Kavinsky Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 That I'm going to do to mine when I get one of course after I get the 73 - 1979 testbed vette first, I'm making this thread to show all of you what my plans are for mine after doing all of that work to help Sonny with the interior of his Now lets start at the begining of the car with the Gril, now the first thing I'm thinking of doing is going with the grill of this one I came across on ebay: http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3682&stc=1&d=1306907220 with a few modifications, I'm going to trim the edges beyond the gril to make it look like it disappears into the nose of the car, either that or paint them a matt black so they dont show up at odd angles like here: http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3683&stc=1&d=1306907376 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Now with the flares (specifically the front ones) I'm actually kinda torn.the look of the full flares have sort of grown on me over time specifically from shots like this of it in the show and would you believe that I actually kinda like the look of the daytona in this photo from "Little Prince" here without the plexy either? but if they start to bother me I'm thinking of having them cut to match the french replica here so they flow into the body better:so they just cover up the top of the wheel and then sink into the body, basically trimming the flares like this on a full one to match it in the photos below:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3684&stc=1&d=1306908610http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3685&stc=1&d=1306908611however I'm not thinking of having the rears cut because I've never thought that the rears look like they needed to be trimmed to begin with since they dont really stick out at all and they suit the car just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 but if they start to bother me I'm thinking of having them cut to match the french replica here so they flow into the body better:http://www.photos-automobiles.com/shootings/ferrari_daytonaspyder/images/ferrari_daytonaspyder_13.jpg' alt='Eingefügtes Bild' class='bbc_img' />http://www.photos-automobiles.com/shootings/ferrari_daytonaspyder/images/ferrari_daytonaspyder_69.jpg' alt='Eingefügtes Bild' class='bbc_img' />so they just cover up the top of the wheel and then sink into the body" data-date=" basically trimming the flares like this on a full one to match it in the photos below:[IMG">http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3684&stc=1&d=1306908610http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3685&stc=1&d=1306908611however I'm not thinking of having the rears cut because I've never thought that the rears look like they needed to be trimmed to begin with since they dont really stick out at all and they suit the car just fine. Just a little heads up on the cars themselves.Only the McBurnie cars come with that odd grill. The Roberts and Rowley cars were fitted with a much more authentic grill made of heavy plates of aluminum welded together.The Roberts cars had the McBurnie body, with some variations on the other parts. If built by Roberts, or on of the other two builders who did a few of the cars, the gas tank is behind the seats in the small storage area. The AC was often aftermarket, and the battery was mounted up front.The Rowley cars came with the smallest wheel wells, and the most authentic body shape overall. Some Rowleys have been modified to include a vent window on the door. Almost all Rowleys used TPI engines and were well complemented. All I have seen had good looking faux ferrari dashs and interiors. His seats were some of the best.Early McBurnies had no brand name on the body at the rocker panel or under the hood. The headlights were fixed, with most of them the dual 2x4 square headlights. The interior was standard vette seats and a modified fiberglass replacement dash which fitted in the vette controls. Later McBurnies used the headlight door which dropped down. Some covered quad headlights and some the later larger single pair of headlights. The last known series of McBurnies included the name on the rocker panel and under the hood, the singel seat of headlights with the drop down cover and had a faux ferrari interior.When you actually start looking for one, the manufacturer may make a differnce. I keep a file for each individual car I see advertised or on Ebay. I examine it to see who I think the builder is, and then I file it for later examination. As you start to build a file, you will see the characteristics that you find most desirable. That will help you when it comes time to put money down.I would ignore the European cars, as they are hard to buy and get shipped for a reasonalbe amount. However, if you win the lottery the Daytonas built in the UK are spot on replicas.If you goal is to own a car that replicats a Ferrari, I would go with the Rowley, although they are harder to find. If I were going to replicate the MV car I would go with an older McBurnie. Otherwise, go with you heart and get the one that satisfies you.I love my Roberts car, and have turned it into my own homage to the Camera Car, without trying to clone or counterfiet the Camera Car. But that was the project that I sought. ANyway you go, if it makes you happy it is the right way!!!Good luck (and even if you end up like I am with a model railroad that only exists in my dreams---then good dreaming!!).JN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks and I am OKAY, luckily the place where I