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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 12:52 AM
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CL prototype photo

ok maybe not....but what u guys think? the legend had a coupe, the RL could have a coupe as well

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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 01:09 AM
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Ehh...leave it as a sedan. There's no real market for a 2-door Acura luxo coupe yet (as nice as the Legend and CL were). Coupes are all about excess and Acura needs to earn some more brand recognition to build a truely competitive (and profitable) coupe.

But if they were to do a coupe version of the RL, it would need to be differentiated between the sedan. Think variation of headlights, more aggressive grille and air-dam, sharper hood lines, rake the profile more, and shorten the thing.

That's not to say the photoshop looks good--there's no way I could make something like that.
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Old Apr 14, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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DAMN THATS SWEET LOOKING THOUGH
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 07:47 AM
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Say, isn't the CL closer relative to the TL?
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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Yes the CL is practially a TL with a different body.
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 11:59 AM
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Whoever photoshopped out the door left the door gap on the bottom.

Does'nt look right as a two door imo. To big and bulky for a two door
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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what door gap on the bottem? near the rear wheel? umm i think that part is part of the side skirt
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 02:43 PM
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the gap between the door and the side skirt. You can also see where they erased the door line. It's better then I could do though I suck at photochop.
EDIT: they made the front door longer too. I didn't even notice that thought until I was looking at the 4-door. I wish I could photochop.



Then theres the original picture .

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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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are you talkin about this highlighted part?

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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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yeah I'd think if it was actually a two door it wouldn't have such a big gap. The skirt might come up earlier to cover it.
I could be wrong though.
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 03:05 PM
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That gap has to be there regardless of if it is 2 or 4 door. I think it looks weird because the car is shorter. If you added an additional 4-6 inches after the driver's door it would look more natural but I know that won't be an easy job.
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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the car is actually the same size as the RL its just missing 2 doors. i didn't mess with the length of the car. i can give it a shot tho

edit: well heres a quick hack at it.

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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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Oh I see what you did. I thought you just cut out the rear quarter window but you lengthened the front door.
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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There is something weird about the roofline when the RL is turned into a 2 door. I took about 2" off the roof all around, lowered it and kept the front door the stock lenght.

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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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well on my photoshops i lowered the roof line too. have u seen my chop of the RL? cause i did the CL off my chop of the RL.
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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ok the last cl was just a TL coupe

but this photoshop thing is SWEET
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:46 PM
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Ok here's my last attempt at it. It's a combination of d-rock's RL photoshop, enlarged bumper openings and side skirts, red brembos, lowered, and altered roofline. Of course in coupe form and carbon grey.

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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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that front is drop dead gorgeous!!

nice job man! (acura, take a look at this...)
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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damn that looks nice
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