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UDMan
10/27/09

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Oh dear god. I just took a look at these custom Fords, and I think I'm going to regret covering the show. Can they get ever more tasteless than these creations?

Oh well, just got to stand up tall, and report what I see. Maybe they will look better in person. #ford
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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
10/26/09

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If you watch this video you can see the fswerks focus chirp it's tires going into 2nd. sounds good.
[www.youtube.com] #ford
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TR3-A
10/26/09

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Lets see... a bunch of custom FWD cars. Can I hear you say poser? I knew you could. Another example of the triumph of style over substance. #ford
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philibuster
10/26/09

@TR3-A: But some are AWD! #ford
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I was drivin' that Model A
10/26/09

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I just want a SHO with a very selective pick-and-choose list of stuff which adds mass. #ford
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weatherman
10/26/09

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That Flex hardly "breaks the mold of cookie-cutter project vehicles on oversized chrome rim" in fact, it seems more to me that they actually used the definition of "the mold" as an instruction manual.

And I just can't get behind this Transit obsession. Sorry, it just doesn't look like a passenger vehicle to me, and no attempt to Westphallicize it will make me think different. #ford
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mickyslick
10/26/09

@weatherman: it could just be that I know who's doing the Flex, but it seems to me that the recent trend is to put really large wheels on a car, and not bother to fix the ride height. Without giving anything away, this car is gonna be slammed, with large wheels. But again, I'm biased. #ford
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ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
10/26/09

@weatherman: I was thinking the same thing...

"breaks the mold of cookie-cutter project vehicles on oversized chrome rims" followed by "Rolling on 22inch falken tires and wire spoke dayton wheels".

I get behind the Transit obsession though, but for commercial reasons rather than passenger reasons #ford
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Maymar
10/26/09

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Re. "coolover" - that word must be stricken from the collective vocabulary. I'm almost tempted to carpet bomb the English language so that it is never spoken again.

I want the FSWERKS Focus though, however they forced in 500hp. The MRT-Direct SHO is pretty nice looking too, maybe how it should have looked from the factory. #ford
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IN THE FACE!
09/30/09

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While I completely agree that the quad-exhaust is completely unequivocally maddeningly stupid. (tips should NEVER EVER outnumber cylinders, EVER!)

I suppose there is some small chance and a slight lowering and this body kit could marginally improve the cod. I'm definitely not saying that I think it WILL, but I'm open to the possibility.

That being said, if I owned a Prius, and someone produced a body kid that DID (FOR SURE) produce some quantifiable aerodynamic benefit, AND was somewhat less garish than either of the ones pictured above, I could see myself considering it...

I actually don't mind the rear lip/diffuser in #3 and #7 (provided the cf was color-matched to the rest of the body), but the front lip and side skirts would have to be toned down considerably...

And COLOR-MATCHED TO THE BODY!

To me at least, seeing exposed cf of a prius is like seeing my mom in a stripper outfit...
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MushyHeirloom
09/29/09

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World's most efficient snowplow, anyone?
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Alfisted
09/29/09

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So this makes your Prius an electric rice cooker?
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Fat Tire
09/29/09

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???
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Scandinavian Flick
09/29/09

@Fat Tire: I see what you do there.
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I was drivin' that Model A
09/29/09

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So JC Whitney is selling stuff for the Prius, eh?

I wish them luck with that....
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theeastbaykid
09/29/09

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My Camaro is so tough, it doesn't need a wing.
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Syrax
09/29/09

@theeastbaykid: Wrong thread?
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engineerd
09/29/09

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This has me all confused. I thought the reason why the Prius sold so well is because it looked different. It looked like a futuristic car with an advanced powertrain. Buyers of hybrids want to make sure you know they are driving a hybrid. They want to throw their ecoism in your face (and yes, to these people it is a religion). They live for people looking at their car in traffic and thinking that somehow they are better than you.

Now, TK has a kit that, essentially, makes the Prius look like a riced out Civic. A car that says, "look at me", but in much different ways.

So, what is it? Is it a smugmobile or douchemobile? If I see one in traffic, should I feel the pity I do for the ricer kid or the vitriol I have for the greenista?
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TimTim
09/29/09

@engineerd: Smuchemobile? You should probably feel some sort of new hybrid emotion that draws from the extremes of your pity and your rage.
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UglyDuckCar
09/29/09

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The prius may be the bane of jalopness, but it's meant to be a sensible car. (though I think diesels are far more sensible) It is not meant to be a gaudy flashy rice burner by no stretch of the imagination. But that's what this kit does for it. And don't get me wrong, I don't hate the car, I just don't think the people driving really did their research, or they just got caught up in the hype.

Also, I guess I can understand the desire to want to make your car look better, (you know I'm tryin') but there are far better ways to go about it, like anything but adding quad exhaust pipes or extra intakes for a hybrid. It's funny when I drive on the highway I'll always see prii in the left lane, most of the time they are far too slow with normal traffic, but once in a while when the planets align, I get a crazy one who drives at 90+, as if their smug chip has overloaded. Perhaps they had forgotten they bought a prius, or are simply trying to deny the fact that they have bought one, so if they drive fast they can't possibly be in one. I think this kit is for them.
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lilwillie
09/29/09

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"You can polish a turd all you want but in the end it is still a turd."

/overused but proper for this one.
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