that can just take both
of these things into consideration
and end up being some pretty fantastic cars
to throw a wide body on.
The first and probably most obvious car that would come
to mind is the FR-S BeeRZ in 86.
With multiple companies making kits
and often multiple different variations
of kits and different versions,
they have become arguably the most modified
and wide body car of today.
They can be picked up
for relatively pretty cheap, which leaves a lot of room
for the cost of, you know actually installing the kit
and everything that needs to go
with it such as the wheels and the tires
and the wrap and the paint.
All that sort of stuff,
that's all going to go into making a completed car.
The Nissan 350z is also
another fantastic platform to throw a wide body kit
on as well as with them
you can fit some insanely wide wheels on these cars.
350zs are available pretty much everywhere
and they're like a dime a dozen.
Again, making them a fantastic
entry-level platform that has a ton
of wide body kit options already available
for them and wide bodies Zs
just get insanely aggressive.
And like I said
run some incredibly wide wheels, especially in the rear.
Usually we see like 12,
12 and a half to become like the standard.
I've seen things in the gallery, like people running
like 14 wides of these cars, absolutely insane.
What these cards it's been such a popular choice
for those looking to get into drifting
and a lot of people slapping a wide angle steering kit
on the front, some sort of over fender or wide body is more
than likely going to be necessary anyway.
And then when he goes
smash it into a wall, you're not replacing the metal panels,
you're just throwing a new fiberglass fender on.
The same thing can be said for the S-Chassis cars as well as
with the Silivias, the 240sx, you name it.
But Japanese cars aren't the only ones
getting the wide body treatment.
No no.
We've seen a ton of people picking
up A92 series BMWs and let's not forget
about the modern muscle cars as well.
335 eyes, new gen Mustangs and the Dodge challengers just
among some of the more popular ones.
When it comes down to is if you're into wide-body cars
you could agree that almost anything would look good
with a wide body kit on it.
But when it comes down to the best cars to wide body
the factors of the cars themselves having kits made
for them already can be picked up easily
and it would be a car that you won't be afraid
of like cutting up and potentially
making a mistake that you're going to have to cover
up anyway.
All FZs in consideration cars
like the FR-S ,BRZ, 350z
your F13s and Silivias and 3 Series BMWs
and some of the modern muscle cars are some
of the best candidates when looking to wide body a car.
So there you have it, let us know
down in the comments section below, if you have taken
on the task of throwing a wide body on your car.
What it is or if you were to install wide body kit
on a car, what would it be? And, you know, just let us know.
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