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Old May 30, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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So how good is the lighting performance from your headlights Jose? I definitely like the look of them. (as well as the ones you based the design off of)

I love the orange widebody too. (my favorite in the wide category I believe) One of the only things I think might improve on it is if somehow a set of stock/very similar ducts could be modified for fitment into the trailing end of front fenders. (maybe not though) If it worked, IMO it'd make it look like a factory widebody option.
I was going for a true wide body. I wanted the curves. Most wide body kits call themselves wide body when only part of the wheel that gets covered is the very top part. Like those wide body kits with the gas cap cutouts. I made this one out of sheet metal. We hand made all the metal pieces and permanently welded them on. No side skirts because that just accents the curves even more. Why put straight edges on a car that's all about the curves. I took the stock bumper, cut it, then stretched it. Same with the front skirt. Cut and stretch. Just to keep the stock look. Just wanted something different. This allowed me to put 13's in the rear and 11's in the front without clearance issue. I have it stock height but it looks aggressive that way, especially with the V8 growling. I live in Atlanta and the roads suck. I don't' want to scrape anything.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 12:56 AM
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I was going for a true wide body. I wanted the curves...
Awesome work & my thoughts exactly.



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fd sitting on bbs wheels....lmao

..what funny am I missing? ^^
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Tyler [S5 FC]
Exactly what crossed my mind when I saw it. 3.5 years of work... and stock ride height??? Kills the looks with 4 inches of wheel gap. Like they say, "Wheel gap is like a vagina. The more fingers you can fit in there, the worse it is."
he needs to have it this high to pass the Belgian technical control or they would destroy his car.

I m sure it will be lowered
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Old May 31, 2012 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by masonholmes
Awesome work & my thoughts exactly.



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..what funny am I missing? ^^
they are xxr wheels with bbs center caps lol
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Old May 31, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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gotta fake it till you make it brother
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Old May 31, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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gotta fake it till you make it brother
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they are xxr wheels with bbs center caps lol
Oh, haha! I'm not much of a wheel snob so they fooled me. (I'd prolly just go with some different caps & keep the wheels)
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Old May 31, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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Old May 31, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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gotta fake it till you make it brother
honestly your car is hot, but IMO its weak sauce to put some wheel caps to try and pass them off as something else. **** it sport the right ones with pride! As I said your car looks good anyway.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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honestly your car is hot, but IMO its weak sauce to put some wheel caps to try and pass them off as something else. **** it sport the right ones with pride! As I said your car looks good anyway.
+1

If you are man enough to rock the fake wheels then rock the XXR caps....
The wheels look good, are priced right and do the job... BUT to put BBS caps is plain dumb.

Besides.... people who are into wheels KNOW the truth....... BBS wheels DON'T HAVE UNIVERSAL LUG PATTERNS on them.
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 12:47 AM
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 01:31 AM
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 01:59 AM
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 06:07 AM
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:04 AM
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i like the bbs caps i dont care if they are boot legs whatever....yall wouldnt have known any bettter unless i said something....oh well not everyones gonna like i do to my car so
its cool
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 11:02 AM
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I don't look at cars that closely in pics but if I were to see your car in person I would have for sure noticed that. But hey whatever. In any case I think your car is awesome, one of my favorites for sure.

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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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i like the bbs caps i dont care if they are boot legs whatever....yall wouldnt have known any bettter unless i said something....oh well not everyones gonna like i do to my car so
its cool
Buff... we are NOT knocking your car... It looks GOOD...

But the simple fact is you are NOT fooling anyone but yourself with those BBS caps. Anyone who knows what they are looking at can tell you that REAL BBS wheels do not have universal patterns drilled into them.... 10 holes in the center just in case it's not clear what I ment..

Either way, it looks GOOD... keep rocking the XXR's...
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 06:26 PM
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beast mode Derek.
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Summit HEART
'twas fun driving with you. next time, closer.
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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nice shot Phil!

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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 07:07 AM
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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very nice rx
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 08:02 PM
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Cool pictures Wo Deep
but way too big for my 22" Screen
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2012 | 04:57 AM
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Hey Moose.

They are 1920x1080

I used the links Out of the Facebook Account :

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I heavent known that they store the pictures in original size.


But just use 'Strg' + '-'
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