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Jambo
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17th Feb 08 at 11:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hello


Recently made a few changes to the GSi, got it how i wanted it now, got rid of the Pro race 1.2's, loved the colour but didnt think the small spokes were suited to such a chunky car. SO got some snowflakes

Also got rid of the std rear lights as they didnt bring out the red well enough. I also added a new silver rear griffin and a vectra gsi badge to make it look a bit more modern. Thanks to Byron for the inspiration


Anyway heres the before pix:







And here are the new shots, what do you think? 100% improvement IMO.






















And the cheesey one........Happy Jambo with his car






Comments welcome
Matt H
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Marc
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Carl
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Loads better, a lot refresher I think. Would still maybe think of going just a few shades darker on the wheels, a silvery dark grey, which would contrast the paint work a bit more, but both colours look loads better than them black pro races.
All Torque
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17th Feb 08 at 12:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Older wheels looked better, black on red is ace.

Looks hella clean though
Jambo
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17th Feb 08 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks


The other reason i wanted snowflakes as my car is so rare, i wanted to keep it original
Bram
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17th Feb 08 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks loads better mate
Mark.W
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17th Feb 08 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks way better now mate and good choice of the new snowflake wheels
ed
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17th Feb 08 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yey! Looks wicked

Can you not get a lower grille to match your upper (or vice versa)?
Mike GSi
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really like the lights
wheels look ace.
but IMO the foglight surround could do with some back to black sorry
Adam_B
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looks good, can you do anything with the middle of the dash where the radio and heater controls and stuff are? It looks a bit, well, shit
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17th Feb 08 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks superb

still got the black griffin? ive been meaning to get my self one lol
Matt H
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OPC grille would match the lower grille

I want some lights like that for the coupe. Uber rare though
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i like that alot
looks alot fresher than before
CorsAsh
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The wheels look a bit bland for such an interesting car IMO, have you thought about getting the faces diamond cut and relacquered? Would just bring out the design a bit more, make it look fresher?
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i love these cars, very nice.Wheels would look nice in black or a dark anthracite colour
Carl
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done a quick shop,


diamond cut could be a good idea, was at a lads house yesterday with a red escort rs with them shitty bland rs alloys but they were doamond cut and looked well against the red.
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looks a lot better with the snow flakes and the rear lights look alot better now

the photoshop looks good as think they need to go that colour

April 08 feature car
Jambo
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Ed, ive wanted a honeycombe grille but i cant find one!

Mike the car was drity, cleaned 2days before the shoot, i tried to back to black the middle lower grille but got bored Cheeky git


I dont want to change the colour of the wheels as i think that /\ looks too boy racer for me, i like the original look
Was interested in diamond cutting, but all the photos ive seen of snowflakes look shite IMO.


Adam, you mean the grey bit?? Thought about getting it colour coded red, thought it might be a bit better, it looks alot nicer in the flesh
Adam_B
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yeah that bit. what about gloss black? looks good in my mums Corsa D
Jambo
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it doesnt look as bad as that in the flesh, its darker.. hardly exciting tho!

Trying to find a pic of a red centre console...

not the best pic but u get the idea... think its too much personally!



[Edited on 17-02-2008 by Jambo]
wilson_sri
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Cracking mate! I think a set of VXR replicas would go down a treat on that!
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generally speaking im not a fan of colour coded interior parts but that is really bad!
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That's the sort of idea I'm on about with the cutting Jammers, not polished up to mirror finish or anything daft. Just makes it look OEM+
Jambo
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thats not diamond cut

They are just painted a special silver colour IIRC (one from vxr detail thread?)

If so id be after something similar, as they need a refrb

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