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Old 08-02-2009, 02:44 PM
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Did I go too far?

I put the strip on the side of the car and it was a good improvement to decorate in the rather loud wing. After looking at it a while, I decided to extend the stripe to the front and rear bumper similar to the way the GT3 RS stripe goes into the front and back bumper with a fade pattern.

On the front bumper, the stripe is inspired by the shape of the front of the RS wing tip, and for the rear bumper, it's tapered like the rear of the wing tip.

What are your thoughts? It's easy to remove, and it's easy to ask the sign shop to change the shape if anyone can offer better suggestions?





 
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Old 08-02-2009, 03:29 PM
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I think it looks pretty good, either way was good, I don't think you went too far.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 03:35 PM
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I personally wouldn't have extended the stripe to the front and rear bumper, but it does look good both ways. More of a preference thing.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 03:46 PM
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Looks good either way, but am leaning towards keeping it the full length. Leave it on awhile and see if somethng sparks your fancy.
 
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Yea i think it looks pretty good going on to the bumpers
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 06:26 PM
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Who's wing do you have?
 
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I like
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 07:16 PM
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I like it better with the wings. Seems to tie it all together.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 08:41 PM
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While I wouldn't do this on my car, I like it on your red one. The added front and rear portion tie in the wing well. Keep it.
 
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I like it... Reminds me of the Supperleggara side stripe. Personally I wouldnt have extended it but to each his own.
 
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Looks weird on the front due to the line (crease) on the lower bumper which is at a different angle to the sticker....makes the sticker look like it is going up when in actuality it is probably level...to me it looks awkward so I'd take the end pieces off.
 
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Originally Posted by Mother
Looks good either way, but am leaning towards keeping it the full length. Leave it on awhile and see if somethng sparks your fancy.
+1...keep it on awhile. At least you have something new to look at. But fly996 has a point on that crease and the stripe not blending.
 

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Old 08-02-2009, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by barenstam
Who's wing do you have?
It's the MA Shaw GT3RS replica in carbon fiber with a clear coat paint on the blade and wing tips and a fiberglass insert base.

Here's a picture from the back.

 
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Old 08-02-2009, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FLY996
Looks weird on the front due to the line (crease) on the lower bumper which is at a different angle to the sticker....makes the sticker look like it is going up when in actuality it is probably level...to me it looks awkward so I'd take the end pieces off.
Thanks for all the replies!

Yes, I agree that it does look like the front is going up. Believe it or not, it's actually going down a little bit relative to the ground because I anticipated this problem. But you really don't know what you have until it's too late.

The problem is not only that crease, but the bumper curving inward as it goes down. Now I made the problem even worse since those pictures because I changed the C4s lip for the Turbo lip. So I am most likely to get those remade and put them back on with a much steeper downward angle.

The Turbo lip seems to work much better with the wing than the C4s version since it has a similar shape on the edges to the RS wing tips. My C4s one was pretty banged up too, so it's nice to have a fresh one on there too.


 

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Old 08-03-2009, 01:41 AM
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i say take em off. ur car flows better with the turbo lip tho!
 


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