View Poll Results: Which do you like better?
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Side Strakes
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Re: Side Strakes
Personally, I like the strakes better. But after seeing the very well-edited photoshop version w/o them, I do find it a tougher choice than I would have thought.
The one thing that I like about them is the way they are actually designed to be a visual continuation of the cross-members in the grill, carrying out to the sides of the car. They are more than just a design after-thought.
The one thing that I like about them is the way they are actually designed to be a visual continuation of the cross-members in the grill, carrying out to the sides of the car. They are more than just a design after-thought.
Re: Side Strakes
Will be watching!!! The side strake idea is a good one, but IMO very poorly executed on the Crossfire... very cheaply done. The front end of the strakes are not even flush with the body.
Thanks and good luck with your venture. I hope there is enough interest to make it worth your time and effort.
Thanks and good luck with your venture. I hope there is enough interest to make it worth your time and effort.
Re: Side Strakes
Originally Posted by ben47
Will be watching!!! The side strake idea is a good one, but IMO very poorly executed on the Crossfire... very cheaply done. The front end of the strakes are not even flush with the body.
Thanks and good luck with your venture. I hope there is enough interest to make it worth your time and effort.
Thanks and good luck with your venture. I hope there is enough interest to make it worth your time and effort.
Re: Side Strakes
TO STRAKE OR NOT TO STRAKE, THAT IS THE QUESTION!
AS I VOTED FOR THEM, I AM CERTAIN IF THE XF DID NOT COME WITH STRAKES, I WOULD HAVE PUT SOME IN... IN FACT ON THE WIDE BODY XF THAT I DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED A FEW MONTHS BACK, I ADDED STRAKES TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE CAR AS WELL...
YEAH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN A FUNCTIONAL MODE... SIMON, I RECALL IN SOME PICS THAT ANDREW POSTED OF A WRECKED XF THAT BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE STRAKE (DRIVER SIDE STRAKE FOR YOU) THERE WAS A RATHER LARGE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID CONTAINER TIGHTLY TUCKED IN THERE...
BEN HOW ABOUT THIS? WHEN I PICKED MY XF UP THE OTHER DAY, THEY PARKED MINE NEXT TO ANOTHER... THEY PAINTED THEIR STRAKES THE SAME COLOR AS THE XF...
I WILL POST THE OTHER DETAILING THEY HAD DONE IN A NEW THREAD... BUT FOR NOW HERE ARE THE PAINTED STRAKES...
AND LOOK AT THE HOOD ON THIS RENDITION I FOUND AT A DODGE FORUM...
AS I VOTED FOR THEM, I AM CERTAIN IF THE XF DID NOT COME WITH STRAKES, I WOULD HAVE PUT SOME IN... IN FACT ON THE WIDE BODY XF THAT I DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED A FEW MONTHS BACK, I ADDED STRAKES TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE CAR AS WELL...
YEAH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN A FUNCTIONAL MODE... SIMON, I RECALL IN SOME PICS THAT ANDREW POSTED OF A WRECKED XF THAT BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE STRAKE (DRIVER SIDE STRAKE FOR YOU) THERE WAS A RATHER LARGE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID CONTAINER TIGHTLY TUCKED IN THERE...
BEN HOW ABOUT THIS? WHEN I PICKED MY XF UP THE OTHER DAY, THEY PARKED MINE NEXT TO ANOTHER... THEY PAINTED THEIR STRAKES THE SAME COLOR AS THE XF...
I WILL POST THE OTHER DETAILING THEY HAD DONE IN A NEW THREAD... BUT FOR NOW HERE ARE THE PAINTED STRAKES...
AND LOOK AT THE HOOD ON THIS RENDITION I FOUND AT A DODGE FORUM...
Re: Side Strakes
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
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
Last edited by ben47; 07-04-2006 at 01:30 PM.
Re: Side Strakes
Originally Posted by Dan Root
Painting out the strakes looks crappy to me.
And the Grille...And the Windshield Band...And the Wheels...And the FlameStripe...And...
Last edited by REDCROSS; 07-05-2006 at 07:42 PM.