is there a safe way to drill into your car to install kits or

can probably afford replacement panels.

if they can afford a 100k car they can also afford a replacement $100 panel if they need it.

>>15990531
b-but the paint!

paint is expensive! unless they happen to find a good condition car with the same color part..

>>15990527
These 100k mods never ever get driven, so the panels will never be exposed to conditions that will hurt them

>>15990538
Ok, our $100 fix went up to $500. Still nothing compared to the mod prices.

Also >>15990543

>>15990543
i see people dailying rocket bunny kitted cars all over the place, but im in southern california so conditions are pretty good for it

>>15990527
those are rivets fuckface.

>>15990735
And how do you get the rivets in there, ask nicely?

>Buff holes then paint them.
>Use grommets to separate bolts from panel.
>Use stainless bolts or something inert for mounting.

Should be fine after that.

>>15990527
is that a toyobaru?

vancouver car eh

a lot of people with widebody/rocketbunny kits here

atleast its not as bad as 45 degree camber

>>15990889
yes

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>>15990765
Well, first you cut the fuck out of the original fender to accommodate that body kit, so making a hole for the rivet isnt the end of the fucking world

>>15990982
Unless you live in a place where they salt the roads, or by the ocean, or where it rains all the time, where after a few years you get hiluxfender.jpg

>>15990993
That's a lot of places.

>>15990993
well, if you live in those places, you would paint over the exposed metal, or apply some sort of protection.

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>>15990993

>>15991007
Yeah, exactly. I understand doing it if you don't daily the car or have enough money not to care at all, but it doesn't make any sense for primarily daily driven cars imo

>>15990993
>cut into panel in some fashion exposing bare metal
>paint that bare metal
>rust no longer an issue

It's not rocket surgery. And sure it won't last as long as an un-touched panel would have but with modern rust proofing techniques we're still talking about cars that won't start rusting until they hit ~25/30 years old. This is especially true of people who spend big money and do their mods properly.

>>15990982
I don't understand. People care about a rivet, because they don't want to cut their panels, but cutting off the whole panel to affix their new bodykit without rivets fixes the adhesion issue?

>>15991247
What?

>>15991230
>modern rust proofing lasting 25-30 years

I hope you mean aftermarket work, right?
Cars today barely have enough to protect against air. Introduce water and/or winter, and the cars are gone after 10 years.

>>15991230
Here in Hawaii cars older than the mid-90s are absolute unicorns because they all rust away to nothing. All cars, even newer ones rust out from the salty air over here unless you're unbelievably careful.

>>15991340
>the mid 90s were 20+ years ago

>>15990527
I had car at work the other day with """bolt on""" flares that were glued on.

>>15991425
I can't figure out your tone, but yeah. Good luck finding anything classic over here. I love '90s Japanese cars, but the survivors are stupid expensive, like $7000 for a S13 with a cone filter, eBay fart cannon, and completely ruined clear coat.

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>>15991425
>tfw born in june 1990
>tfw summer 1995 when everything was chill AF was 21 years ago
>tfw you missed out on the 90s car culture because you were just a babby
hold me br/o/s

Rivets are like hood pins and cut springs.

A great way to fuck the value of a road car.

>>15991320
I have an 18 year old lexus with no rust on it, i live in coastal texas faggot

>>15990527
non race cars shouldnt get wet other when being cleaned

>>15990527

>drill hole
>paint bare metal

ta-da, no rust/damage

>>15990527
>do people do it knowing that it'll really hurt the body panel over time?
They do it knowing that it's ugly and obvnoxious, so probably yes.