Retro Bodykits!! What have you got, what do you like?!

[Dr.AK]

So,

anyone else in love with retro bodykits from the 70ies, 80ies and 90ies??

I'm so much in love with the retro tuner look, that I sourced this for my Mk2 Golf project, a complete and genuine Zender Z6 bodykit:










And on sunday I picked up a Seat Toledo which I intend to use as a donor for the engine for the Mk2 and yesterday I found out it's got a pretty rare MS Design (who made all the parts for Votex back in the day) bodykit on it.







I'm not sure what to do with the kit. Probably put it up for sale and if it doesn't sell I fear I'll just have to buy a 16v Toledo someday to put it on!


Another one that I owned was the complete AC Schnitzer kit I had on my E36 some time ago:



I still regret parting out that car, mostly because of how rare that kit was.


What about you guys?

[jamesd1972]

I was a fan of the KAT body kits for Metro, Capri and Rover. As 80's as shoulder pads...

[miaspa]

Always been partial to a Zender kit on a 145.

[79cord]

Much abused example of Mugen (or good copy?) kit on '90 CRX



Also have "Mugen" horizontal ducktail rear wing I'd bought previously, & SiR wing so could always go completely mad & stack 3 wings atop one another.

[luckyseven]

Elford front bumper for the early RX-7s [/biased]... Elford didn't only make turbo kits so good they were warranted by Mazda, they also made bodykits. The skirts were horrid and looked like they were melting but the bumper is massively awesome and lost the goofy front overbite of the stock one and also scored big points for including properly 80s chic Cibie square foglights that it's impossible to find bulbs for now

Mazda;

b front offside by Nick Liassides, on Flickr

Elford;

bumper6 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr

[darrenh]

zero offset 13inch wide wheels, what could go wrong

[astranaut]

Oct 10, 2017 18:43:27 GMT darrenh said:

zero offset 13inch wide wheels, what could go wrong

YESSSS! I hate it so much I would love one

[pistonpopper]

I'd love to find an Irmscher bodykit for my Vauxhall Carlton

[skinnylew]

Yay bodykits brings out the inner Max Power/Revs/Redline/FastCar chimp from within

My mk3 fiesta has an Animal aftermarket front bumper always loved the look and bit the bullet and stumped up £450 for the bumpers years ago. Quality was so so fitment was bodied but one day it'll be done right........ pics in abit

[Lore]

Me! I love the 80's one. How much i'd like to found some light that could fit into the Lester grill for my Alfa... sigh. Maybe some Scirocco's one.

The absolute essence of 80s bodykits for me are the Orciari one, especially for the Golf mk2.

[keyring]

Absolutely love the rieger body kit for the mk2! Dare say I like enough to fit one today if I could find a full kit...

[Dr.AK]

Some good stuff already guys!

If anyone's interested, I got a Zender catalogue from 1989 and a D&W (major tuning store back in the days here in Germany) from 1988 and a Rieger catalogue from 1998 kicking around and I could scan or photograph some stuff?!

[Lore]

Sure! It would be lovely. 

[alx]

Always thought the Zeemax bodykits for the 300ZX were cool in the day



Looking back on it now though and I'm not as sure.

AL.

[paulthewall]

allways liked the 309 Dimma kit, except RS style the bonnet vents. they Ming on anything other than fords.

[fordperv]

I have one of the pinnacles of the 90s, the fake sierra rs500, remember when every man and his dog threw the arch kit and whaletail oh his or her 1.3 or 1.6 with dodgy wheels that never filled the back archs, with a peco big bore 4 to supply the sounds, oh those were the days, ive owned mine since 2001 as a standard (wrecked) car and built it myself so it's a modified throwback from then




Just waiting to get it painted

[düdo]

I saw a kitted Sierra estate last week but I was too busy wrestling with the buggy while my daughter was running away to get a snap.

This is the one I recall from the 80s as my boss was forever banging on about his Audi 100. Eventually he got the full Kamei kit and he took me through every last detail.

[jamesd1972]

That's not a patch on the Tresser one ...

[Dr.AK]

Ohhh, that reminds me of a Treser quattro roadster I saw a few months back! I just dug out the photos:
















Also, just this morning I saw a coke white C124 coupe with a full Zender kit and Zender wheels. Couldn't grab a pic, tho.

[darrenh]

Oct 10, 2017 21:58:29 GMT keyring said:

Absolutely love the rieger body kit for the mk2! Dare say I like enough

theres a similar one for kadett E that i like, purely for the twin square headlights