live was right smack in the middle of the big storm that hit MA and thus, weirdly was hardly hit. we just had a hell of a light show but thats about the only thing that happened to Marlborough Ma atleast in my neighborhood.anyways back on topic after that unwarnted tornado Heart attack of all things I'm looking to not really replicate the ferrari like with that british jaguar XJ12 replica but go towards the MV daytona with a few twists, the bigest being the headlights which ill explain latter but I need to check up on someone else and make sure there okay as well right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 "The last known series of McBurnies included the name on the rocker panel and under the hood"So hold on does that means that Sonny's got one of the last Mcburnies ever built then? and what did the later larger single pair of headlights look like? I dont think I've ever seen one with that and that's actually kinda what I was going to go for with the headlights of mineand with the european cars I know what you mean.you have to be a miniumal of 25 to bring one in and have a ton of money to do so, something I remember the owner of an imported original 1973 ford falcom XB GT mentioning (that car was the basis of the Mad Max Interceptor seen here) but I'm not planning on going for a european daytonaI'm just using that particular car as a reference since its one of the best looking daytona replicas I've seen around and those flares in particuar were a good example of what I was thinking of originally doing to mine untill the full flare look started to grow on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 http://pic.phyrefile.com/b/bl/blind_io/2010/03/31/xb2dgt.jpgbut I'm not planning on going for a european daytonaI'm just using that particular car as a reference since its one of the best looking daytona replicas I've seen around and those flares in particuar were a good example of what I was thinking of originally doing to mine untill the full flare look started to grow on meSonny's was probably built in 87-88 with a body fabbed in 87. The dual headlights on his car indicate his was an earlier body. But after McBurnie got into full production.These pictures are from McBurnie's constuction manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ah that one, I've seen a few of them with that headlight setup and I hated the look of it, What I ment was that I'd replace the dual 2x4 units with a solid unit that's about the same size to mimic the look of the cars at night in the first season like here from "No Exit" I might add and its shots like this that made me fall in love with the look of the Daytona, there's just a certain realistic look to S1 overal (from this to Sonny coming out of the safe house with his holster thrown over his back in "Lombard" to the Daytona looking kinda beat up in "Little Prince") that made it feel real which the rest of the show was just lacking in sometimes, unkempt and in use, not always as nice looking as it could be, like they overdid it with the prep work in S2 like someone really needed to throw Sonny's clothes on the ground to give it the nice warn look it had in S1 and mess up his hair a little, basically give it more patina.Anyways back ontopic Now the reason why the cars had that look in the first season was because of how the light of those single headlights were and are reflecting off of that chrome piece infront of them, shown here from one of your photos:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3695&stc=1&d=1307075507but unfortunately in the second season the only way to get that look was to have the high's on at night, when it didnt it looked like one of the single unit cars.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3696&stc=1&d=1307075509http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3693&stc=1&d=1307075504So what I'm planning to do is replace it with a single headlight unit that's the same size as the 2x4 units, probably from a post 1982 Audi Ur Quattro (which to my knowledge was actually off of an Audi 90 of that time period) so it can look like it did with the high's on all the time regardless if it has that chrome piece infront of it:and I think it would look better on the car in daytime, atleast with a clear plexyglass screen on it Although I liked the look of it with the Smoked plexyglass on it in S2 in the daytime.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3697&stc=1&d=1307075833So its kinda a coin toss, if I choose to go with what I call the Evan look with that clear plexyglass nose piece on it, I'd probably replace it with the Audi headlamps, with the plexy on It may not be necessary although I would put the high intensity headlamps on it like you did (by the way who made those that your using on your car Jurrasic and is it just the bulbs themselves that are high intensity while the rest is stock?)and theres one other thing If it had the circular headlamps I'd probably leave it alone or put the high intensity headlamps on it too if I went for the smoked plexy, Sorry Lexan on ithttp://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3698&stc=1&d=1307076794 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 http://www.miamiviceonline.com/images/KDPics/car20.jpgfrom "No Exit" I might add and its shots like this that made me fall in love with the look of the Daytona, there's just a certain realistic look to S1 overal (from this to Sonny coming out of the safe house with his holster thrown over his back in "Lombard" to the Daytona looking kinda beat up in "Little Prince") that made it feel real which the rest of the show was just lacking in sometimes, unkempt and in use, not always as nice looking as it could be, like they overdid it with the prep work in S2 like someone really needed to throw Sonny's clothes on the ground to give it the nice warn look it had in S1 and mess up his hair a little, basically give it more patina.Anyways back ontopic Now the reason why the cars had that look in the first season was because of how the light of those single headlights were and are reflecting off of that chrome piece infront of them, shown here from one of your photos:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3695&stc=1&d=1307075507but unfortunately in the second season the only way to get that look was to have the high's on at night, when it didnt it looked like one of the single unit cars.