Shinoda/Rick Mears Special Body kit OWNERS check in Please
12-02-2010, 10:40 PM
#42
Safety Car
That kit looks really nice but when you look closer that rear spoiler is a little too long and there are no side vents so how does that hot air get out of the engine bay?
12-02-2010, 10:47 PM
#43
it doesnt look like it the pics, but there are vents that are blended in nice and that panel across the lower portion of the rear , is a grill, not claiming it to be better , just simular and different. they were on the car when i bought it, took awhile to find the company that made them. the rear spoiler is actually'stock' 87 corvette
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12-03-2010, 12:14 AM
#44
Safety Car
it doesnt look like it the pics, but there are vents that are blended in nice and that panel across the lower portion of the rear , is a grill, not claiming it to be better , just simular and different. they were on the car when i bought it, took awhile to find the company that made them. the rear spoiler is actually'stock' 87 corvette
. I was talking about the GS with the Shinoda Kit... What were you talking about? 
12-03-2010, 12:49 AM
#45
Years ago I worked for a guy off and on named Bruce Osborne in Indiana. About 10 years ago I know he had an original Shinoda/ Mears Kit new in box, and also had another Shinoda/Mears Kit that was painted to install on another car, but was never installed, but just painted. I have lost contact with him and have been trying to find someone that knows him back in Indiana, as I bet those kits are around someplace. He ran a shop in Downtown Indianapolis about 15 years ago, and when he closed his shop, he had a shop behind his house in Wanamaker Indiana, and that was where I saw the kits. This was about 10 years ago.
12-03-2010, 09:28 AM
#48
[QUOTE=dogfish246;1576102262]I dont think we are on the same page . I was talking about the GS with the Shinoda Kit... What were you talking about? [/QUOTE I'm loosin it in my old age, in first my post, I suggested that the 'tracy' kits were similar, thought you were refering to them , my bad, respectfully, bob,
. I was talking about the GS with the Shinoda Kit... What were you talking about? [/QUOTE I'm loosin it in my old age, in first my post, I suggested that the 'tracy' kits were similar, thought you were refering to them , my bad, respectfully, bob,
12-03-2010, 10:46 AM
#49
Melting Slicks
Years ago I worked for a guy off and on named Bruce Osborne in Indiana. About 10 years ago I know he had an original Shinoda/ Mears Kit new in box, and also had another Shinoda/Mears Kit that was painted to install on another car, but was never installed, but just painted. I have lost contact with him and have been trying to find someone that knows him back in Indiana, as I bet those kits are around someplace. He ran a shop in Downtown Indianapolis about 15 years ago, and when he closed his shop, he had a shop behind his house in Wanamaker Indiana, and that was where I saw the kits. This was about 10 years ago.
Last edited by Coupe89; 12-03-2010 at 10:51 AM.
12-03-2010, 12:43 PM
#51
Safety Car
I'm loosin it in my old age, in first my post, I suggested that the 'tracy' kits were similar, thought you were refering to them , my bad, respectfully, bob,
12-03-2010, 01:58 PM
#52
Racer
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I like the whole kit too bad it was so expensive,but ,if someone re-created it for a far lower price i think it would sell.Larry shinoda also did the boss mustang.
12-08-2010, 07:00 AM
#53
Burning Brakes
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I bought this scoop of a fellow that owned a diving shop in Michigan I think. He was on the forum a couple of years ago. Then I bonded it to the original hood.
I bought this scoop of a fellow that owned a diving shop in Michigan I think. He was on the forum a couple of years ago. Then I bonded it to the original hood.
12-08-2010, 02:18 PM
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How much would we be willing to pay for a full kit?
1000? 1500? 2500?
And can anyone reproduce this kit in that price range?
1000? 1500? 2500?
And can anyone reproduce this kit in that price range?
12-08-2010, 08:57 PM
#55
Safety Car
12-30-2010, 07:37 PM
#56
Heel & Toe
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I had an original kit put on my car about 5 years ago. A 1986.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31278720@N02/3316484253/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31278720@N02/3316484253/
02-17-2011, 02:00 AM
#57
Melting Slicks
We are talking about taking molds off my new install, but doubt it is worth it.
Also did a Dodge-based motorhome.
05-20-2011, 12:08 PM
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I have a Shinoda Rick Mears Kit RM-1 but it is not installed yet on my 1987 so that is one more to put in the count it will be White and I have a White Convertible with White OEM Hard Top also
