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Crazy Weird Bodykit From Japan - Grifone Body Kit

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Old 10-22-12, 04:03 PM
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That Grifone thing is FUGLY; sorry.
I don't like the front, the back, nor the sides; it resembles some wanna-be Aston Martin.
You don't even need body kits for the SC300; it's one car (if not the only car) thats so perfect in design, you really can't beautify it; any attempt degrades the look.
I agree we could use some LED's in our tails, but if you have '97 tails, just leave it be. The car's timeless; it never looks "old".


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Old 10-22-12, 04:39 PM
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i like it, but im a ricer.
Old 10-22-12, 05:46 PM
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reminds me of the old FTO (mitsubishi)
Old 10-22-12, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by supra9398
Yes, it is indeed a head-turner...
more like a face palmer...
Old 10-22-12, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Kohinoor
i like it, but im a ricer.
i halfway agree, i dont like it personally ,,,but it seems like u guys are being to hard on it ,,,,it totally transforms the car completely ,,,and yes it looks like an aston martin ,,is that really so bad?
Although its not my style at all, its quite clean and the transformation is cool, its like a new car, ill give it a for originality and cleanliness.
Old 10-22-12, 07:48 PM
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AKA ducks garden kit.... as search indicates

Perhaps the most funny is Gazi's response in 2005.


(I was gonna close this since it is a mega repost, but meh.........)
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Old 10-22-12, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CityKnight
just leave it be. The car's timeless; it never looks "old".
I agree. With the exception of LED head/taillights and possibly a small front lip, I wouldn't change a thing about the styling of the 1st-gen SC.
Old 10-22-12, 09:24 PM
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Those pictures of that goofy looking body kit were some of the first pictures I ever came across when I joined Club Lexus a few years ago. That kit is so funky looking.
Old 10-22-12, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by supra9398
I agree. With the exception of LED head/taillights and possibly a small front lip, I wouldn't change a thing about the styling of the 1st-gen SC.
The small front lip comes stock!

Honestly all these companies making bodykits should just come out and make a direct copy of the original front 92 lip... they would make a killing! My lexus dealership sells it for $900 canadian...

But no these bodykit companies have to go out there and make these completely rediculous ugly *** looking bodykits. More than half of them are ugly.

When I get out of school I'm going to make a mould of the 92 front lip and just sell it and laugh in the faces of all these kit makers who neglected the simplest piece they could have ever produced.

Sorry about being so bitter lol.
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Stock/OEM looks way better then probably 95% of the kits made for the SC
who comes up with this garbage?
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Originally Posted by Joey-E
Stock/OEM looks way better then probably 95% of the kits made for the SC
FACT.
Old 10-23-12, 08:28 PM
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it hurts my eyes! arrrrgggghhhh
Old 10-23-12, 08:36 PM
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I LOVE IT!! Stop hating :P
Old 10-23-12, 08:49 PM
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i think many of you fail to realize that this kit was designed 15 years ago.
Old 10-23-12, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Clean400
The small front lip comes stock!

Honestly all these companies making bodykits should just come out and make a direct copy of the original front 92 lip... they would make a killing! My lexus dealership sells it for $900 canadian...

But no these bodykit companies have to go out there and make these completely rediculous ugly *** looking bodykits. More than half of them are ugly.

When I get out of school I'm going to make a mould of the 92 front lip and just sell it and laugh in the faces of all these kit makers who neglected the simplest piece they could have ever produced.

Sorry about being so bitter lol.
I don't know a heck of alot about mold making.... but if you have ever taken the lip off your car you will see why probably no aftermarket company made replicas of it. It is extremely flimsy and thin and bends under its own weight. To take a mold out of something, the buck needs to be pretty solid and not as flexible as this lip is, otherwise the negative copy might come out deformed and have big fitment issues.


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