People with Saleen bodykits.

Well, when I got mine painted I had a friend that owned a body shop, so my cost wasnt too bad, I think I only paid like 1000 for him to prep, paint and install the front/rear covers, side skirts, wing and put on all the saleen decals. Of course that was way before my flame job, so no more decals on the car . I also have 3.5" tips and they work fine, it is a little close to the cover but if you make sure to line them up straight you wont have any problems, however, if you dont like them up straight you will melt that part of the cover. If I had to do it over again, I wouldve gone 3", no more than that. And I suggest you do what you want, I went with saleen because at the time (4-5 years ago) hardly anybody even knew what saleen was, so it was a totally different look.

I too got my kit installed about 4 years ago and at the time paid around $600 for the paint/prep/install. They also had to fill the top holes on my cobra trunk (because of the claw spoiler) and respray it. Turned out great and have a clean look with no 3rd brake light.

I paid $400 at V&J's in Oakland for both bumpers and side skirts, but I installed it myself.