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Old 04-02-2007, 01:06 PM   #1
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:10 PM   #2
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They really dropped the ball with the fron end of these.
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:15 PM   #3
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They really dropped the ball with the fron end of these.
Took the words right out of my mouth......
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:18 PM   #4
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and at 60k............
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:29 PM   #5
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i wonder just how much better they'd look with colourcoded headlight internals

i dont think the black headlights suit it

otherwise i think it looks nice as
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:33 PM   #6
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Thats how they all should be, even the SS's and SSV's appear to have EA spec ride height...
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:47 PM   #7
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That last shot looks sex!
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:56 PM   #8
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we took the photo's down at the docklands, great spot till we got told to move off the marina, haha well i guess we couldn't really complain.
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Old 04-02-2007, 01:57 PM   #9
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That last shot looks sex!
yeah with a sloppy ho !!! haha

i love the photography, but the car look like a mong eyed dude, because the rear guard is alot lower than the front, just very noticable and not my cuppa tea. the height it sits on up the front looks good though
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yeah with a sloppy ho !!! haha

i love the photography, but the car look like a mong eyed dude, because the rear guard is alot lower than the front, just very noticable and not my cuppa tea. the height it sits on up the front looks good though
Thats what I noticed, there's still at least 2 inches of clearance between the front tyre and guard, while the back wheels are up in the guards. Pretty poor.
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Old 04-02-2007, 03:48 PM   #11
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No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no......it's all wrong.... Just wrong.:
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Old 04-02-2007, 03:50 PM   #12
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I like those photo's. Look very well done
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No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no......it's all wrong.... Just wrong.:
LOL - I am undecided yet........

BUT what I can say is that I am use to the look of the VE now as at first it looked a bit strange but now it just fits in with all the other new cars............
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Old 04-02-2007, 03:56 PM   #14
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I like those photo's. Look very well done
That's true, 10/10 for photography. Just questionable material...LOL
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Old 04-02-2007, 03:59 PM   #15
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The more i look at VE's the worse they seem to get lol!, they just look to disproportioned, to big here, to little there!
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Front Tyre to Guard gap is still too much!

Back looks great, but the front still looks like it's at my XR8's standard ride height!
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:08 PM   #17
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I still reckon they took an M3 Beema and stuck it on a 4x4 chassis... :
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:17 PM   #18
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Photography is great, however the car still looks bland and un-inspiring.

Also the difference between the front and rear tyre clearance is worrying.
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That's true, 10/10 for photography. Just questionable material...LOL
I agree. In that lighting, girlies would have been better.
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Awesome shots Tristan.

That VE looks great.
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Old 04-02-2007, 06:21 PM   #21
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Nice shots...

Pity about the dodgy bumper colour matching...
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Old 04-02-2007, 06:22 PM   #22
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Whats the deal with the horrible paint matching?
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Yeah, I'd be uber ****ed to spend that much cash on a car and have the rear bar not even come close to matching the body of the car!
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My XP has guards lower at the back than at the front.

What are you guys going to say when Ford releases the new range and lo and behold it has fashionable flared guards, fuel tank moved over the rear axle, american engine mated to the foreign six speed and chinese plastic bit 'n bobs? Will you be as damning then?
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Fuel tank is already infront of the rear axle... ZF was a foreign 6speed last time I checked, as well as the V8's
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Funny that _2:
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Old 04-02-2007, 06:38 PM   #27
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My XP has guards lower at the back than at the front.

What are you guys going to say when Ford releases the new range and lo and behold it has fashionable flared guards, fuel tank moved over the rear axle, american engine mated to the foreign six speed and chinese plastic bit 'n bobs? Will you be as damning then?
I'm guessing it's gonna be a genetically engineered Audi A4.... :dr_Evil:
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Old 04-02-2007, 06:43 PM   #28
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My XP has guards lower at the back than at the front.

What are you guys going to say when Ford releases the new range and lo and behold it has fashionable flared guards, fuel tank moved over the rear axle, american engine mated to the foreign six speed and chinese plastic bit 'n bobs? Will you be as damning then?
Yes, if the paint match is as horrible as that I will be as damning.
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Love it, looks hot.
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Old 04-02-2007, 06:48 PM   #30
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Then the Brisbane Motor Show is for you, because there is no shortage of paint shading on many of the vehicle makes. I was starting to wonder if it's not some new wave thing.
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