body kit.

[colonel6632]

found a body kit.

http://saskatoon.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-auto-body-parts-2000-Oldsmobile-Alero-Body-Kit-Brand-New-W0QQAdIdZ164224849

not sure the maker. looks like aas.

wants $400 cash. sound like a good deal?

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

not bad considering you don't have to pay shipping.

[DansGen1Alero]

yes thats a good deal, and it is the AAS or the variant of.

The only things i would look at is the party selling, and more pics, or an inspection of pieces prior to purchase.

[colonel6632]

looks new. i'd email him more about it

[DansGen1Alero]

yea it says brand new in the descrip, even if it has some imperfections (some fiberglass will) if you are good with your hands and or prep work, it should be worth it, considering from Andys its on sale for 500, 400 is good. I thought I saw the price on the ad, but it says contact now?

[adam337]

if its not aas do NOT get it. the other is shit and doesnt fit right..

[colonel6632]

you mean the extreme dimensions one?

[AtomicX]

you mean the extreme dimensions one?

I think he means the NRG one.

[colonel6632]

oh. and since it's going to get cold here soon. how do body kits hold up in cold weather? or am i just wasting my money

[Chris2000]

oh. and since it's going to get cold here soon. how do body kits hold up in cold weather? or am i just wasting my money

:banghead: Take it off for the winter weather

[colonel6632]

but thats alot of work. it's mostly a highway car. lol. doesn't see snow drifts.

and this may be a weird question. does anyone know how the front bumper affects the aerodynamics of the car. for like drag and stuff...

[Chris2000]

but thats alot of work. it's mostly a highway car. lol. doesn't see snow drifts.

and this may be a weird question. does anyone know how the front bumper affects the aerodynamics of the car. for like drag and stuff...

then just buy it now since its a nice price (if it ends up being a good "new" kit) and save it til the spring comes to get it on.

[DansGen1Alero]

even if its extreme or someone else that made it, its still the AAS design, shouldnt be a fitiment issue, there are onlt 4 kits that were ever made
AAS
Razzi
AED
OSV

I do not know about the OSV, but you cant get the AED unless used from someone.

[shiny alero]

this looks 100% identicle to the 1 i got on ebay,...and as some of you no...it took 3 weeks of fab work to get it even close. i bealeave the AAS is green? my ebay 1 was white and very very thin

[DansGen1Alero]

Well they both seem to live pretty close, maybe go and check it out before purchassing, but fab work to a fiberglass kit is easy. I had no experience when i started to work on mine, and now I have worked on it several times, as they can break pretty easily, esp if someone backs up into you, lol or you head in park and hit a curb.

[colonel6632]

ya. might have to. i moved and it's about a 5-6 hour drive to see it

[DansGen1Alero]

oh damn, thats a hike, i know that kind of drive, my ex g/f lives 5 hrs from me, so I know about that, lol.

Have him snap a few more pics and even the backside of the pieces, maybe one or 2 to try to get an idea of thickness (or thiness) of the pieces

fiberglass holds up well, its all about how you take care of it, or drive, if you hit stuff then you will learn quick how to repair. Once I put my kit on it stayed on (unless repairing)

as far as aerodynamics, I have no clue.

[Fi-Alero]

Please don't get that kit for your own sake.

That is the V-fiber knock-off kit of the AAS. I have one sitting in one of my shops that AAS sent me for some reason. I told them to pick the sh*t up and send me the one I ordered. They are literally so cheap, that the cost of picking it up would have been more than the kit itself, so they told me to keep it.

It is VERY thin and fits nothing like the AAS brand kit.

[AtomicX]

Please don't get that kit for your own sake.

That is the V-fiber knock-off kit of the AAS. I have one sitting in one of my shops that AAS sent me for some reason. I told them to pick the sh*t up and send me the one I ordered. They are literally so cheap, that the cost of picking it up would have been more than the kit itself, so they told me to keep it.

It is VERY thin and fits nothing like the AAS brand kit.

So you got a free bodykit?

[Fi-Alero]

So you got a free bodykit?

Yeap lol. I'm using it for a spare for my current AAS kit. Every part will require cutting and re glassing for correct fitment.

EDIT:
See this thread:
http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21522

[DansGen1Alero]

I see, yea that first one was not the AAS, mine didnt have mesh and was grey primed too. but if you are good with fiberglass and it is a lot cheaper in price, could be a project.

my AAS I had to fix several times (most driver error) so I have gotten used to it.
colonel6632 : try to talk him down to 300 being unseen and a knock off if you dont mind maybe having to do some work to it.

[colonel6632]

if i were to do the work. i'd have alot of questions on what to do. i dont know where to begin

[DansGen1Alero]

Simply put, go to an auto parts store, pick up a fiberglass repair kit, and read the side/back of box

plainly put you mix the hardener and resin (lil at a time, only enough to use) and either use resin to fill cracks/wholes like plastering drywall, or use the mesh sheets and soak in the resin hardener mix and lay in desired location.

once dryed sand till smooth and desired shape.

