starion facelift.. to rice or not to rice

Technical questions and ideas regarding how your Starion looks inside and out, bodykits to stereos.

starion front bar.. beauty or beast? or just plain hideous??

it's hideous!! arghh my eyes! but i would get a body kit if a decent one was made for the starion
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nice.. i would add this to my wish list if reasonably priced
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the starion isn't a rice car and shouldn't be messed with like this.. shame on you..
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2JA's wrote:decoy's silver one screams 350z, the other hmmm aquired taste i think, the blue one has potential though it doesn't make me puke rofl
The 'other' has an Aston Martin-ish look about it - could be made to look very nice.
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thrash wrote:this one is to address nachoman's comments about the original "design" looking like a snowplough :wtf:

i think my drawing skills with paint are getting better :D

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Much better mate! Nice to know my opinions have such an impact! :wtf:
Angles are good, so if you can make it with the same theme as the original car in mind, then do it! The last one looks quite good, but if you're going to put a front bar on, make sure it doesn't look too nose heavy...As in, make it look not too much lower than the sides...
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Post by enthuzed »

You will have changed the lines from the side substantially - the front bar is going to sit up higher as you've deleted the front grille from under the headlights. So it may not be such a good look from the side...
Otherwise it looks great.

What would it look like with the grille in there?
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Post by decoy »

Yup, 180 there on the silver one :)

Header panel is the bit between the headlights, i just thought there's a lot of new angles in there, pretty close to the bonnet scoop as well might be too much going on. But that's just me :)
thrash wrote:Say, what part are you refering to when you say "header panel"?

and come on, we all love the bonnet scoopp.. i was actually thinkin of lowering it so the top of the scoop sits aligned with the top of the headlights (when down of course), and having the middle section lowered, so there would be smooth low areas between the angular headlamps and the bonnet scoop

i'll post up another picture after i've drawn it.. wait till i'm bored and high again.
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i used picture editor and made these up a while ago...
would love to see somthing like this for a starion
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Post by compressor »

i say do it make a bar that looks hot and does fit
the fibremaster ones are shit ripply warped crap i just bought the skirts and bar and they are crap not worth the money they charge the pricks :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x

whats up with the starion you can get a 180sx kit for $1000 a good one front and rear bars side skirts that bolts on ready for paint as soon as you get it???
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Post by WidebodyWoody »

now that looks nice
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Taras wrote:i used picture editor and made these up a while ago...
would love to see somthing like this for a starion
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that looks mad! i don't usually like side skirts or rear bars but they look awesome i reckon. the front on pic may be a bit to crazy for me but yeah, nice work
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Post by benny »

ok my skills suck but rice it up i say !!!!
oh and popup lights with the twin halogens is teh sex.. once i get it done :P

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Post by matt g »

since everyone else is doing it

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made it a year ago, basicly an evo 6 front bar and the rear wing turned out like a evo 3
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Post by thrash »

sorry to rain on your parade matt g, but with that wing on you won't be able to open the rear hatch :shock:

i'm making a 3d model of a starion in my off time (not much of it unfortunately, so may be a while), so when it's done, i'll post up 3d pics.

if you guys like the look of the 'advanced spoilers' front bar, i don't see why a lightly updated look would hurt.

I don't like the whole flamboyant ricer thing with bits sticking out here and there, giant ass wings on civics that make the back of the car dip 3 inches lower than the front, ferrari badges on corollas (yes! I have seen more than one of these!), pulsars with cannons that you can hear a mile off, but won't see for another 10 minutes because they don't have the power to warrant the noise.. etc

but i think a tastefully updated look is a good thing.
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