Carbon Firber front lip
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Carbon Firber front lip
I was thinking about getting a custom Carbon Fiber lip made for my car. I was thinking of taking off the A-spec front lip and maybe getting something that looks like this:
or something like this one
or maybe this one
I think all three look really good but which one? I wanted some feedback and some comments on what people thought of this idea.
or something like this one
or maybe this one
I think all three look really good but which one? I wanted some feedback and some comments on what people thought of this idea.
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Originally Posted by Boartman
Don't ruin your car with this.It looks ricey.
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do you guys think it will look good on the stock front bumper?
The bumper on the Tl is very rounded and it might not look as good as those cars previeously posted. The reason I dont want to add anything on to the A-spec lip is because I think it will be too much. It will be a lip on top of a lip and I dont think that will look good
The bumper on the Tl is very rounded and it might not look as good as those cars previeously posted. The reason I dont want to add anything on to the A-spec lip is because I think it will be too much. It will be a lip on top of a lip and I dont think that will look good
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Originally Posted by shayan
do you guys think it will look good on the stock front bumper?
The bumper on the Tl is very rounded and it might not look as good as those cars previeously posted. The reason I dont want to add anything on to the A-spec lip is because I think it will be too much. It will be a lip on top of a lip and I dont think that will look good
The bumper on the Tl is very rounded and it might not look as good as those cars previeously posted. The reason I dont want to add anything on to the A-spec lip is because I think it will be too much. It will be a lip on top of a lip and I dont think that will look good
AGREED ^^^^^^
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CF lips are nice, on the right car. There's a huge diff between an M3 and a TL, but even that aside, just asthetically, the M3 bumper is much lower than the TL bumper, making the CF lip look good, the lip on the TL would be higher and may look awkward
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Originally Posted by shayan
The reason I dont want to add anything on to the A-spec lip is because I think it will be too much. It will be a lip on top of a lip and I dont think that will look good
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The best thing would be to have the A-spec lip done in CF. It would look great on the dark cars, on the white, maybe not as good, but it would stand out. As far as ricey, CF is never ricey, big mouth kits can be ricey, but not CF. CF is totally sexy.
Now if you where to couple that CF A-spec lip, with a CF hood and Lip wing!! Now you are getting a theme. The TL is a hot car, just wait till this cars really become used (5-7 years old) and there are more young folks with them. There will be more things produced for it and it will become a popular tuner car. Its not the fastest car out there, but it can be quick. Its comfortable, stylish and dead sexy!! So you will see more of the 3rd gen TL at car shows then you ever saw of the previous 2 generations. I have seen a M3 BMW that had the whole front end CF. It was how, and I don't like BMW's.
You are going to see more TL's that are fixed up as time goes on, if you don't care for it, so be it, but remeber that there are other people out there that do. So leave your TL stock and let these "young kids" do there thing. I want a CF hood and would love a CF trunk hood as well. My car is black so it would blend in more.
If interested in getting something like this started, you will need to contact MichaelBenz, and let him know you are interested in it. Here is a pic of what he did for the engine cover.
Now if you where to couple that CF A-spec lip, with a CF hood and Lip wing!! Now you are getting a theme. The TL is a hot car, just wait till this cars really become used (5-7 years old) and there are more young folks with them. There will be more things produced for it and it will become a popular tuner car. Its not the fastest car out there, but it can be quick. Its comfortable, stylish and dead sexy!! So you will see more of the 3rd gen TL at car shows then you ever saw of the previous 2 generations. I have seen a M3 BMW that had the whole front end CF. It was how, and I don't like BMW's.
You are going to see more TL's that are fixed up as time goes on, if you don't care for it, so be it, but remeber that there are other people out there that do. So leave your TL stock and let these "young kids" do there thing. I want a CF hood and would love a CF trunk hood as well. My car is black so it would blend in more.
If interested in getting something like this started, you will need to contact MichaelBenz, and let him know you are interested in it. Here is a pic of what he did for the engine cover.