[colonel6632]

so theoretically i could do it to the whole kit to make it stronger

[DansGen1Alero]

yes, lot of work, and cost may start to get up there. I think the kits are like 15 bucks maybe, and it would give you a sheet large enough to cover maybe half the front bumper (maybe all of it) but the resin wouldnt last all that. you can buy larger buckets of resin if you wanted to renforce the whole kit.

[colonel6632]

maybe... then it would be ok in the winter time also

and the guy emailed me and told me it was a "duraflex" so is that the extreme dimensions one?

[DansGen1Alero]

i beleive so

[colonel6632]

i did some reading on the duraflex one. some people say they are pretty great, some people say no.

[Nate's Alero]

duraflex is the ebay one, = NO

[Fi-Alero]

http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmobile/1999_2004_alero/exterior/body_kits/aas/

The only brand you need to get. Going the cheap way will cost you alot more time and money in the long run.

*Unless you are good at chopping up a kit, piecing it back together, extending side skirts, and bending fiberglass bumpers where necessary.

Not to mention all the prep work you just added on-top of what it originally needed.

[DansGen1Alero]

It has nothing to do with being good or money, working with fiberglass is easy, just time consuming. Like I said if he can talk the seller down to 300 and spend maybe $50 in resin/hardener/and sheets. you can make it a project. But again looking at in person would be better, because yes it can get costly but it would have to be extremely poor, and pics from that other kit didnt lookk "that" bad, but yes cheaper then the actual AAS kit, so if he wont budge with price and its 400 then yes maybe easier to spend 5 and get the AAS, your call dude

[Fi-Alero]

It has nothing to do with being good or money, working with fiberglass is easy, just time consuming.
Sure, working with it is easy--until you are trying to get a bumper you just pieced together---to a paintable stage lol

And believe me, he will spend more than $50. $50 is just a gallon of body filler alone. He will still need resin($30-50 a gallon), more matt, mixing cups, paint brushes for applying said resin. Then you get into filler work. It will take a new user more than a gallon for a project this size, so plan to spend $~100 on filler alone. Then you will need a mixing board, spreaders, ALOT of sandpaper. Then he will most likely need putty for the smaller stuff. This will be another $30 or so, plus more sandpaper.

After spending a few hundred dollars, then the days of time getting it to fit right, he is out alot more than he thought....

It's a good learning project though if you are game.

[DansGen1Alero]

filler??? i use resin to fill all of mine, no filler at all. yes sandpaper and sanding I agree is the most work, but unless he needs to thicken the whole kit I would assume just the mounting edges "may" need thickining.
1 spreader is all you need just keep it clean. the AAS was slightly shorter on the side skirt when they made the first couple, so yes some additonal sanding needed to be done, i just sanded the stock skirts to fit (dremel too) no i have not seen the off brands of the AAS so im speculating. and I agree would be a good lil project if you are game, and do not have much money. But i dont think you would need to spend that much. I have fixed my front AAS bumper after some minivan backed up into it, holes cracks fog light cutouts demolished, and the bottom opening ripped out. I used 1 bondo fiberglass repair kit...maybe 2 and didnt even need to use the mesh. (reenforced buttom piece with a 1/4 in wooden dowel.

[Fi-Alero]

I guess it would depend on the condition of the kit. I'm going off the basis of the one that I received, and also the reviews of a few other alero owners I know that ran into the same thing.

The skirt that was sent to me was almost 1ft too short. The other one was .5" too long lol.

As far as not using filler, Id like to see the outcome of the paint.

[DansGen1Alero]

yes it would...looking at the pics from your other thread that was minor. and being a foot too short...wow yea that is bad. I am more reffering to cosmetic rather then fitament issues.

yea paint turns out great, of course mine were also primed before paint too. My paint guy used filler on my back bumper when i back into a guardrail (post was on inside rather then out and I didnt see it) and you can still see where the filler was used, and the paint has stress cracks and popped out. If I redo the rear I am using resin as all other places you cant even tell.

[colonel6632]

well it sounds like alot of work and hassle. probably just save up for a aas one. i'll get an exhaust now lol

[DansGen1Alero]

Your call....good luck with it

[colonel6632]

thanks man. performance right now. lol

[A57]

even if its extreme or someone else that made it, its still the AAS design, shouldnt be a fitiment issue, there are onlt 4 kits that were ever made
AAS
Razzi
AED
OSV

I do not know about the OSV, but you cant get the AED unless used from someone.

You can get a AED but it will be a custom order right now..
but there is pimpalero's kit forsale.

[clutch1]

Lolz, if you wanna throw away $700 into the pockets of thieves you can order straight from AED :p


Buy pimpalero's, if anything!

[DansGen1Alero]

last i checked their site was down, and have 8 complaints on BBB

[A57]

Lolz, if you wanna throw away $700 into the pockets of thieves you can order straight from AED :p


Buy pimpalero's, if anything!

Question how do you know if they are thieves? Have you brought anything thing from them?

