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Started by geswek, July 06, 2013, 05:52:38 PM

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geswek

July 06, 2013, 05:52:38 PM
I'm not fond of it -- thinking about having the Hot Rod shop whack it off and paint my fenders while doing my GT vents next month.

If you were curious, here's what it would look like if I choose to do it.

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mjhpadi

#1
July 06, 2013, 07:29:04 PM
Looks too "plain Jane" without the vents.  I don't care for it.
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geswek

#2
July 06, 2013, 07:55:30 PM
Hah, I just realized why the non-functional vent is there.

It goes with the body line that fades away at rear door.

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

DJE624

#3
July 06, 2013, 09:07:05 PM
So, you are going to leave it?  I kinda liked the idea in "theory" but yeah, I don't think I'd mess with body work.  Some guys have switched their Gen 4 vents to the Gen 4.5 vents.  I like mine the way it is. 

jomc111

#4
July 06, 2013, 09:13:16 PM
i don't like it
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bpd1151

#5
July 06, 2013, 09:39:05 PM
I definitely like the concept of it..... absolutely.

But to pull it off correctly, your body shop peeps would need to blend in the crease from the front door, into that front quarter where the vent previously used to be located.

If they can swing that, I think it'd look sick actually.

Gives the car somehow a more muscular stance in some odd way.

I'd give it a whirl. You'd be the 1st bro! :ok:

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Ryan327

#6
July 06, 2013, 09:45:32 PM
I like the clean look of it gone but I have no idea how much work would be involved.  Is it an actual vent or just a badge to look like a vent?
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bpd1151

#7
July 06, 2013, 09:50:26 PM
It's just a drop in faux cover (over the non-functional hole) that has either the 'TAURUS' badging plop'd in there, or the 'SHO'

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DJE624

#8
July 06, 2013, 09:51:01 PM
GESWEK,  Can you take the rear end of the body line under the rear door handle, spin it around (or transpose/mirror) then shop it into the front fender?

geswek

#9
July 06, 2013, 10:20:52 PM
Here it is with what bpd said -- I don't know if this will come out right; they'd have to get it just right in order for it to flow properly.

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DJE624

#10
July 06, 2013, 10:38:52 PM
Yeah, that looks like it would be tough to get just right.

geswek

#11
July 06, 2013, 10:42:48 PM
Yeah, I'm walking away from that -- rather put my money on other things.

I'll table it until after I do turbos and I get bored.

Maybe I'll throw some red underglow on it. ;)

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

bpd1151

#12
July 06, 2013, 10:43:28 PM
Yea, chop off like the front 2/3rd's of the body line (where the vent used to be) and I think you'd have it right.

The crease (from the door) should really only extend just minimally into the fender.

Just enough to make it appear OEM/Factory, but not so much like you have it done in that latest image.



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geswek

#13
July 06, 2013, 10:52:28 PM
Hmm; I was looking at your how-to on your emblem swap; the crease exists.

It would be a matter of filling the gaping hole from emblem and smoothing the crease at the bottom.

This might be a little easier than I thought; it's not like they really need to create a crease since it is there.

DJE624

#14
July 06, 2013, 11:04:50 PM
Could you just fill the hole and leave the lower crease there?
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