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Old 03-20-03, 05:53 PM
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Updated my car....



No more louvers, no more chrome fender lips.

Better or worse?
Old 03-20-03, 05:56 PM
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I LIKE IT SOO MUCH MORE!!! this is only my personal opinion but i think it owuld looks oo much clean/sharp wihtout the wing. jsut what i think tho.
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dude, HELLA BETTER! and IMHO as well, i think the wing is a bit much. doesnt seem to go with our classic style of car. but damn, removing those two things helped out so much!

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change your sig and avatar asap man, looks much better now
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That looks pretty good. The louvers and chrome was way too tryhard. Ditch the wing and your just about there.
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Looks much better without all the jewelry.

Now alls ya gotta do is take that wing off and it'll be soooo sweeet!
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Looks good!
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yeah replace wing with stock wing and car would look great
Old 03-20-03, 07:52 PM
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Originally posted by TheTwinTurboRX-7
yeah replace wing with stock wing and car would look great
yeah i agree too
Old 03-20-03, 07:52 PM
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I like it better now, but those Testarossa strakes have gotta go....very 80's....urg............
Old 03-20-03, 08:25 PM
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lol very 80's wait..isnt that a 80's car?
Old 03-20-03, 08:30 PM
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Sweet ride, i would also get rid of the wing...

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Old 03-20-03, 08:44 PM
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Hondaguy..

It looks like a new car.....

It looks lighter,im glad the ghetto chrome is gone..
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looks much better without the louvers and the chrome strips gone! well done!
Old 03-20-03, 08:51 PM
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Originally posted by SoRRoW
im glad the ghetto chrome is gone..
I have to agree on that one, I don't think I have ever seen any type of sports car that had the add on chrome fender trim that didn't look cheap. Car looks MUCH beter now.

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Old 03-20-03, 10:53 PM
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Looks better.

the wing goes with the body kit..
Leave it on.
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I like it better, and I agree with Direct Freak. Leave the wing, it matches. The lack of louvers and chrome make it look less bulky or cluttered or something...I dunno, but its a good thing .

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I'd agree... Lose the shopping cart wing and tint the windows and you'd be mad shiftn yo and come over to my pad and we can cut some coils off your springs so you can be down LOW to the ground! ohhh yeah.. ditch the front plate! hahaha.. i know i know.. you rather not bother with a fix it ticket.
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lol very 80's wait..isnt that a 80's car?
Haha. Yeah.....thats what I was thinking.
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please don't cut your springs
get some nice RB ones instead
Old 03-21-03, 12:45 AM
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Looks good. Almost looks like a different car. I don't think the wing is bad. It kind of goes with the rest of the kit as RotorMotorDriver said.

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I hated the louvres and the chrome fender lips, especially the chrome. It made the car look tacky and cheap. I'm loving it now, that's a sweet little body kit, pretty unique.
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I JUST realized you have the kaminari kit. Lookin good man. You should lower it (it seems a bit high from the pics).
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Thats the one downfall to the kit.....

I can't really lower the car.

You notice how the stock bodied 1st gen, is tapered up in the front and back?

I don't have that anymore.

Lots of roads, driveways, and parking lots around here have steep inclines (why, I dont know) and I already have scraped once or twice driving on them.
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Hell i scrape MY car and it isnt even lowered, and i have the lowering kit sititng on the floor in my basement (waitin for one more shock, i'm gonna do it all at once).

That kit would look wicked lowered.

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