My dilemma

[Dominik]

I am starting to look for parts for my Cedric right now. I have a clear understanding of the order in which I need to do this; Coilovers, then wheels, then kit, then exhaust, and finally respray. But recently I have seen a sweet looking kit on Yahoo selling for an unbelievably low price. It’s the Samurai Kage Story bodykit… Normally I am very picky about kits for the Cedric; only one other style that I like (K-break V-Lux Edition), and that is very expensive. The Samurai kit is almost as good and its something I would like to try out

My dilemma is this: I refuse to put a kit on while I am riding at stock height with stock wheels. It doesn’t make financial sense to spray the kit now, since I may need to modify it to fit flares for the wheels. And unfortunately I do not have any storage space to store the kit while I search for the rest of the parts…

Should I leave it, and possibly miss out (I contacted the seller a little while back and they said they cannot keep selling it at this price because the manufacturer complained).

Or should I get it now, and hope that with the shipping delays and customs etc, that I will have sorted at least the suspension by the time the kit arrives?

[Pagong]

Ive had my kit sitting in my garage for almost 2 years now :2funny:

Thats a nice kit though...but its a mouthful to say ;D

[555]

1st..find some place where u can keep the kit safe n sound or some1 u trust..then buy 'em, since u can get a good price now..better not missed the great offer ure gettin now ;)

[ImBox]

you can almost count on 60-90 days for the kit to arrive... Willl you have the suspension by then? If yes then go for it, if No the you might want to look into temp storage...

[Dominik]

LOL, being that this is one of the only Y32s in the country i am expecting that i'll have to order the suspension from Japan as well! (actually i am hoping i can get custom made coilovers here, but not sure that my budget will cover it).

I'll look into temp storage... Unless, 555, are you offering to store it for me? I trust you :D (not like you can sell the kit - not many buyers i'd say!)

[shoez]

Are there any finanical constraignts at the moment? Because I like the look of the Samurai kit as well, but if its a rare find then I'd say buy it then immediately look for suspension and wheels so they would all arrive at nearly the same time.

[CharismaY33]

Agreed dom, if i were you i would work my way to getting the kit asap. At a chance of not getting it again let alon on the price do it.
Plus like you said you can rent a small garage of storage to keep it in mide as well get some other stuff to store also to get moneys worth.
i def like your cedric though i wish we could get in here o well.

[Dominik]

There arent any financial restraints; more of a practical restraint. (my point about coilovers is that i know i can get JICs for around $1k; I wouldnt want to spend more than that for custom jobbies)

I think you guys are right. I will call some importers today and get it started... Since all the other mods will end up taking time, i can see myself missing out if i try to get it 6 months down the track. I think I will spend a long time looking for the right wheels

On a side note, its all fun and games inside the Cedric right now. I am in the middle of retrofitting a later model digital gauge cluster to it; 50+ wires to cut and solder since none of the plugs are the same. I hope it all works in the end!

[Brandicus]

Do it, throw it on a friend ;D take em out to dinner as thanks, much cheaper than public storage :smiley6600:

[555]

I'll look into temp storage... Unless, 555, are you offering to store it for me? I trust you :D (not like you can sell the kit - not many buyers i'd say!)


i can't guarantee the kit will be safe in my garage :P and my apartment some called it 1 of the most unsafe apartment in da city
but its a locked up garage..anyway that's the only space i have that can store for this kinda size of thing...totally up to u, i don't mind ;)