When you bought your stock car you would have made sure its performance met your requirements. In fact like most persons you would have bought a car that more than met your routine requirements. You will be keen to have reserve power in your car just in case you need it sometime. Now when you do up your car you may add products to enhance the power further. On the other hand you may add other products that enhance the looks and style and adding these may actually take away from the performance of your car.
Though you will most likely enjoy the style changes that improve or personalize the style, if the gains are at the cost of performance then that maybe something you don't want to happen. So how do body kits affect the performance of your car?
The good news is body kits have a minor effect on the car performance. In fact they can have a positive effect as well. Some components such as spoilers improve the aerodynamic performance of your car. This benefit is particularly useful at high speeds where a spoiler makes the car hug the road better.
But if you are concerned about a potential adverse effect on the performance that is quite understandable. After all body kits do have some weight. And just as reducing the weight by using products such as carbon fiber hoods helps improve the performance, increasing the weight should take away from it. And take away it does. However the increase in the weight is not significant and the reserve car power will easily take it into the stride. Considering the amount of benefit you get in terms of better and more personalized looks the increase in weight is minor and can be ignored.
If you are keen not to increase the weight of your car by much then you should consider using carbon fiber body kits which are quite light. Most racing cars use carbon fiber composite based body kits for this reason. To summarize car body kits have little or no adverse impact on the performance of your car. And you should go ahead and install them if you wish to enhance the looks of your car.
