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Here you go, I took a few minutes to do a quick Photo-chop. This is the new Lexus IS factory bumper grafted onto a Ducks Garden Grif-One front bumper. (I personally like how the lowbeam areas are partially covered on the Grif-One bumper and wrap around towards the side skirt w/this kit- and it's satisfying to demolish the ****ty Aston Martin front grill in the process!! Ha) Then I added some nice Volk TE-37's w/lippage
Also, keep in mind there's no telling how big the IS grille really is in comparison to the SC without physically trying to fit the parts.
A Photochop-job can be very misleading, I highly doubt it would turn out anywhere close to the above chop... But who knows- Just humoring the thread topic to see how it looked.
That SC430 looks good, but no... it will look really weird on the 300/400's in my opinion... Most conversions just look terrible in my opinion, I've only seen a few cars that really look good and look like OEM parts, but they are few and far between.
The OEM bumper already has that design, it just isn't "cut-out" the way it is in the new models.
Not feeling the photoshop above however. If you follow the OEM design (which I've outlined here, in black) I think you could probably make sumtin' happen, nicely.
It could look good. But the bottom would need different lines. Not so curvy/cut since it doesnt match our lines. Has potential in my mind for sure. No doubt.
Yeah my very quick photochop is not perfect by any means, I just wanted to see what sort of "potential" it had as an idea. Also, it's better than what's been tried thus far (ie: Nothing); Anyone care to one-up my 5 minute try?
Yeah definitely MDSC, some of the squarish angles of this OE bumper I basically cut and pasted would need to be modded to fit the SC shape. My Photochops were just made to show what the grille might look like- Someone else can design an actual kit or spend more time warping and shading it. Feel free to mod any of these quick chops that I do w/different bodywork or paint, wheels, etc.
Here's another quick one I just stitched together:
I've come to the conclusion that the SC is just the height of perfection in auto design lol ...
No matter what ya do to it, you just "can't" improve it's looks; it's just "that" beautiful!
Here's a lil' sumtin' ...
Although, I'd like to see the same thing, but including the high beams, with the cut-out/grill starting where the original lines are (as in my above example).
Oh, and incase you guys are wondering (since I don't have photoshop) I use this website called "Photo Editor Online"; it's basically Photoshop. I still don't know what Im doing though; I just take the tools that are simplest, and make the best of them. Here, I used the dodge tool, to brighten-up the bumper "behind" the grill, so it appears to shine thru a little bit ...
i think you guys are using the wrong grill for the occasion. i think the LS460 grill would fit better since there is a gap between both grill mesh portions like on the OP's SC430 and I THINK for it to work you would somehow have to bow the lines of the grill to match the SC's round-ish headlights.
Here you go, I took a few minutes to do a quick Photo-chop. This is the new Lexus IS factory bumper grafted onto a Ducks Garden Grif-One front bumper. (With and without High-beams.) (I personally like how the headlight areas are partially covered and wrap around towards the side skirt w/this kit- and it's satisfying to demolish the ****ty Aston Martin front in the process. heh)
Also, keep in mind there's no telling how big the IS grille really is in comparison to the SC without physically trying to fit the parts.
A Photochop-job can be very misleading, I highly doubt it would turn out anywhere close to the above chop... But who knows- Just humoring the thread topic to see how it looked.
This actually looks really good, however I would think that there woud need to be an updated rear bumper as well, otherwise it would just look like a silly ricer IMO...
02-08-13, 12:49 AM
