hey i saw that at westfest! the hotel in the background too! i think i overheard the owner telling someone else that he was going for the esprit look, and the aero kit side skirts hes got on it are pretty neat
Yes I know its an esprit look, he somehow gotten a hold of a custom nose. The lower nose effects and side skirts are modded after the 93-98 esprit. I don't like the mirrors that well.
My idea was going to be to mold the lower effects onto the stock nose, but I like his nose alot! Wondering how it would look on mine.
Does anyone else know where he dug this thing up?
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i talked to the guy that owned this car. he also makes this kit at his shop here in socal. i think the price was 1500 for the front bumper, and 2 side skirts. there is also a add on piece for behind the sial panel to make it longer. he was going for a lotus look, even had lotus badging. i will see if i can find his card he gave me and pass it on.
also just to add this it is not a modified mr2 bumper it was made for the fiero.
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i found the info. the name of the company is new inovative technologies, the kit is called, nite nymphia, and his number is 760-948-2486. and just to let every one know from what i could tell from the kit it was nicely made with good lines, but this was his car he used to show off his product. hope this helps anyone interested in this kit.
also just to add, the silver front end of the real car shows the more detaled parts of the front bumper better, on the purple car the holes on the side just blend in and you can not see it that well. so very close to the original lotus this bumper is.
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Yeah, it is definitely a one-off Lotus inspired nose. I talked to the owner pretty extensively at WestFest. His intention was to sell complete kits that would be more affordable than the high priced full body kits. His name is John Metzig.
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in the picture above you can see the exstra piece that was added to the sail panel to give it more of a curve off it(this was a add on piece to the kit, cost more). i can not remember if the kit came with that add on little wing or if it was an add on piece to the kit, some one else that talked to him might remember.
The kit he wanted to sell was going to be just as this car sits. He was just getting started and this was the only car built so far. I really liked the extensions on the rear pillars as well. That is something that I mocked up on Photoshop years ago but never did. It seems that he wanted to sell the entire kit for around $1800, but again, me and several others suggested that he offer individual pieces too. The nose and rockers look really good! Personally I would do something else with the rear treatment.
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I only see one problem with it, right away, this nose most sit too low for the car (fiero) to be at normal height. Just look at how high the front is (wheel gap) and still just has enough clearance at the bottom of the nose. Lets put it this way if that Fiero was ever lowered it will not be exactly a car that could go many places...
