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Old 01-20-11, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by STIG
My gf doesn't know the difference unless she read the badge. (she also liked ZDX until I slap the **** out of her). I am sure she's not the only one.
I lol'd! I have a pic of it, need to go find it.....

My wife had to sign a pre-nup she would retract her statements she thought the FX looked good
 
Old 01-22-11, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by GSteg
There is nothing 'fake' with having staggered wheel setup on a FWD as long as you're promoting it for looks. It's only wrong from a performance standpoint, but that's because of the physical effects of having more traction in the rear of a car that needs more traction in the front. If it's all done for looks, then it's almost free game. We can all agree that a staggered setup looks better than a reversed staggered setup on any car regardless of the drive wheel orientation, and I'm guessing that is one of the reasons why FWD owners put on staggered wheels.

That's not to say I will ever put it on a FWD vehicle, because I like to rotate my wheels.
I understand your point. But to me, wider wheels/tires goes with the drive wheels, if it is reversed, then it is fake to me. I guess it is more ok if it is just a different offset with a wider lip, but still, it is implying that is the drive wheels. I don't know why, I hate it when people does that. I like it when people put wider wheels/tires on the front of a FWD car, like the latest Audi RS3, the OEM tires is wider on the front because it's Quattro is FWD bias.
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Old 01-22-11, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
One thing I HATE about the phantom is the itty bitty little taillights for such a humongous car
Same here, and they did it again for the Ghost!

I am guessing the point is RR arrived in a grand way so the front end is huge, then they depart in a subtle way so the rear end and tail lights are tiny? That was my guess

I like huge taillights like on the Maybach, Hyundai Genesis sedan, latest 7-series
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Old 01-22-11, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
^^this cracked me up, total poser...........thanks for posting that!
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Old 01-23-11, 08:09 AM
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To me, rolls royces shouldn't be modified...at all, maybe tinted windows but thats it. The are just the kind of car that needs to be kept the same as the day out the factory
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Old 01-23-11, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by jesseps
i feel bad for that rr. The founders of rr must be rolling in their graves.
Originally Posted by dunnojack
just terrible.

^^^^^ this
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Old 01-23-11, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MashinA
u probably should have posted this in the VIP section seeing as how no one really appreciates here
yea VIP sucks
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Old 01-23-11, 09:51 PM
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RR buyers are beyond VIP, lol.
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
This is staggered or VIP on FWD....


OMFG is this gif hilarious!!
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I love it.
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Originally Posted by gray_es300
To me, rolls royces shouldn't be modified...at all, maybe tinted windows but thats it. The are just the kind of car that needs to be kept the same as the day out the factory
+1.....................

Originally Posted by DriftGirl
^^^^^ this

cosign!
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Old 01-25-11, 07:56 AM
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JP has sum good stuff and sum stuff that looks like it belongs at PepBoys or Autozone....They've clearly overstepped their boundaries hopping into the RR game.


I think I got the boot from another forum because I said I didnt like this JP car.
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