[A57]

last i checked their site was down, and have 8 complaints on BBB

check again if you like ... please read the front page news...If you care to know the truth.

[DansGen1Alero]

well the site is up, but the ordering pages still times out. And I would rather take the word of the BBB over the news any day, but thanks for the update. Maybe if the reputation is cleaned up (starting with the BBB) then the company may not be frowned upon by so many.

[A57]

to sum it up there are 8 ppls that have the own issue's...

[DansGen1Alero]

but the whole point of the BBB and customer service at that, is to give the utmost excellence in customer service, treat everyone the same. Those 8 people represent the consumer, and when they voice (esp to BBB) that is proof of the excellence of customer service, or lack there of. Just like e-bay postive and negative experience and any word of mouth alike is the driving force of increasing or decreasing business. The customer is always right, and when the company does not abide or agree to that, then problems arise business decreases and the consumer goes elsewhere. In this economy companies can't afford that, and there are other places that perform similar services that are more then happy to please the customer, and thats what keeps them coming back and promoting products and services. Sometimes companies have to suck it up and kiss some butt if they expect to stay in business in the long run.

[clutch1]

Question how do you know if they are thieves? Have you brought anything thing from them?

Yea. 3 years and $700 later I has no refund, no front clip, and no answers from them in like 2 years.

Thieves.

[Nate's Alero]

i went on the site, seems to be alive and well, i want the kit, but dont want to risk anything

[A57]

i went on the site, seems to be alive and well, i want the kit, but dont want to risk anything

sent some info via yahoo...

[A57]

Yea. 3 years and $700 later I has no refund, no front clip, and no answers from them in like 2 years.

Thieves.

Sorry to see that...dunno what happen with you, but i sure things will get corrected...

[JD1]

^guys seems to be a AED mole

[DansGen1Alero]

lmao....naaaa ya think

[Bad99Olds]

^guys seems to be a AED mole

Just a little, but maybe having him on the site can help rectify the issues of members here....would certianly be nice.

[clutch1]

Sorry to see that...dunno what happen with you, but i sure things will get corrected...

Hit me up with a number to call or something and I'll try it again.

Otherwise seems impossible.

[A57]

Just a little, but maybe having him on the site can help rectify the issues of members here....would certianly be nice.

[/QUOTE]^guys seems to be a AED mole.....[/QUOTE]

HUMM<<<Mole do you know what a mole does?? Funny you dont know who i am or what I'm doing ....

Sorry if i run on your threat but i guess i have to explaine or clear up somethings.
I'm a supporter of AED , yea i have the kit and extra bumper, was working on a hood,but things went south, ecomeny, not as many hours at work for the last 3yrs... Mole hardly a mole would turn and drop info on other's and what not, i got pissed off when ppls judge others just beacuse of what others say and do or have on there car.. All sould only judge on what is done to you, <<sound corney but it's truth look at the grand am kit carbor fiber ... It look's like and AED fasia right will that one of the reason AED was being ripped off by counterfiters..they know who they are, and they are being taking car of...

I left this site and rejoing after the BS clear'd and some have still dont know the whole story, but i'm not going to get into that..
I've offered any member on this site that like to drop by and have a beer talk and hang i'll help you guy in any way i can..
Ive been on this site for a long time, dunno if i'm still a VIP member anymore but i did pay longtime ago. i think my # was 27...

Again sorry for jumping off topic kinda...

:cool:

[Bad99Olds]

If I were close to Michigan I would come have a beer, lol. And judging by your blue name, you are not a VIP. But its good to see that you are looking to help those who may have been overlooked in the issues the company had, that speaks highly to you as a person and member of the board, if not the company.

[A57]

If I were close to Michigan I would come have a beer, lol. And judging by your blue name, you are not a VIP. But its good to see that you are looking to help those who may have been overlooked in the issues the company had, that speaks highly to you as a person and member of the board, if not the company.

you are not a VIP,

Under this account this is true.. under my old handle i was before i left.

[Bad99Olds]

Ah gotcha.

[JunkProwler]

Just a reminder: you prairie boys spread sand on the roads. I don't think your body kit would hold up well to that.

[colonel6632]

lol. sand on the grid roads, not on the highways

[clutch1]

Eh, at A57's suggestion I sent AED another e-mail, simply saying I have a question about ordering from them. I'm curious to see if they respond. Time will tell.

I still don't like AED, but thanks to A57 for at least putting forth some effort to correct things... maybe HE should be running that place.

[Naich]

Until AED makes sends out all the products that people paid for, I would think anybody would have to think twice about sending them any money for anything. They need to re-establish themselves. I would hate to see more people in the n-body community send them money and receive nothing but lies and empty promises in return.

[clutch1]

Welllll, they e-mailed me back! They even remembered I have an order pending. Odd, I'm surprised.

Hopefully this goes somewhere.

[Oldsman]

keep us (the owners) informed of what happens. Also anyone else who is still waiting on parts let us know.

If AED turns things around and gets people the parts they paid for, this would be great.

[MotorCity]

So you got a free bodykit?

wow :haha: