Bodykit (4.8) from E-bay arrived. Some pics

[powers1]

Originally Posted by wogboy_9000

It's definitely the newer 4.8is. I emailed the seller and apparently they sell it without the grille cutouts so that people with pre 2004 cars can also install it.

Interesting statement by the seller,but cant be right!You cant fit the face lift spoiler on a pre-facelift without hacking away and filling it !Eventhen ,you still need the cut out for the grill!So,what the seller is saying doesnt make sense!Think he just forgot to cut the grill cut out before he sent it to you.
Think you can claim a discount ,mate

[wogboy_9000]

Originally Posted by powers1

Interesting statement by the seller,but cant be right!You cant fit the face lift spoiler on a pre-facelift without hacking away and filling it !Eventhen ,you still need the cut out for the grill!So,what the seller is saying doesnt make sense!Think he just forgot to cut the grill cut out before he sent it to you.
Think you can claim a discount ,mate

Really! Are you sure the 4.8is front spoiler doesn't fit on the pre facelift? If so, I definitely feel like the seller has tried to trick me.

[powers1]

Originally Posted by wogboy_9000

Really! Are you sure the 4.8is front spoiler doesn't fit on the pre facelift? If so, I definitely feel like the seller has tried to trick me.

Quite a few have fitted the pre-facelift lower spoiler om facelift but not vise versa,since the upper part of the facelift bumper is different ,as you can see from the pics!It can be done but you would need to cut/reshape the top of the pre-facelift bumper,quite easily!Anything can be done ,even fitting facelift grills on the pre-facelift ,but again you need to cut and reshape

The seller should send you the right part for your car..

[fmugur]

Originally Posted by powers1

Quite a few have fitted the pre-facelift lower spoiler om facelift but not vise versa,since the upper part of the facelift bumper is different ,as you can see from the pics!It can be done but you would need to cut/reshape the top of the pre-facelift bumper,quite easily!Anything can be done ,even fitting facelift grills on the pre-facelift ,but again you need to cut and reshape

The seller should send you the right part for your car..

Where did you find the picture on the left? The hood and the grilles are not the original prefacelift model. They have been modified. It looks cool with the big kidney grilles though. Look at the hood lines and you will see what I am talking about. The guy modified the hood somehow, I guess he cut it to make room for the big ones.

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by fmugur

Where did you find the picture on the left? The hood and the grilles are not the original prefacelift model. They have been modified. It looks cool with the big kidney grilles though. Look at the hood lines and you will see what I am talking about. The guy modified the hood somehow, I guess he cut it to make room for the big ones.

Good catch!

Stock pre-facelift 4.6

[powers1]

Originally Posted by fmugur

Where did you find the picture on the left? The hood and the grilles are not the original prefacelift model. They have been modified. It looks cool with the big kidney grilles though. Look at the hood lines and you will see what I am talking about. The guy modified the hood somehow, I guess he cut it to make room for the big ones.

You have to cut the width of the holes in the hood of the original grills to make room for the wider facelift grills.The height is left untouched.When you cut ,you need cut some 5mm to be bent back for sturdiness and also for you to be able to fit the inner grill.
Think the facelift grills on the older model loook better than on the facelift

[jabata]

most of you where you bought the kit 4.8, that site exactly? thanks and regards

[wogboy_9000]

Originally Posted by powers1

Quite a few have fitted the pre-facelift lower spoiler om facelift but not vise versa,since the upper part of the facelift bumper is different ,as you can see from the pics!It can be done but you would need to cut/reshape the top of the pre-facelift bumper,quite easily!Anything can be done ,even fitting facelift grills on the pre-facelift ,but again you need to cut and reshape

The seller should send you the right part for your car..

Okay! So I've emailed the seller and he said that apparently they have made this front lip so that it will fit both models. This is even more concerning, as I'm dubious it's going to fit well on both pre and post face models. I'll cut out the tabs this weekend and see how it fits.

[powers1]

Originally Posted by wogboy_9000

Okay! So I've emailed the seller and he said that apparently they have made this front lip so that it will fit both models. This is even more concerning, as I'm dubious it's going to fit well on both pre and post face models. I'll cut out the tabs this weekend and see how it fits.

You have the facelift and it should fit your car,but if you look at the shape on the ends of the bumper that go up, of both,the prefacelift is squared and the facelift is round,so dont see how it would fit without mods!