Durability of the AAS kit

[AtomicX]

Hey how durable is the AAS kit? Could it survive a New England winter? We get a lot of snow here and sometimes more then 20''.

[Gr1m]

not too well if its lowered, heres pics of what mine looked like after a NY winter

[cherrington17]

too bad there isn't a way to order then "reinforced" for bad weather.


i'd need a 2nd car before i'd consider modding the body of mine. 9 months outta the year are just a little too harsh around here.

[[ion] C2]

i dunno, mine made it through the winter fine. survived the first crash quite well, while destroying the other car, lol.

[bizarre179]

I highly doubt a kit would last in a ny winter, or in your case ma. I was hoping to put my car on the road soon, but it looks like i should just find a beater because winter is coming up!

[meadus101]

Wait wait wait, 20 inches of snow per year?

[cherrington17]

^ yeah... we get like 14-20 FEET per year.

[Gr1m]

you can order it and throw another layer of raw FG on the inside of it to reinforce it, then it would have the strength of the forbidden kit IMO

[AtomicX]

Could you just take the kit off when it snows and put the factory bumpers back on since there all bolt-ons?

[Midgear]

you could.. but would you want to? lol

[AtomicX]

Well why not? Its not time consuming to do it or anything. It beats risking wrecking your bodykit that cost 600 dollars and paint.

[rowdygls]

If you have the room to store the bumpers go for it. The only bad thing is the rockers need to be secured to the factory ones...which would end up looking funny.

[cherrington17]

Originally Posted by AtomicX

Well why not? Its not time consuming to do it or anything. It beats risking wrecking your bodykit that cost 600 dollars and paint.

OR... i can save $600 and NOT get the kit. its much less time consuming.

[[ion] C2]

Lol luckily for me winters aren't that bad around here... sometimes it is pretty deep.. the kit tends to plow snow a little bit. I don't know what I'd do if we got a massive amount though. Could brace the kit from behind or something lol, make it like super strong with metal supports and such. I had some crazy ideas after crashing a second time. Titanium AAS kit?

Also, your sig quote is awesome.

[AtomicX]

Originally Posted by cherrington17

OR... i can save $600 and NOT get the kit. its much less time consuming.

Well I got about 1g to do something with the car. Supercharging-Turbo is out of my mind since I don't much have knowledge about them.

[Nate's Alero]

Originally Posted by bizarre179

I highly doubt a kit would last in a ny winter, or in your case ma. I was hoping to put my car on the road soon, but it looks like i should just find a beater because winter is coming up!

i am putting my alero in storage, i bought a 99 saturn SL2 for the winter

ill have a thread on it monday when i get it

[02AleroEco]

yea.. Im in MA as well.. and winters can b a b$%#^. a front heave tor a hole in my front bumper, and took some lining with it! and my car is stock, rims, and height. and no kit

[clutch1]

Reinforce (loooots of FG) or replace with stock is the way to go for sure, just to back up a couple people's ideas.

If you're gonna reinforce glass some big rope into the back or whatever, it'll strengthen it a lot for sure aside from just more layers.

[Midgear]

damn if I had a grand to just throw at my car.. hmm.

ported and polished upper and lower intake manifolds, and a 62mm throttle body..

or a tranny rebuild.

not knowing which one is more important = priceless. im kidding.

[meadus101]

Originally Posted by cherrington17

^ yeah... we get like 14-20 FEET per year.

Yea, That's what I'm looking at.

Ma Ho can Plow through a couple feet if I have a run at it, Lol.


Only bodykit I'd think about would be the Razzi, and if it worked, I'd still get a winter beater.