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Old 09-23-08 | 04:25 PM
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Needs to lose the logo on the grill... I prefer the AMG to be honest.
Old 09-23-08 | 04:36 PM
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I think it's nice! the original body can hang with the aggressive styling.

Lorinser keeps it aggressive!
Old 09-23-08 | 06:10 PM
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BARF!!!!!! the thing i hate the most is the little "jack" hole on the side skirts of the car talk about messing up lines, not that i like any of the other lines of the car but they are ugly bmw has also used this crap and it hate it.
Old 09-23-08 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
i am not a fan of the new sl, the headlights don't look right
I wasn't a big fan of the redesign, but it's really grown on me.

While driving to Irvine today, I saw a '09 black SL quickly approaching in my rearview mirror. It was a SL65...what a great looking car
Old 09-23-08 | 07:39 PM
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AMG is much cleaner, lorinser seems a little gaudy.
Old 09-23-08 | 08:18 PM
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now that's so sexy!
Old 09-23-08 | 08:25 PM
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Not feeling this car at all
Old 09-23-08 | 08:59 PM
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yup AMG ftw
Old 09-23-08 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by thetopdog
It seems like there isn't a week that goes by without another one of these disgusting bodykits being displayed on a high end Mercedes, Bentley, BMW, etc.

Who the $@#% is buying this garbage? The only kits that look decent are the ones that people refer to as 'subtle' and 'clean', which really means the company making the kit barely changed anything (so what's the point?). All the rest look like something that belongs on an early 90s Civic.
Times have really changed. In the early 2000's LORINSER introduced the "F1" line for MB's with things like vented fenders, and mesh in the sideskirts.

All of a sudden the cleaner, simpler kits, like WALD, AUTOCOUTURE, BRABUS were judged as "too plain". I can personally remember gettting calls from guys that would say "nah man, I want them vents and all that like the Lorinser"

So this is what we get, everyone is making crazier kits now. Its commerce after all, and the companies have to supply customers with the parts they want.

That being said, I'd prefer this car with the stock AMG kit, wheels and lowering 1000x over this kit. There is simply TOO MUCH going on with this one.
Old 09-23-08 | 10:07 PM
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That is awful....what a nightmare to the eyes.

AMG please.
Old 09-23-08 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
i am not a fan of the new sl, the headlights don't look right

and the body kits...... thanks but no thanks

This is the R&D you talked about.

i.e they hire 14 year old high school freshman to design their body kits.
Old 09-24-08 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
This is the R&D you talked about.

i.e they hire 14 year old high school freshman to design their body kits.
if you like to take things so out of context, be my guest. but apparently you just don't get it.
Old 09-24-08 | 03:07 AM
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Not too shabby although the only time I can picture myself in it is drifting into a tree.
Old 09-24-08 | 04:13 AM
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2008? Little behind aren't they?
Old 09-24-08 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
This is the R&D you talked about.

i.e they hire 14 year old high school freshman to design their body kits.
Jack, keep this thread on topic and do not spill comments over from other discussions please. That Rominl doesn't care for this bodykit has absolutely no bearing on the originality of the design.
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