Before and after- Thoughts
Racer
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Des Moines Wa.
Times have sure changed. When I was younger it was all about performance upgrades. And could care less about making the car look fast, sinister, aggressive or anything else. And the few people that went for looks over performance were considered lowly posers.
Look at the COPO cars high performance with a very stock look down to the hubcaps.
Now days it seems like many chose to spend their $$$ on making their cars fast even at the cost of performance. A good example is the body kits. Adding weight to the car without doing performance upgrades to make up for the extra weight. They have traded performance for looks.
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Times have sure changed. When I was younger it was all about performance upgrades. And could care less about making the car look fast, sinister, aggressive or anything else. And the few people that went for looks over performance were considered lowly posers.
Look at the COPO cars high performance with a very stock look down to the hubcaps.
Now days it seems like many chose to spend their $$$ on making their cars fast even at the cost of performance. A good example is the body kits. Adding weight to the car without doing performance upgrades to make up for the extra weight. They have traded performance for looks.
Have a nice day.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,172
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From: Quartz Hill CA
Times have sure changed. When I was younger it was all about performance upgrades. And could care less about making the car look fast, sinister, aggressive or anything else. And the few people that went for looks over performance were considered lowly posers.
Look at the COPO cars high performance with a very stock look down to the hubcaps.
Now days it seems like many chose to spend their $$$ on making their cars fast even at the cost of performance. A good example is the body kits. Adding weight to the car without doing performance upgrades to make up for the extra weight. They have traded performance for looks.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,172
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From: Quartz Hill CA
Then you got the one like me that do both. I've also added - cam, headers, intake, ported and polish heads and blower, pulley, chiller, and a some other stuff. Dropping about 850-900 to the crank and 750 to the wheels. Believe it or not got more money under the hood than outside
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Ohio
Well I think one of the main problems with the comparison is that the quality of pictures in the before are much better than the after photos. The lighting was perfect in the first few photos and was terrible afterwards. Can't see the wheels that well at all. With that being said, I'm also not a rookie and know what the products you used looked like. I think the look you were trying to pull off was achieved. I think you did an excellent job and that rear diffuser is pretty BA. I like the color, mount and size of the wheels but objectively would have chosen a different spoke pattern.
All opinions aside I'd take that car in a heartbeat. Beautiful machine, my friend.
All opinions aside I'd take that car in a heartbeat. Beautiful machine, my friend.
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Well I think one of the main problems with the comparison is that the quality of pictures in the before are much better than the after photos. The lighting was perfect in the first few photos and was terrible afterwards. Can't see the wheels that well at all. With that being said, I'm also not a rookie and know what the products you used looked like. I think the look you were trying to pull off was achieved. I think you did an excellent job and that rear diffuser is pretty BA. I like the color, mount and size of the wheels but objectively would have chosen a different spoke pattern.
All opinions aside I'd take that car in a heartbeat. Beautiful machine, my friend.
All opinions aside I'd take that car in a heartbeat. Beautiful machine, my friend.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,345
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Love your ZR1. Love the CG. Love your new exhaust. Comp Gray wheels would look better to me, the design of the wheel is more distinct when the tire & wheel are not the same black... IMHO.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: If you wanna live life on your own terms, you gotta be willing to crash and burn Florida
Since you asked for members thoughts, I think you should have left it alone. The wheels and that big hunk of plastic added around the exhaust dont fit the car in my opinion. On the other hand you have an awesome machine brother and I wish I had your kind of cash-flow to buy one like you. Very cool.