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06-12-2011, 11:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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some changes will be made!
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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06-13-2011, 01:44 PM
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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.
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06-13-2011, 08:00 PM
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I love that car! Would you buy the v6 if you could do it again?
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06-14-2011, 01:25 AM
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Quote:
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.
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hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie
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06-15-2011, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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I love that car! Would you buy the v6 if you could do it again?
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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.
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06-15-2011, 06:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maroman88
hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie
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This ^^^
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06-16-2011, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maroman88
hmmm cowl hood is mandatory on a c5 with a maggie
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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
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Uh yeah, after they surprized buttsecks us at Pearl Harbor?
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06-16-2011, 09:29 AM
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Quote:
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
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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.
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06-16-2011, 09:45 AM
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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.
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06-19-2011, 05:55 PM
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Quote:
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
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aren't you the one who was making molds for some ridiculous custom hoods?
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06-19-2011, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by WayFast84
aren't you the one who was making molds for some ridiculous custom hoods?
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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
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06-19-2011, 08:08 PM
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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
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yes that's correct mike, and one of these days I'll blow the dust off of it and finish it up.
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Uh yeah, after they surprized buttsecks us at Pearl Harbor?
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06-20-2011, 01:20 AM
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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
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