| While body kits have been around for a while | | | | they tend to cost significantly more than standard |
| now, innovation and advances continue to happen | | | | kits. |
| in the car styling industry. One such development | | | | You should also consider the cost of installation of |
| in recent years have been the wide body kits. As | | | | these body kits. If you go in for a professional |
| the name suggests these make the car wider. In | | | | installation, as you should, the cost of the |
| general they are more awesome in their visual | | | | installation will be significant. However you can |
| appeal. | | | | leverage the fact that the kit will be installed at a |
| So what should you know about wide body kits? | | | | body shop and get some custom painting done as |
| Well wide body kits are not really for everyone. | | | | well. The time required for their installation is also |
| They make the stance wider and if you have | | | | more. Often additional components will be installed |
| added wider wheels they will be able to cover | | | | along with the wide body kits such as flares, door |
| them as well. They are used mostly for show or | | | | panels and front and rear diffusers. |
| demonstration cars and for racing cars. | | | | Since wide body kits make the car wider they will |
| Being larger these kits are bigger, therefore it is | | | | not improve the aerodynamics of the car, in fact |
| important they are built with a light material so | | | | they will increase the drag compared to standard |
| that they do not add too much weight to the car | | | | body kits. However there are many cars out |
| and drag down its performance. Therefore carbon | | | | there that are very powerful. For these car there |
| fiber composites which are light and strong is a | | | | is a big boost when wider tires give improved |
| popular material for making these body kits. | | | | traction. This improved traction can overcome |
| Carbon fiber being an expensive material and | | | | any increase in the drag force. Therefore these |
| moreover given the fact that these kits are large, | | | | kits are popular for high power, performance cars. |