some changes will be made!

[emolineaux]

well some of you guys seen my 2010 genesis coupe. well it was starting to look a little on the "ricer" side and just wasnt doing it for me any more.

so i sold off the carbon fiber hood and the 18 inch tenzo wheels.

i upgraded the wheels to the factory 19 inch track/rspec edition wheels.

now im going to be picking up a factory hood if i can find someone local so that i can start a nice little custom project for the coupe. if i can pull it off i think ill be the only one with a genesis w/ cowl hood. not going anything major just something nice like the wide cowl hoods they make for the 4th gens
below you can see a quick sketch i drew up.




back to a factory look








cowl hood sketch followed by a pic of the style hood im trying to go for on my coupe







and my reasoning behind even considering beside the ricer look is i also found this pic of my car basically stock when i had it down in florida last summer and i just loved the sliver wheel look over the black. the black made the wheels look tiny compaired to the stock 19s.
anway this is my coupe a year ago but with the stock 18s





and before i get the comments about why i spend money on wheels and all to just change them i got them at a great deal since my car got t boned by a c6 vette and had to get rebuilt. thats what 13k worth of damage looked like lol but i do have to say the car drives even better now than when i drove it off the lot. go figure!
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[Blacdout96]

I think the term "Rice" is used a little too much. It can vary between what cheap products you put on it i.e. a $200 ebay body kit, or an Autozone 5" exhaust tip, but I think a tastefully modded import is not that hard, in which your case the hood and rims went well with your intentions. I'm not feeling a cowl hood on an import, infact I don't like any cars with a cowl hood that uses fuel injection, even Mustang's or Camaro's. At the very most I would of had the hood painted to match the car instead of leaving it bare, but other then that, you're setup was going well.

[WayFast84]

I love that car! Would you buy the v6 if you could do it again?

[maroman88]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

I think the term "Rice" is used a little too much. It can vary between what cheap products you put on it i.e. a $200 ebay body kit, or an Autozone 5" exhaust tip, but I think a tastefully modded import is not that hard, in which your case the hood and rims went well with your intentions. I'm not feeling a cowl hood on an import, infact I don't like any cars with a cowl hood that uses fuel injection, even Mustang's or Camaro's. At the very most I would of had the hood painted to match the car instead of leaving it bare, but other then that, you're setup was going well.

hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie

[emolineaux]

Originally Posted by WayFast84

I love that car! Would you buy the v6 if you could do it again?

im not sure. if i got a v6 it would be the track edition. other than that i love boost! even though its not putting out too much power off the lot just a couple minor tweeks and the turbo 4 makes decent power without major upgrades.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by maroman88

hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie

This ^^^

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by maroman88

hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie

Mandatory on a car is one thing, but astetic wise is another. I just don't like the look of them if the car is newer, taht and I don't like 99% of the worlds corvettes, so still I think it would look terrible

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

Mandatory on a car is one thing, but astetic wise is another. I just don't like the look of them if the car is newer, taht and I don't like 99% of the worlds corvettes, so still I think it would look terrible

Superfluous hood is superfluous.

I'm with you on that. If it's necessary that's one thing. If it's a cowl hood for "styling" that's another. I've seen too many bad ones.

[91chevywt]

The genesis is a beautiful car stock, cosmetically it doesn't need much. I think you did the right thing. I'd rather have a fast car that looks stock, than a stock car that looks fast.

[WayFast84]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

Mandatory on a car is one thing, but astetic wise is another. I just don't like the look of them if the car is newer, taht and I don't like 99% of the worlds corvettes, so still I think it would look terrible

aren't you the one who was making molds for some ridiculous custom hoods?

[Mike]

Originally Posted by WayFast84

aren't you the one who was making molds for some ridiculous custom hoods?

yeah... but not cowl hoods... if i remember correctly he was trying to make something with heat extractors in it....so you fail at flaming

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

yeah... but not cowl hoods... if i remember correctly he was trying to make something with heat extractors in it....so you fail at flaming

yes that's correct mike, and one of these days I'll blow the dust off of it and finish it up.

[ar0ck]

I like the car back to factory, but if you still want to change the look up why not powdercoat the wheels a gunmetal color