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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ReplicaR" data-source="post: 1471131" data-attributes="member: 9209">Well guys, here it is, in all of its glory.A short experience with the Saleen stuff. I decided to buy Saleen original parts, because I figured that I would have the best fitment with it. It's kinda disappointing to find out just how much massaging even the real kit requires to look good. What's even more disappointing is that none of it is up to OEM Ford standards. I guess I forget that in the 90s the body kits weren't well designed. The biggest issue I have with these kits is lack of engineering. They had an opportunity to reverse engineer factory stuff, but chose to cut corners. For example, factory rear bumper wraps around the bracket, which prevents both warping and sagging, where as Saleen just went with good enough approach of screwing it to the bracket. All factory front bumpers have a finished (sealed) underside, Saleen is just open. I'm glad they at least retooled the side skirts to use the OEM mounting points, because the original design that needed to be screwed into the bottom rocker was barbaric. It's stuff you probably wouldn't notice if you were to buy a Saleen car, and maybe that was good enough in the 90s, but I honestly expected more.Having said that, I'm glad that I spent the pretty penny to get this done. The shop that I took it to, spent about a week trimming, sanding, and reworking the kit until it would fit correctly, and as a result of that, it literally looks like a new car. Some obligatory pictures.[ATTACH=full]21765[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]21766[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]21767[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]21768[/ATTACH]</blockquote>