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Old 07-07-08, 11:33 AM
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Hello there.
I been thinking and looking at ways to make my car have That WOW factor but i cant put my finger on it. Something is missing. I dont know it is. color match Wheels/diffrent style, darker/remove tint, remove/swap spoiler? Thanks for your feedback...


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Old 07-07-08, 11:41 AM
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Your car looks pretty hard man. I would say either newer, more aggressive/larger fitting wheels, air, and new trunk spoiler.

But I think your car looks great as is.
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Your car looks great as is, but I think a nice set of wheels with the right offsets will give the car that WOW factor. Something staggered with a huge lip out back and maybe a BBK.
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Originally Posted by PushinLEX
Your car looks pretty hard man. I would say either newer, more aggressive/larger fitting wheels, air, and new trunk spoiler.

But I think your car looks great as is.
Originally Posted by Lexiss_sc430
Your car looks great as is, but I think a nice set of wheels with the right offsets will give the car that WOW factor. Something staggered with a huge lip out back and maybe a BBK.

Yeah i been thinking of new wheels but i dont know if i should go with a 5 star staggered look or mesh style. Rear wheels are 285/30/20 front are 255/35/20 with brembos calipers out front. i was thinking of painting the calipers red?
Old 07-07-08, 12:07 PM
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i know what you mean man... i do like your car but it seems like it is missing something... its just a little dull but shouldn't be cuz of all the nice xtras it has... i would def. have to put a 3 piece attached type spoiler, like one of those small stick on types... and i now have just the thing after looking at your cars pics for about 5 mins...

in a few vip mags that i had from japan last year the newest thing at that time was to put the brabus or newer amg style twin fog lights molded into the front kit... i can't find one with the double small round fogs on both sides but here are a few with just the slight amg styling...




something like that, you know!!!
Old 07-07-08, 12:26 PM
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Like people have already said, a nice set of rims with a good size lip will definitely help you achieve that WOW factor even though your car is pretty close! BTW, what kind of roof spoiler is that? It looks really nice
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Car looks nice man
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3 additinal pictures i took today


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Car looks pretty amazing to me. But if I had to nitpick... I'd say the spoiler is the weakest link. A nice 3-pc would set it off imho.
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Those headlight and tail light overlays look incredibly cheesy.

I think if you lower your car a bit more you'll get some more WOW out of it. A proper stance is something that is often overlooked.
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Chrome feet! Like the Blinker mirrors btw
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Originally Posted by chrispy
Those headlight and tail light overlays look incredibly cheesy.

I think if you lower your car a bit more you'll get some more WOW out of it. A proper stance is something that is often overlooked.
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Car looks pretty amazing to me. But if I had to nitpick... I'd say the spoiler is the weakest link. A nice 3-pc would set it off imho.
Well, i can remove the tail lids and try to lower the car about 1". I want to some clean chrome mesh style wheels. i put 19" and i didnt like it. I might be looking to trade/sell the wheels and get something diffrent. Thanks again, i really want to get as much feedback as possible. I was thinking of doing the roof black?
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change the wheels, go air, and get rid of the lights' overlays.
there's a lot of blue there
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needs new shoes. Deep lips are going to set it off. Take of the rear eyelids and get the led tails
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car looks great! LOVE that color! maybe some deeper dish rims and a different wing is all! otherwise its awesome


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