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Just wow. Honda lexus? -____-

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Old 08-11-10, 11:26 PM
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Creative, yet horrid. Never thought I'd use those two words in the same sentence to describe something.
Old 08-11-10, 11:33 PM
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Civic's cost about THB 1M or so here. . . so divide by 32 for the price in $$. But cars generally come fully loaded with all options, like parking sensors, leather, tint, etc.

Modding here is relatively cheap. If you look around for a deal, you can get a full lip/skirt kit, with labor, fitting, mounting, and paint for about $USD300. Keep in mind that there are tons of unauthorized knock off parts in supply and labor is practically (and sometimes) free.

Put it this way. . . I pay the same price for my motor oil as I did in the USA, but labor for an oil change is always free. Same thing with the gas pumps. . . there is no such thing as self-serve (which kinda annoys me because they always top off). Any restaurant you go to (even fast food), you never have to bus your tray. It's hard to find trash cans for that reason, since there's always three people waiting to sweep the floor.
Old 08-12-10, 12:43 AM
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clean body work at least not my cup of tea tho
Old 08-12-10, 02:00 AM
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I think it's nicely done, at least from what i can see.

At least they do it properly. Have you seen those USDM civics with M3 conversion?
Old 08-12-10, 04:52 AM
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Looks sick to me. Proportions are on the small size with a Civic though.
Old 08-12-10, 05:28 AM
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Proportions look wrong from the side view. The cut back and the elongated front just looks weird. Appreciate the effort however.
Old 08-12-10, 05:51 AM
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Wow....that was on VSC months ago.....

Nice overall look and execution...mad body work. But yes, the platform is a little small in scale to the Crown Athlete front.
Old 08-12-10, 08:22 AM
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Wow that's freakin amazing! Body work is definitely on point. I like it
Old 08-12-10, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MrMark
Wow....that was on VSC months ago.....

Nice overall look and execution...mad body work. But yes, the platform is a little small in scale to the Crown Athlete front.
Agreed. Excellent execution, but the amount spent on that car I definitely would have gone for a better platform.
Old 08-12-10, 10:54 AM
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Wow... nice clean conversion. i like the crown front end
Old 08-12-10, 11:09 AM
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Looks nice initially. The rolled built fender rears opposed to the wheel well on the Crown front doesn't match-up. Different lines and mating to the Honda body...it's oky. Impressive amount of work to fit three different body styles.
Old 08-12-10, 03:47 PM
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I like a civic , I like an IS and I like the crown but not together . Its like eating pot roast and gravy ice cream .
I will say each part specifically is well done but in its entirety the car is just weird . Never a really big fan of Frankenstein cars no matter what they started out as originally as a base platform .
Its funny how most VIP threads a pics of things and everyone's opinions where everyone believes they are right when none of us (my self included) are since it is an interpretation like art .
Except for one part "VIP means no knockoffs or replicas" !
Old 08-12-10, 07:41 PM
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That's just plain siick!! Looks like he bought it like that.
Old 08-12-10, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
...And an education would mean more than one inch of ground clearance under the air-dams.

an education would also mean realizing that this car might be on air, before jumping to conclusions. : )
Old 08-12-10, 09:10 PM
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With all the negative comments aside--he has a very original car and it looks like it was done properly.

I couldnt tell it was a civic until someone pointed it out.

Now of course I can see it clearly.

Very interesting.


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