Sorry guys, I'm still not sure my pics aren't going up. They're in my gallery for now though.

 

not seeing any pictures

 

yeah, i don't know why. I'm having issues.

Let's try this again...




Alright, and since that worked, here are the after shots. I'll get better ones soon.

 

Looks good. Is it just me or... In the first pic, was a high rise being painted n then there is a low rise on the car?
And i must have missed it. What happpend to the car?

 

I see the low rise also.

 

Hmm, your stripes look a bit off on the front, near the end of the hood. And what it hat on the front? Is that that XTC front intake thing......?

x2 to the high to low rise

 

You're right. They're still working on that. I bought what was supposed to be a FACTORY high rise and it was FACTORY STYLE (sorry for the caps, just trying to bring attention to the difference) from an aftermarket company and the thing doesn't sit on the trunk quite right. Instead of the arms of the wing setting flush like this: _ _
It set like this: / \ with about a 1/4 of an inch gap on the insides.

 

your car looks weird.

 

okay?

 

They look like the ends are just straight across and not slanted to go with the hood. Still look good though

 

No, they're straight, I double checked. Yeah it's the XTC. It's okay, but I'm going to go with something else. It works well, but no where near the fit and finish of a Fugita or Ingen.

Yeah, I made them myself, I may redo that part, I dunno. The rounded ones almost look wierd to me anymore.

 

Yeah maybe thats it. It looks odd to me. But to each their own.


I'd say redo the strips. And get rid of the XTC thing. It just doesn't look right and seems impractical in every way. But if you like it, keep it. Its your ride man.

 

Well, I see what you're saying with all of this and I agree with all of it. Here's the thing. I got the XTC CAI as a gift and it has pros and cons. Pros: It breathes better than any other intake you'll find and really makes the SC sound great without getting lean codes, plus it doesn't block the air to the intercooler like everyone would think bc it sits about 4 inchs in front of it and air doesn't travel in a linear path. Cons: It's cheap really. The box is about all you get, they didn't send mounting brackets and the piping was flexible plastic tubing that got torn one night when I hit a cat. We replaced that with aluminum bent from a muffler shop and painted it. So yeah, I want a different one and as far as the stripes, when you make something custom to match bodylines, like the curve of a hood, you usually need a proportioned picture on the software you're using to get to work right. I haven't had a chance to do that before, but now that the old hood is sitting at the bodyshop, I'm thinking about taking a pic while it's against the wall and using that. But yeah, that's came up before.

 

THey didn't blend the paint very good, you can clearly see your rear bumper is a different shade than the fender.

 

okay, you do know the rear bumper doesn't connect to the fender right. rear quarter panel maybe?

 

Uhm, if you must feel that it's a quarter panel instead of a rear fender whatever.... same thing different name....

But yes smarty I know they don't connect... and I can still see they did a bad job, you are supposed to fade the paint in, so you can't see where the new paint and old paint started and stopped....

I can CLEARLY see where it was!

 

The reason I asked is because the painter spotted that too. It was from a previous painter. He said he'd fix it for free if I bought the paint. I'll be doing that soon.