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Offline STU84W

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Optical illusions
« on: Dec 8, 2005, 09:50AM »
The front bar thats going on the siltara comes out  quite a bit, so it makes the car look slightly unbalanced (ie, the front looks longer than it should)  while i like it, and it makes it look aggressive, i would like it better if the whole car looked more proportional.

so the question is, what can i do to create the optical illiusion that the car is longer at the rear than it really is?  one idea i had was using a TRD ae86 ducktail spoiler (or something similar) to lengthen out the car at the diagonally opposite end (long at the lower front, long and the higher rear) 

the "something similar" includes possibly a vl/vk Group A spoiler
« Last Edit: Dec 8, 2005, 11:45AM by Project Siltara »
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Re: Optical illusions
« Reply #1 on: Dec 8, 2005, 02:08PM »
Modify a silvia drift style kit rear bumper (you know the ones that come out pretty far?)....it may be a biatch to do but may balance it out at the rear.

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Re: Optical illusions
« Reply #2 on: Dec 8, 2005, 02:14PM »
thanks man, i'll look into it..

can you link me a pic or two?
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Re: Optical illusions
« Reply #3 on: Dec 8, 2005, 03:43PM »
.... "something similar" includes possibly a vl/vk Group A spoiler....

IMO those spoilers r bloody hideous!

sorry, don't have any ideas about a better rear bumper
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Re: Optical illusions
« Reply #4 on: Dec 8, 2005, 09:18PM »
A sedate chin spoiler that comes out a little, then alter your rear bar.
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Re: Optical illusions
« Reply #5 on: Dec 8, 2005, 10:55PM »
Ummm yeh I tried looking for pics but my net is pissing me off. I can only suggest the usual places like nissansilvia.com or maybe even boostcruising.com or even just a general search on the net. Sorry mate but dial up speed is gay as..takes me ages to load the pics. When it gets back to broadband speed I'll try hook ya up yeh?