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"Official" Wald body kit at the Tokyo Auto Salon

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Old 01-15-09, 11:09 AM
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Arrow "Official" Wald body kit at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Jalopnik has some pic of an IS-F dressed up with the Wald kit at the Tokyo Auto Salon:














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Old 01-15-09, 11:13 AM
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Awesome find

heres a link to another thread with different pics of the TAS
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-tas-09-a.html

PS: the rear license plate on that GT-R is about to fall off haha
Old 01-15-09, 12:31 PM
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I like the back of the car better than the front. I think if they made a new front cover as opposed to an add on it would look better. I wonder if the front bumper crease would be less obvious if it was black.
Old 01-15-09, 12:58 PM
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I agree, the back of the car looks great! the front bumper has way to much going on. It detracts from the rest of the car.
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i want a WALD ISF
Old 01-15-09, 01:38 PM
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Dont kill me for this comment "but i hate everything except the rear diffuser"
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the thing that kills me is that the front shots are TOO close and makes the front of the car look 100 ft long.... i bet if they were good shots from a good distance away it would look 100x better
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i would look good in black to match the CF
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Originally Posted by MRxSLAYx
Dont kill me for this comment "but i hate everything except the rear diffuser"

I tend to agree.
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Originally Posted by is2seattle
i would look good in black to match the CF
Is it just me or Black do not match CF at all, the colors are too close to perfectly match and too close to contrast, most of the time, from a distance it just look like a mismatch paint job IMHO... White, Silver, Red theses are CF friendly color.

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Originally Posted by timeToy
Is it just me or Black do not match CF at all, the colors are too close perfectly match and too close to contrast, from a distance it just look like a mismatch paint job most of the time IMHO... White, Silver, Red theses are CF friendly color.
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I'm very conflicted about the Wald front kit. To me, it only looks good from certain angles. If it was molded onto the bumper perhaps it would be an improvement. Or, even better might be if Wald decided to do an entire front bumper replacement.
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Originally Posted by timeToy
Is it just me or Black do not match CF at all, the colors are too close to perfectly match and too close to contrast, most of the time, from a distance it just look like a mismatch paint job IMHO... White, Silver, Red theses are CF friendly color.
Actually, that's one of the reasons that I like the CF on a black car! Usually, it's just enough of a contrast to be noticeable, but not completely "in your face" (no offense, Rob ).

Anyway, here's my car with the CF hood:



Ok, no more thread-jacking.
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Do not want!!!
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=PP

Am I the only one that actually like this car? haha


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