New 928 look?
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looks like you really dont need to have a buldge in the fender for correct light hight . the viper and ferarri both 575/360, dont have much fender buldge.
i like the vet or new 928 shape of the lense area. I think it would look awesome on our 928s. certainly on a race car.
the problem with the show car look of the Damaquie body work, is that the lights look like the Acura type R. besides, the current look is what is planned for the 928, and i think our body style can handle it. (never though i would offer a suggestion to change the look of the 928 either!)
Probably wont do it, but it would be cool if someone did. Im sure it would look great.
Mk
i like the vet or new 928 shape of the lense area. I think it would look awesome on our 928s. certainly on a race car.
the problem with the show car look of the Damaquie body work, is that the lights look like the Acura type R. besides, the current look is what is planned for the 928, and i think our body style can handle it. (never though i would offer a suggestion to change the look of the 928 either!)
Probably wont do it, but it would be cool if someone did. Im sure it would look great.
Mk
Last edited by mark kibort; Jul 15, 2009 at 06:17 PM.
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Not really, having put a set of PIA lights in the circular holes now, its definitely possible. look at the 575 pics. not much different. Plus, it looks like the lowest beam is about rim hight, and we have lots of room from this point back to the inner fender covers. look at my first photoshop pic. It could work, especially if you take out the material down to the bumper seam.
whacha think?
mk
whacha think?
mk
Originally Posted by drnick
all those cars fronts are way more steeply raked than the 928. how would you create enough vertical drop to fit a large light cluster in?
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mark if you could post a pic of your current set up for comparison it would be interesting. looking at the photoshop pics it seems to me that they distort the perspective but i dont know... maybe extending the current apertures edges would work. i definitely like the idea and would love to see it work. the current pics with projector inserts as in the previous page aestheticaly loose balance IMO, they look to small and the front end looks too big, like pig eyes!
someone should take a tapemeasure and measure the vertical height in the current fender headlamp cutout.
someone should take a tapemeasure and measure the vertical height in the current fender headlamp cutout.
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photoshoped porken lights
heres a pic from porkens collection with his new projectors, what id like to see different would be the surrounding gap extended. ive had a go at this by just blacking out some of the white on the left hand cluster. the stock opening has the upper to close to the lights IMO, looks like a drooping eye lid. on the other side ive traced around the existing opening to show the maximum an aperture could be extended with the stock opening. IMO this is not a comfortable profile from the front to look at, seems to slope the wrong way - should be fat on the outside and narrow inwards. i think that to get this would involve extending the existing opening significantly. it would be nice to have a spare fender to practice on!
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Vipers are AWESOME! (..the GTS, not the new ones)
I'm currently thinking about getting a new C6 Z06 which will have 500/475 hp/tq, carbon fiber fenders/quarters, 6/4 piston brakes, dry sump oiling, titanium connecting rods, 12" rims in the back with 325's, and weighs 3100 lbs! They come out this summer; I wish it looked tougher though:
http://vorlon.case.edu/~aap8/gallery...Corvette_Mag_8
It doesn't look nearly as outrageous as the Viper Competition Coupe:
http://www.usauto.pl/tapety/dodge_vi...3_1024x768.jpg
Or the GTS:
http://viper.dragtimes.com/viper/draginline.jpg
Those Vipers are just friggin' awesome!
I'm currently thinking about getting a new C6 Z06 which will have 500/475 hp/tq, carbon fiber fenders/quarters, 6/4 piston brakes, dry sump oiling, titanium connecting rods, 12" rims in the back with 325's, and weighs 3100 lbs! They come out this summer; I wish it looked tougher though:
http://vorlon.case.edu/~aap8/gallery...Corvette_Mag_8
It doesn't look nearly as outrageous as the Viper Competition Coupe:
http://www.usauto.pl/tapety/dodge_vi...3_1024x768.jpg
Or the GTS:
http://viper.dragtimes.com/viper/draginline.jpg
Those Vipers are just friggin' awesome!
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I think those projections could work fine. now, some cutting willl need to be done to have the slope starting narrow toward the engine, and go wider as you say going outward. i think the end result would probably be a cross between the viper and the 360modina ferarri shown above.
with photoshop,see if you can get a wider encasement of the projection lights. I think you can follow the lines of the inner circle of the 928 light opening, and then cut so the light lense would go a little over the fender.
You got the right idea though. could look very nice if the right expression of the shape of the lense was found!
I have a spare fender. hmmm wonder if it is work chopping up!!
Mk
with photoshop,see if you can get a wider encasement of the projection lights. I think you can follow the lines of the inner circle of the 928 light opening, and then cut so the light lense would go a little over the fender.
You got the right idea though. could look very nice if the right expression of the shape of the lense was found!
I have a spare fender. hmmm wonder if it is work chopping up!!
Mk
Originally Posted by drnick
heres a pic from porkens collection with his new projectors, what id like to see different would be the surrounding gap extended. ive had a go at this by just blacking out some of the white on the left hand cluster. the stock opening has the upper to close to the lights IMO, looks like a drooping eye lid. on the other side ive traced around the existing opening to show the maximum an aperture could be extended with the stock opening. IMO this is not a comfortable profile from the front to look at, seems to slope the wrong way - should be fat on the outside and narrow inwards. i think that to get this would involve extending the existing opening significantly. it would be nice to have a spare fender to practice on!
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Originally Posted by mark kibort
thats kind of what i was thinking of, but they got to be larger. can you make the light housings larger in size. (the interior light and that turn signal is close to the look of the C6)
not bad, i had to do a double take on the pic to make sure it was the same car!
mk
not bad, i had to do a double take on the pic to make sure it was the same car!
mk
Last edited by kshipp; Dec 30, 2004 at 05:24 PM. Reason: clarification
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I like it. can you make them a bit larger? still a little too slanty and small. (very mitsubishi 3000gt ish, but close!) i think you got something there.
if you cand make them both a little larger, it will probably look right.
Now, if we can only find the assemblies already made to bolt in.
mk
if you cand make them both a little larger, it will probably look right.
Now, if we can only find the assemblies already made to bolt in.
mk
Originally Posted by kshipp
fyi - Here is one larger and one with the Corvette lights (modified). Again, this is quick/ugly photoshoping. This may spark more ideas... I still like the original (Porsche) design best.
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Originally Posted by mark kibort
I like it. can you make them a bit larger? still a little too slanty and small. (very mitsubishi 3000gt ish, but close!) i think you got something there. mk
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Remember that Photoshop is only 2-dimensional. You can create all kinds of illusions that won't work in a 3-D environment. Kelly's mockup cannot work, because there is not enough slope in the front of the 928 fender.
I'm not saying you could not integrate two or three headlamps like this, but you'd have to change a whole lot, including the fender itself, and the bumper cover, to make it look right.
Sorry, if I sound negative... just trying to be realistic.
I'm not saying you could not integrate two or three headlamps like this, but you'd have to change a whole lot, including the fender itself, and the bumper cover, to make it look right.
Sorry, if I sound negative... just trying to be realistic.