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Skinny tires are part of what makes an electric car "Eco." Embrace it; don't try and make the i8 look like something it isn't.
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| 01-18-2015, 09:42 AM | #24 | |
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| 01-18-2015, 09:58 AM | #25 |
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Yellow is a traditional color for sports cars.
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| 01-18-2015, 10:09 AM | #26 |
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I think it looks hot!
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| 01-18-2015, 01:38 PM | #30 |
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I genuinely feel it cheapens the car and takes away from its futuristic appeal. Maybe a more exotic yellow (Austin Yellow for sure) would have been more fitting. This is too flat.
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| 01-18-2015, 01:48 PM | #31 | |
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| 01-18-2015, 02:16 PM | #32 |
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i like it!!!
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| 01-18-2015, 07:09 PM | #34 |
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oh would you look at that? ADV.1 wheels.. hm maybe they aint as bad as everyone out there claims they are after all...!?!
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| 01-18-2015, 09:43 PM | #35 | |
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| 01-18-2015, 10:13 PM | #36 |
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Not my taste, but bold cars can be fun for a while. Had a yellow Viper once and it was loud enough and fit that car.
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| 01-19-2015, 09:06 AM | #39 |
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very good looking, although I would consider concave wheels it is very good looking now.
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| 01-19-2015, 10:27 AM | #40 |
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I like the "in the wild" photo at the gas station.
As far as "modding" the i8 goes, I tell people to think about it like they would a Prius (I know, I know, bear with me). Imagine a Prius with a body kit or "AWN RAAMS" (on rims), or with a outrageous paint job. Imagine how silly that would look and how counter intuitive to the car's purpose it would be. I see modding the i8 the same way. Unless you are modding to tastelessly stand out more and be visually obnoxious on purpose, it's futile. Applying decades old methods of adding drag via body kits or hampering the economy to a "car of the future" is dumb. That said, I can dig this combo. It's not TOO out there and is tasteful relative to some of what the other "tuners/moders" are doing. |
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| 01-19-2015, 03:56 PM | #42 |
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WOW, beautiful car
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| 01-19-2015, 04:02 PM | #43 | |
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 There's absolutely no room for wheels with any concavity in the front or you need to reside to a body kit that widens the front. I'm running 245 tires in the front and it has about 0,5mm on the inside and it stands exactly in line with the front fenders. In the back you can have a little concavity as you can see but the space is also limited. You can run up to 285 tires in the back but that would make no sense at all besides creating drag. The car comes with understeer from the factory and with 245 fronts and 255 rears it's nicely balanced. I'm not planning on adding spoilers or any other items that would alter the aerodynamics, I don't want want to run into to guy that spent too many hours in the windtunnel with this car.  |
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| 01-20-2015, 08:26 AM | #44 |
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Must be stunning in person
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) and one of my favourite BMW's was my E46 M3 convertible in Phoenix Yellow so I had to have a yellow BMW again and this colour was the closest match.
