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Old 05-15-05, 10:56 PM
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Do you guys still think this air dam is ugly

here some better pics than what is on mazdatrix, i photoshopped the white one to the gray one. I still like it cause it leaves the beak shape on our cars and i like it a little better than the imsa one. Just wanted to see what you guys thought, im not tryin to like convince someone or something just a friendly "hey what do ya think of this" later God bless oh yeah, i forget who's cars i used but not mine...
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i dont really like it. i think it takes away the elegance of the front end. it looks choppy and square to me. all the areodynamics of an apartment building. but, if you like it, go for it. its your car. just looks tacky to me. but i am a little biast. i dont like anything on the body that wasn't put there from the factory. a purist if you will. i prefer the imsa gut body kit. it just looks different, but good in its own way. not to mention kinda rare too!
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Help! Someone has installed a "gut body kit" on me!

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I would be concerned about getting enough air flow with that setup. It looks like it reduces the area that allows air into the radiator and for the brake ducting.

Below is what I call air flow.

And it has since been modified for even more.


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Looks pregnant, whose to blame?
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is that your car max, sorry, whats a gut body kit..........glad to see you guys like it : )
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Not my car, I just got a chuckle out of mazdaverx713b's "GTU body kit" typo.

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Originally Posted by maxcooper
Help! Someone has installed a "gut body kit" on me!

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What happened Max? try to supersize yourself?


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Originally Posted by maxcooper
Not my car, I just got a chuckle out of mazdaverx713b's "GTU body kit" typo.

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yes yes, that'll happen. thats what happens when you're fat and sassy.
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Victoria British now offers that dam and I was wondering what it looked like on a better pic. I like the potential it has for adding a CF bottom tray and some wing splitters. The center can be gutted, for Pete's sake....

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That airdam looks funny. It accentuates my least favorite part of the FB.

The widebody dam, on the other hand, looks like it should turn out decent looking as well as functional.
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kinda falls into the category of that body kit that looks like a giant pooper scooper...
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Thumbs down

I'm in the "it looks stupid" column
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Originally posted by Lee Lyons

kinda falls into the category of that body kit that looks like a giant pooper scooper...
The wide body GTU thingey above or that gawdawful purple car?
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It looks like a chin strap
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