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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Default Quick photochop...opinions please!

In my never-ending quest to mix some euro styling in with my car, I've come up with a possible idea for my front end. Tell me which you guys like better:


A), with the black framed in silver,



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B), with the black extended all the way to the bottom

Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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Not feeling it man. Trying to go for an Audi look?
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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(B) would look better with a lip kit and possible splitter.
(A) would look cool if you had a NICE pin stip where black and silver meet.

GET A CF HOOD!!! And color match it along the stock lines of the hood, leaving the center CF exposed to match the "black face"......
Match the CF Hood with CF Eyelids....you get the idea

Photoshop the CF on the hood and eyelids to see how that would look...
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by El_Jorge
Not feeling it man. Trying to go for an Audi look?
WOW, I just noticed that too...it's funny how a $17,000 car can look like a $30,000+ Audi or BMW with a FEW minor changes..... I love Scion!!
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I like the first option better.
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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no feelin it on the tC
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:48 PM
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yea, def not a tC thing... dono, it's been done, im more of a "do something no one has done before" person...

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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by karatekidd
GET A CF HOOD!!! And color match it along the stock lines of the hood, leaving the center CF exposed to match the "black face"......
Match the CF Hood with CF Eyelids....you get the idea

Photoshop the CF on the hood and eyelids to see how that would look...
It would be hard to get the CF hood to look right IMHO...if you look at the "V" the hood lines make they narrow to the top portion of the grille...the black part would then widen back down heading towards the lower grille. It would be too much of an exaggerated coke-bottle effect for me. Plus, if you look at where the top points of the "V" meet the windshield and a-pillars, the "V" come out past the edges of the windshield but stops short of the edges of the a-pillars. If I painted the CF hood's edges, the fact that it wouldn't line up with part of the body at that part would bother me. That, and I don't have the cashflow for a hood right now :D Thanks for the opinion though!

Originally Posted by El_Jorge

Not feeling it man. Trying to go for an Audi look?
Pretty much. I want something distinctive for the front, and this idea came to me as I was sitting on the can last night Thanks for your opinion!
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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please dont do this
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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mm... i dont think it flows very well..
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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Dude looks like it's got a broke nose or stuck it's face in oil... I dun like it! but hey man, if thats what works for ya man, go for it!
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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Not feeling either options.
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I like option one BETTER... but not really a fan of either.
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I agree, I looked at the lines and realized that would look like ****, so never mind....just two tone that beast and leave the "Au-dea" alone....
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Looks like a Mack truck
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OK guys, thanks for the opinions!
Old Mar 22, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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It would look better if it were a WIDEbodykit but I like the bottom one better because the top looks like its yawning or something :o
Old Mar 23, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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Thanks for the input!
Old Mar 23, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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option1 not to horrible but.....imagine what it would look like from the side
Old Mar 23, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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[quote=BeetC]
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Pretty much. I want something distinctive for the front, and this idea came to me as I was sitting on the can last night Thanks for your opinion!
Somehow , this does NOT surprise me .....



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