hidden grills!

[akorcovelos]

Can someone please Pshop a plastic bumpered car with headlights deleted (i.e. grills go all the way accross)? Maybe one with a blacked out kidney, and one with the kidneys removed? Thanks to all you Pshop pros!
Tony

[Garageaholic]

You're asking a mighty large task for only having 3 posts. Look on e30.de and i think someone actually did that mod.

[akorcovelos]

Sorry, didn't know how many posts I had made a difference. I'v been using this forum for quite some time, just not posting because like so many people suggest, I find most my answers by searching... If it's too much to ask then no worries. It's too bad, I thought these forums where for everyone, not just people who post daily.

[Garageaholic]

It's not for people who simply post daily. Have you looked at e30.de yet? There are alot of cars there. I remember seeing it once, but they deleted the 2 inside lights, not all 4.
I would assume that it's a tough modification. Need to recess the headlights, expand the grills to go all the way across. I would assume it's not an easy task.

[akorcovelos]

Looked at e30.de, unfortunatly I'm a creature of one language, and whatever that site is, it's not the one I speak. I'm not worried about the diffuculty of the project, just want to see what it looks like before I invest time/money sourcing & fabing parts. I know the car your talking about, it's a Touring.
Again, if I'm out of line asking for help on this so be it. If this is not the view of everyone on this board, I'd still like to see my original request.
Thanks.

[DoriftuEvo]

I was actually looking for one of those pictures a couple days ago with no luck. I continued my search with motivation from this thread. I was hoping to find a picture of an m3 with no lights that I think I've seen, but this is good enough for now.



http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hoste...988/f00988.htm

[Garageaholic]

That's the pic i was talking about!

[e30 Luv]

Looks kind of like a mk2 VW

[StereoInstaller1]

To the OP:

I do not see anywhere where you asked for opinions...but I want to pass mine along anyway.

Don't do it. It does look tough, but it ruins a trademark look.

JMHO, man....it is your car. Post pics if you do it!

Luke

[akorcovelos]

yeah, thats the pic I saw, If someone could just delete the lights on that pic it would be great.

Stereoinstaller, I know it strays from the trademark look, but that's ok with me. I think it would look prety mean, but I'm a very visual person, that's why I'd like to see the Pshoped verson before I spend time/money sourcing and fabing parts. It will be a tricky project, especially since it will all have to fit with my turbo set-up. I like a challenge though, I know I'm capable of the nessissary work.

[Il Duce]

So you're going for the early Camaro/Trans Am look then? With the hidden headlights? Where are you going w/ this?

I'm curious.

[Garageaholic]

In conjunction with that, weld and fill a full length eyebrow to the hood and have it overhang the grill. Like one big "badboy" eyebrow.

It's going to be a very difficult project and i'm not sure how it's going to look in the end (good or bad), but interesting nontheless

+1 on posting pictures before/during/after project.

[Jscotty]

Sorry, didn't know how many posts I had made a difference. I'v been using this forum for quite some time, just not posting because like so many people suggest, I find most my answers by searching...

I did it once before and I thought I posted it here but I can't find it. I will make another one and post it.

Don't mind us. [START RANT] Most times the expectation is that you would contribute to the forum prior to asking for anything from it. And unfortunately we live in a world where 98% of the internet community wants to take-take-take and get-get-get but because they pay for internet access they don't feel an obligation to contribute anything.[END RANT]

[akorcovelos]

Il Duce, you pretty much summed it up, early camero look. I love that look, I think it would look sweet on the e30. Don't know if the lights would recess and have the covers slide over (like the camero) or have flip type. Too early to decide that, still want to see what it looks like before I commit.

M3fan, The eyebrow could look pretty sick too, something to consider. If I go for it I will definatly do a write up.

Jscotty, Thanks for doing the leg work on the Pshop! I have only been in the e30 family for about a year, so I don't feel real comfortable giving advice on many e30 related subjects just yet. This board, and all the others have been a huge help in speeding up my learning curve. After I button up my 2.7i turbo build, I think I'll be able to confidently chime in on others questions. In my opinion, there is far too many people giving inaccurate advice on these forums just to get respect from people who genuinly need help. Just my .02, though this board does not seem to suffer from this as badly as others.

[Jscotty]

I took this pic from the other thread because I was too lazy to go outside and snap a pic of my own car so here you go!