Wings West Big Mouth Bumper and Kit Owners Please Read !!!!!! - Honda Prelude Forum

PsionixILLusion · 05-21-2002, 06:16 PM

I have a few questions for anyone with a WW Big Mouth Kit. First do the side skirts simply glue on to the stock side skirts or do they completely replace them. Also i was wondering if anyone is using the big mouth bumper with the stock side skirts if so could you please post a few pictures particularly from a side angle so i can see how the bumper matches the stock side skirts. Also could you rate the quality of the bumper on a 1 - 10 scale. Also is any modifications required to install he bumper, and what kind of turn signals do you use or does the bumper come with a set.

Thank you for your replies.

ds2000 · 05-22-2002, 04:41 AM

Hey,

Wow no ones replied to this. I had my ww big mouth kit and have had it on the car for about 3 months now (I've got sum pics but I used a sh!t digi camera so the res is pretty bad, thats why haven't posted them)

To answer your questions:

1)First do the side skirts simply glue on to the stock side skirts or do they completely replace them - they replace them, the old ones come off completely, there living in my garage still atm

2)Also i was wondering if anyone is using the big mouth bumper with the stock side skirts if so could you please post a few pictures particularly from a side angle so i can see how the bumper matches the stock side skirts

Sorry its not very good, but you can just about see the side of the sills and bumper (getting dropped v v soon - another reason why I haven't posted)

3) Also could you rate the quality of the bumper on a 1 - 10 scale - its a 10, really well made bumper, however I'm going to reinforce the bottom of it, its a little flexible

4) Also is any modifications required to install he bumper, and what kind of turn signals do you use or does the bumper come with a set

- again a poor image but you can just see the indicators behind the mesh on the front right of the car, these come with the kit

Any other questions then please let me know

Dave

PreludeNL · 05-22-2002, 10:59 AM

Hey, here are some pic's of mine with stock sides.
A friend of mine has his sides painted in the same color as the car
hereby it looks lower.

About your other questions, I have to go with Dave's answers.
Putting it on was easy. A real 10.

Cookout · 05-22-2002, 01:43 PM

I just wanted to say that not many people have this kit... Why? I think it's the cleanest looking kit of all. But that's a good thing so I'll be more original when I get mine

SiR-P12eLude · 05-22-2002, 04:17 PM

it's a nice kit but definitly anit the cleanest the cleanest kit is simply just a lip!

PsionixILLusion · 05-22-2002, 04:33 PM

Awesome cars guys they look great , so what do u guys think i should do paint the stock sides or ditch'em in favor of the WW , i don't really like the back of the WW Big Mouth kit that goes on the rear bumper so i think i may just leave mine alone. Also PreludeNL does your friend who has the stock sides painted also have a WW big mouth if so would it be possible to get a picture from him maybe , the first pic on here is exactly what i was hoping for except it could be zoomed out just a tad so you can better see the relation in height between the side skirts and bumper. Once again thank you guys very much for the info your making my decision very easy.

Mark94 · 05-22-2002, 08:35 PM

As everyone already mentioned the fit and finish of the bumper is a 10. You will get the signal lights to mount behind the mesh grill (made by Hella) and also side marker for you fenders.

As for the Wings West sides and rear, I didn't care for them (especially the rear) so I ended up with Kaminari sides and rear.

You wont be disappoined with the bumper.

preludeNL - LOVE THE COLOR ON YOUR CAR!

Mark

ax_lude · 05-22-2002, 10:01 PM

Hey! Wassup guys

I just wonder how much you guys paid for the lip? And how much is the paint job cost ?

SiR-P12eLude · 05-22-2002, 10:47 PM

ax lude what lip it's the whole bumper dude

ax_lude · 05-22-2002, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
ax lude what lip it's the whole bumper dude

Yeah! my bad...I dont know y i kept calling it a lip...anyhow, thanks for ur correction SIR-P12elude

shadowZZ · 05-23-2002, 02:19 AM

Heres mine check the sig

SikRedRX-8 · 05-23-2002, 12:34 PM

I have had mine for a while and have scraped a few times and still pretty perfect it is definetly a 10. I had my stock side skirts painted and it looks really good with the bumper lots of compliments.

smokeweed311 · 05-23-2002, 02:54 PM

practicing posting pics.... if this works..heres my car =)

the front end fits perfectly. The turnsignals do have to be reqired. The side skirts replace the factory skirts. and if you had just the front end, it does not match up to factory side skirts very good imo.

good luck
lata

smokeweed311 · 05-23-2002, 02:56 PM

correction

required = rewired.

my bad im an idiot!

94VTECLude · 05-23-2002, 08:15 PM

If interseted my pics of my car with the bigmouth kit can be seen here: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/lancesexoticimports , I want to thank Mark94 for all the help regarding the kit which is great to me.
Lance

Mark94 · 05-23-2002, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 94VTECLude
I want to thank Mark94 for all the help regarding the kit which is great to me.
Lance

No problem, I'm glad to help.

I tried to check out your pics but my modem can't handle those large pics. I'd be downloading until 2010.

Mark

ludeact · 05-24-2002, 06:03 AM

I've got the same set up as mark94, but I will probably change my sideskirts to the RS one's by wings west. I like the twist in them. It adds a little more style. The Kaminari sides look real clean though, and the Kaminari rear piece you just can't beat. I've heard of problems with the WW RS rear lip and muffler clearance. That urethane will melt. Some have to adust their muffler hangers to lower thier exhaust, or you can trim the RS lip. I made the mistake of letting the bodyshop talk me into them installing the kit. That was dumb. I had to fix a lot of stuff they messed up, and I could have done a better job myself. As far as rating the Big mouth it's gotta be one of the nicest looking plus its urethane (more durable), comes with lights, and grill pre=installed (and it's not just gutter guard, it's the real stuff).

PsionixILLusion · 05-27-2002, 12:53 PM

I would like to thank everyone who replied so far, but I am looking for one more thing and hopefully someone out there has this. I need some pictures of a 4th gen lude with the Wings west big mouth front bumper and stock side skirts , but the bumper and side skirts need to be painted to match the car. If anyone has this setup or pics of it i would greatly appreciate if you could post or direct me to a site with them.

Thank You

Satan_SRV · 05-27-2002, 01:04 PM

I think a lot of people don't have it cause it;s a whole bumper and therefore more expensive....people are cheap. And other than the bumper it's the RS kit so how many people drop the extra cash when it's 3/4 RS?

PreludeNL · 05-27-2002, 03:39 PM

Take a look on my site... I know it's not much of a site but I made
it in half an hour just to put some pics on line for the forum..

http://members.home.nl/preludenl

Under meetings there's a white lude with ww bm and stock painted sideskirts.