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i'd also like something like this if i bought a body kit. no offense, but the first design belongs on a honda. i like how this one retains the stock grille. i also like to little vents on the side (good for ram-air? :D). the front air dam might be a little too big (start it lower, as somebody else mentioned), but besides that, it looks bad as hell. even though all that weight will make my car slower than it already is, it'd still look cool.

My 2 cents...

I, like so many others, am extremely interested in a body kit for the 'tour. I also agree with some of you that hard edges may not be the way to go. With the curves of the car and the name Contour, the civic-style kits don't really seem to work, visually. I have been considering a custom job for a while, myself, but could never settle on a design. The only thing I am certain of is I really think the front wing on the Team Mondeo cars from last year are stunning:



Maybe one of you wizards out there can come up with a way to work a more subtle front wing into one of your designs...

Kudos to you all...great work

from what I've seen the Mondeo race car is a stock (non SVT) style bumper with a carbon spliter. I think some places in europe sell similar spliters, and I'm sure you caould make it work on the Contour. (BTW the race cars look good because they have been lowered about 6". Look at the front fenders, they are pulled out at the top, and the wheel opening goes almost to the top, I'd guess about 3" or the fender hase been cut out.

You're exactly right about the aesthetics of having the fenders pulled out and the car sitting so low to the ground. I actually meant to mention the lowering in my post, but forgot (doh!). Anyway, I think with the silver example just above the BTCC racer that the kit is fairly low to begin with. Keep in mind that several of us have had Eibachs installed which have resulted in about 2" of drop anyhow. If the side skirts and rear were designed to make this all flow accordingly, a small lip protruding from the bottom of the front could possibly make this one of the best-looking body kits around . Granted, it wouldn't touch the ground the way the BTCC racer does (nor would we want it to for obvious reasons), but I think everyone is on the right track.

I even went as far as contacting ProDrive and a couple of vendors (BAT being one, I think) and asked them about the possibility of purchasing this piece. Expense, however, made them reluctant to pursue it.

I'm afraid I must admit my ignorance about carbon splitters, though. What is this and how does it affect the appearance of the car?

Again, everyone keep up the good work! If someone in the business is actually monitoring this thread, hopefully they'll see the desire to have such a kit made and will take us seriously...

Or, we could all sell everything we have and buy the BTCC racers. They aren't in service anymore since all indications are the BTCC turned into some VW cup or something like that We could have them on a time-share program...95sespeed could get it these two days, I could take it the next, and so on...heh heh

We are the *******-children of the aftermarket world, I think...

Hate to add more fuel....no I don't.

Hard to see, but here's a pre-98 Mondo BTCC racer with a pretty simple air dam setup.

Sorry, no other pics.

that just looks like the stock bumper with an add on right?

That is what it looks like, to me, and that's why I like it. Wish I had a picture of the front of it.

if the price is right count me in... how much are we looking at?

I am definitely interested in a body kit for a pre 98 tour.