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does aftermarket bumpers and kits make your car lower then factory bumpers and kit.?

I know any person with experience in cars know what I'm talking about. I have a 98 mitsubishi eclipse RS and I kinda was in a finder bender kinda shorta. anyway I want to replace some of the factory stuff with a after market body kit, new fenders and probably a carbon fiber hood, I'm not sure yet. but the factory front bumper cover kinda scraps the ground when I drive in some areas and I don't want to get a body kit if its going scrap the ground any more then it does already. and for you experienced people any tips on the order I put the things on I don't want to put the body kit on if I need to modify the fenders first or anything like that.

Public Comments

1. depends on the kit you get. You can call all of them and ask if they are the same as fasctory heighth As far as I have seen and I've installed several kits - they are usually lower by 2" depending on the model. self tapping scres hold everything in place for most kits. and are in the kit!!! as far as a certain time to install stuff I'd do it like this: fix the damage get the repairs in primer order the body kit test fit the kit prep and paint the kit paint the car repairs the same day now install the kit and put that hood on All set
2. It will not make the actual car shorter. But if the aftermarket bumpers are huge, they will be closer to the ground.