How to Have a Body Kit Installed

STEP 1: Call manufacturers of kits you are considering buying and ask them to recommend a dealer in your area.

STEP 2: Go to car shows and ask owners who have body kits on their cars for recommendations of shops that can do the work.

STEP 3: Check the yellow pages and the Internet, where sites offer photos and information, if you can't come up with a personal recommendation.

STEP 4: Check the recommended shop's Web site.

STEP 5: Select a few shops that you can investigate and head out. You're on a mission.

STEP 6: Make sure that the shop can paint the kit. Don't get cheap here. A poor paint job can make the kit and your car look terrible.

STEP 7: Find out whether the shop has experience installing body kits.

STEP 8: Inspect the installation area. Is it clean and orderly? Is the installer careful about what he or she is doing?

STEP 9: Ask to see photographs of previous jobs the shop has done.

STEP 10: Select the shop with which you feel most comfortable.