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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Vlad_Stein
I don't know...
Seems kind of incongruent for my taste. The fender flares scream "touring car", but the wheels are more rap video than sport. So, the paint and the wheels are luxury, but the flares imply sport. Otherwise, very nice car!
My thoughts exactly....
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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Interesting.

Just not my cup of tea...
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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I usually LOVE sport sedans...dunno why but this one doesnt do it for me . If it were black with better wheels, then maybe
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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I agree with most of what everyone says I think with some different wheels perferably 19's on this one, with an agressive offset and lowered like 3 more inches and it would be fly, oh and repaint it black and it would be superclean
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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looks like it came off need for speed
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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The flares are garbage, I like the rest though. The flares somehow manage to make those oversized 20s look small
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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I would love to see this car in Transformers 2.

It looks like a bad *** robot car.

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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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Don't like the kit on the car, looks weird
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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Maybe with a different set of wheels the wide body would look better.
The wheels definitely have to go, but I think the wide body wouldn't look bad if it had a better wheel setup.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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CTS-V is badass vehicle IMO and this one is nice but I am not feeling the color or wheels...
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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Tolerable with different wheels.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 06:00 AM
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The planar idiom that is the current expression of Cadillac clashes horribly with the smooth organic shape of the flares. The candy-apple color only accentuates this conflict of line - a monochrome white or black, would at least hide some of it. Maybe a widebody kit with sharp creases would be a better fit - something that blended the front flares into the front clip, then squared off just ahead of the doors? Same idea at the back - might not be too pretty, but at least it would speak from a single design idiom.

I question some of the other mods as well - The CF hood was probably required to clear the blower and plumbing, but couldn't they make one to fit? That thing looks like a high-school shop project.

Wheels with color-matched rims look like they came from Pep Boys. All this thing needs is a pair of fuzzy dice. Ah well, somebody's proud of it . . . and it's their money . . .
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 07:07 AM
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It looks like add-on's so it detracts from a clean design.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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It's just... too much.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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I love it when companies call their molded fender flares "widebody kits". A true widebody kit consists of widened quarter panels and front fenders, much more larger than stock.

Now this is widebody...

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