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PA Firefighter · 10-13-2006, 04:05 PM

Back in May, I purchased an '03 Matrix and fell in love with it. In August I added an AEM short ram intake and Borla CAT-back. Strut and sway bars are next with Eibach springs and come spring, new 17" Motegi racing DV5 wheels. Does anyone have ideas for further cosmetic or performance work? I'm running out of ideas. Though I know that possibilities are lmitless, I'm fairly new to the tuner scene. I'm trying to find either lip kits or full body kits, but i've only found 2 differant styles that seem to fit, the F-1, and the Evo5. What sort of material should a body kit be made of? Fiberglass has a cleaner look, but I hear that urethane won't shatter if I go over a bump or railroad tracks. I also want a pair of decent fog-lamps. My Trix didn't come with them stock, and the dealer wanted much more then I wanna pay for lights. PIAA makes lamps for the Matrix, but those run close to $200. The lamp holes in my bumper have an oblong shape to them, and are not completely round, but I'm curious as to if a set of 4" diameter lights will still fit clean, and are worth the cost of universal lamps. Any advice here in any area I mentioned would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick

matrixmanvvtl_i · 10-13-2006, 07:00 PM

wow... you want a lot of stuff... you are all over the place... you said you wanted a body kit, but yet you are looking for fog lights to fit your stock bumper? i confused... as far as bodykits go, if you check out aitracing.com, you will see yet another successful bodykit. its fiberglass though, for that flexible stuff, expect to pay top dollar for it.. for performance you have the options to go turbo or supercharged... as for which one to get, thats up to you... there are internal kits out from MWR...

PA Firefighter · 10-14-2006, 01:15 PM

I do want fog lights, but that doesn't mean I have to put them in my stock front. I could wait until I have the body kit. I dont know enough about kits to know what kind of lamps would fit in the bumper. Do those universal fog lamps fit fairly clean? If thats the case I don't need to spend too much cash on lights.