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from their pictures, they seem to be manufacturing in China. Any idea on the price range for this conversion? Also, 4 months seems to be a long long time from fitment to finished product and some pictures. Unless they plan to only make 1 kit for themselves.
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MSRP target $8000ish USD not including shipping.
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I've ordered from duke dynamics and their factory is out of china
Be weary of their shipping and insist you have insurance on the freight. The first time they sent me my vented bonnet it was in a cardboard box with no padding(!!) Needless to say it arrived damaged/warped and I had to go back and forth with them from there. |
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for 8000 USD. Oh myyyy.... It'd better look fucking amazing. But the upside is after all this you'll end up with the only widebody Z4 road car. That's worth something i guess.
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So are they out of Canada or China? Big difference there. So why would they test fit a widebody kit in china if they were being made in Canada? Im about 95% sure those pictures were taken in China. Gotta give them props, they do try hard to cover the fact but at some point it just becomes a scam.
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![]() Btw here was the hood I ordered from them last year when it arrived in the cardboard box as mentioned ![]() Not really a scam as you can always ask where the product is manufactured. These days most things are made in China now Again, highly recommend that if you order from them ensure they have insurance on the delivery |
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Duke Dynamics is a shop in china, that much was already known. whether they have design studios elsewhere is irrelevant. just do a google search on Duke Dynamics and you'd see that they don't exactly have the best reputation. Not a company I'd pay the premium price for.
I do have experience buying body kit from china, my 2 cent is that the product will arrive looking relatively good until you try to fit it. then you'd be looking at days of modification and refitting and a large bill to go with it. weight your cost.
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For what it is, DD is priced unreasonably high.
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Like a wide body kit would be on an XKE, why would you want to spoil a work of art?
Hey, if you like it, go for it. Beauty is in the eye of the guy with the cash. |
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Seattle? I'd have to pay close attention to this car on the road then. However, there is a lack of body shop talent in the PNW who are capable of making these pieces of junk fit well on the car. It'd be a monumental task to get all these panels lined up and look right. I only know of one (maybe two) shop(s) that has / have the time, energy, and passion to do this. Good luck to the owner of this "kit" Quote:
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Amen, thanks for speaking my mind. Plus, Duke Dynamics is not known to produce high quality parts to start with (and their production lags way behind from their "concept" design). I still remember when they made and sold a ton of those ill-fitting M-kits for the E92s and got lynched.....
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It was blurred on purpose. I believe so the owner/shop can unveil it at later date upon its completion. I am considering this after I see it and find out about the work. Seems a SERIOUS effort but to have one of 3 z4s 35is widebody in the world it might just be worth it. will be close to 15k though when all said and done. Kit/install/wheels/exhaust all have to done in 1 go. Might as well do breaks while Im at it.
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