xfire1... painting the side strakes did nothing but alter their color. They are still ill fitting and are not flush with the skin of the car. As I said before, "the side strakes are a good idea, but very, very poorly executed". They look like something out of a comic book. Now something along the lines of the new Corvette would look nice, with the stakes coming out from under the side vents.

As for the pictures you posted of the hood, I won't even comment.

I'll probably tick off the Base owners here, but whiting out the entire car really cheapens it. The black Base car is barely tolerable IMO, but the white... yuck