FINISHED SC430 WIDEBODY PROJECT, thank you to everyone and i hope you like it...
02-23-10, 10:57 PM
#17
Awesome work! I like all the small custom touches like the headlights and graphics. Two things that stick out to me are the amber signals on the tail lights and the wheels. Redding out the rear signals will change the look a lot. The wheels look good, but they are sunken in now that the car is widebody. A small spacer all around would make the car look much more aggressive. 
Looks hot... hope you have a huge shelf for all the awards you got coming 
02-24-10, 06:02 AM
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DEVO: thank you. that means so much to me and the guys here. i think the SC really needed a change. thank again for the kind words
LIQUID: i think i might use the auto at first to get it on the road, and then switch to the supra manual later. to be honest i want it to get some exposure this summer and not be in the shop. but next winter i have 4 months to do nothing here in cleveland, so lets shoot for that then. (as a side note, had to drive it today to get it to the shop. it snowed all morning. the car behind me got hit by the car that bearly missed me. i almost cried)
SELECT: thank you again. those colors together i was going to do no matter how much the body shop fought me. i wanted to throw back to the muscle cars with the flames, but keep it geometric with the style of the car. plus its black and pink with stars, and my license plate says "4EVR XXX". im tryingto get VIVID VIDEO to sponsor the car. wish me luck! but i thought it would be nice to pay respect to the flat paint and flames. glad you liked the final product. i wish you would have seen them say how bad it was going to stick out. they understood when it was all done.
and to the person saying the wheels need spacers.....
they CANT stick out farther. they are 20x10 in the front, 20x12 in the rear and we actually had to cut the inner rear fender to tuck it inside because it was hitting/resting on top of the wheel. we had to wing the offset with DPE and they did a great job, but we could have squeezed another inch on the inners, but you would have never seen it. look at it from the back. see how wide they are? its tough to fit anything else. but i appreciate the feedback.
LIQUID: i think i might use the auto at first to get it on the road, and then switch to the supra manual later. to be honest i want it to get some exposure this summer and not be in the shop. but next winter i have 4 months to do nothing here in cleveland, so lets shoot for that then. (as a side note, had to drive it today to get it to the shop. it snowed all morning. the car behind me got hit by the car that bearly missed me. i almost cried)
SELECT: thank you again. those colors together i was going to do no matter how much the body shop fought me. i wanted to throw back to the muscle cars with the flames, but keep it geometric with the style of the car. plus its black and pink with stars, and my license plate says "4EVR XXX". im tryingto get VIVID VIDEO to sponsor the car. wish me luck! but i thought it would be nice to pay respect to the flat paint and flames. glad you liked the final product. i wish you would have seen them say how bad it was going to stick out. they understood when it was all done.
and to the person saying the wheels need spacers.....
they CANT stick out farther. they are 20x10 in the front, 20x12 in the rear and we actually had to cut the inner rear fender to tuck it inside because it was hitting/resting on top of the wheel. we had to wing the offset with DPE and they did a great job, but we could have squeezed another inch on the inners, but you would have never seen it. look at it from the back. see how wide they are? its tough to fit anything else. but i appreciate the feedback.
02-24-10, 08:42 AM
#28
Very nice work so far..I actually emailed Leigh at BRS Autodesign in the past in regards to his widebody kit for the sc430. The design was just a tad too much for me to have to drive everyday..They had produced one a few years back..I like the matte finished look..really nice..Is the top still operational? How about a pic with the top down?
02-24-10, 10:44 AM
#30
Lexus Test Driver
Holy Cow....What the.....I didn't expect the results to be this extreme.
but then again, your project was detailed and every measurement was cut precisely to put everything together like that.
that's one mean beast.
bring that thang to Hollywood and cruise down Rodeo Drive.
martini3
but then again, your project was detailed and every measurement was cut precisely to put everything together like that.
that's one mean beast.
bring that thang to Hollywood and cruise down Rodeo Drive.
martini3