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Originally Posted by Meek32v6
This looks awesome I will try to go to Car Boutique with this picture and see what they can do. If the price is reasonable and I wont have to leave my car there, than I will do it. It might be kind of difficult for me to go because I get off of work at 2pm and tomarrow is NightShift (a.k.a. Hot Import Nights) so I really wanted to go to that
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Originally Posted by lembowski
^^^^Oh my.............. thats hott
Originally Posted by chill_dog
^^^ I would think all they would need is your ASPEC lip.
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Originally Posted by lembowski
I would like the CF lip to go over the A-spec lips bottom where it flares out. Making it maybe an inch lower. Can anyone photoshop this on a SSM with A-spec?
Like this.......
Like this.......
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Originally Posted by lembowski
I would like the CF lip to go over the A-spec lips bottom where it flares out. Making it maybe an inch lower. Can anyone photoshop this on a SSM with A-spec?[/IMG]
EDIT: For some reason, I figured I'd better do this. https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=volks
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Originally Posted by Meek32v6
I don't see how that would work because of its flare. It seems like it would look too stacked...could you elaborate a little more?
Originally Posted by chill_dog
No need, that's what ACCURATEin's car looks like, although his car is WDP...look at the early pics of his car in his thread.
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Originally Posted by lembowski
On his it hangs below the A-spec lip. I would rather it go over the lip and not looked stacked, but blended in.....I think that would be possible[/IMG]
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Originally Posted by chill_dog
And hang an inch lower? So a lip that attaches to the ASPEC lip (by double sided tape, say) but then extends an inch below the bottom of the ASPEC lip?
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Originally Posted by TL CHROMETIDE
But this pic looks damn hott to me, maybe if the darker inlays were the same light carbon look too
#36
not my cup of tea...
This is taken from wikipedia...
..."Ricing" (a term usually not used by the modifier himself) a vehicle is meant to emulate the aesthetic work of independent automotive car tuning companies who modify more than just appearance, and to give an appearance of greater ability than the car actually has...
They might be popular in the racing world, but CF lips do jack squat for day to day driving. Unless you drive your car so fast that you need additional downforce to keep the car from airborne, CF lip is just another cosmetic tack-on item.
And in my book that's rice.
But don't let me or anyone stop you... it's your car.. do whatever you want with it!
..."Ricing" (a term usually not used by the modifier himself) a vehicle is meant to emulate the aesthetic work of independent automotive car tuning companies who modify more than just appearance, and to give an appearance of greater ability than the car actually has...
They might be popular in the racing world, but CF lips do jack squat for day to day driving. Unless you drive your car so fast that you need additional downforce to keep the car from airborne, CF lip is just another cosmetic tack-on item.
And in my book that's rice.
But don't let me or anyone stop you... it's your car.. do whatever you want with it!
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Originally Posted by kennyc
This is taken from wikipedia...
..."Ricing" (a term usually not used by the modifier himself) a vehicle is meant to emulate the aesthetic work of independent automotive car tuning companies who modify more than just appearance, and to give an appearance of greater ability than the car actually has...
They might be popular in the racing world, but CF lips do jack squat for day to day driving. Unless you drive your car so fast that you need additional downforce to keep the car from airborne, CF lip is just another cosmetic tack-on item.
And in my book that's rice.
But don't let me or anyone stop you... it's your car.. do whatever you want with it!
..."Ricing" (a term usually not used by the modifier himself) a vehicle is meant to emulate the aesthetic work of independent automotive car tuning companies who modify more than just appearance, and to give an appearance of greater ability than the car actually has...
They might be popular in the racing world, but CF lips do jack squat for day to day driving. Unless you drive your car so fast that you need additional downforce to keep the car from airborne, CF lip is just another cosmetic tack-on item.
And in my book that's rice.
But don't let me or anyone stop you... it's your car.. do whatever you want with it!
Its amazing, today reading through numerous threads I have heard 5 different definitions of rice.......but what it all comes down to is, if its your car and you like it who cares
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Originally Posted by lembowski
But no one said it was for anything other than aesthetic reasons.........
Its amazing, today reading through numerous threads I have heard 5 different definitions of rice.......but what it all comes down to is, if its your car and you like it who cares
Its amazing, today reading through numerous threads I have heard 5 different definitions of rice.......but what it all comes down to is, if its your car and you like it who cares
However, we care because he is soliciting comments and feedbacks!