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3696&stc=1&d=1307075509http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3693&stc=1&d=1307075504So what I'm planning to do is replace it with a single headlight unit that's the same size as the 2x4 units, probably from a post 1982 Audi Ur Quattro (which to my knowledge was actually off of an Audi 90 of that time period) so it can look like it did with the high's on all the time regardless if it has that chrome piece infront of it:and I think it would look better on the car in daytime, atleast with a clear plexyglass screen on it Although I liked the look of it with the Smoked plexyglass on it in S2 in the daytime.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3697&stc=1&d=1307075833So its kinda a coin toss, if I choose to go with what I call the Evan look with that clear plexyglass nose piece on it, I'd probably replace it with the Audi headlamps, with the plexy on It may not be necessary although I would put the high intensity headlamps on it like you did (by the way who made those that your using on your car Jurrasic and is it just the bulbs themselves that are high intensity while the rest is stock?)and theres one other thing If it had the circular headlamps I'd probably leave it alone or put the high intensity headlamps on it too if I went for the smoked plexy, Sorry Lexan on ithttp://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3698&stc=1&d=1307076794 I replaced the headlights with look-alike housings from Year One. The give the appearance of classic headlights, but you can plug in the back the HID units or other more effecinet lights. You can effectively replace the existing headlights, point them appropriately, and then use all four like you want with the same effect, and then have the correct look in the daytime.My car came with the round headlights, but I did a lot of work to change them over. I just like the square lights. But, like a work of art, you need to follow your own inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 but if they start to bother me I'm thinking of having them cut to match the french replica here so they flow into the body better:http://www.photos-automobiles.com/shootings/ferrari_daytonaspyder/images/ferrari_daytonaspyder_13.jpg' alt='Eingefügtes Bild' class='bbc_img' />http://www.photos-automobiles.com/shootings/ferrari_daytonaspyder/images/ferrari_daytonaspyder_69.jpg' alt='Eingefügtes Bild' class='bbc_img' />so they just cover up the top of the wheel and then sink into the body" data-date=" basically trimming the flares like this on a full one to match it in the photos below:[IMG">http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3684&stc=1&d=1306908610http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3685&stc=1&d=1306908611however I'm not thinking of having the rears cut because I've never thought that the rears look like they needed to be trimmed to begin with since they dont really stick out at all and they suit the car just fine. you mean trimming the lower front portion of the flares on all wheels and not the lower back portion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Just a little heads up on the cars themselves.Only the McBurnie cars come with that odd grill. The Roberts and Rowley cars were fitted with a much more authentic grill made of heavy plates of aluminum welded together.I don't think my grill is odd. I like it. Early McBurnies had no brand name on the body at the rocker panel or under the hood. The headlights were fixed' date=' with most of them the dual 2x4 square headlights. The interior was standard vette seats and a modified fiberglass replacement dash which fitted in the vette controls. Later McBurnies used the headlight door which dropped down. Some covered quad headlights and some the later larger single pair of headlights. The last known series of McBurnies included the name on the rocker panel and under the hood, the singel seat of headlights with the drop down cover and had a faux ferrari interior.[/quote']Mine was buit in 88 and it has McBurnie on the rocker panel and the quad rectangular headlights, even though not an early McBurnie. If you get a European model you may also have the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 http://www.miamiviceonline.com/images/KDPics/car20.jpgfrom "No Exit" I might add and its shots like this that made me fall in love with the look of the Daytona, there's just a certain realistic look to S1 overal (from this to Sonny coming out of the safe house with his holster thrown over his back in "Lombard" to the Daytona looking kinda beat up in "Little Prince") that made it feel real which the rest of the show was just lacking in sometimes, unkempt and in use, not always as nice looking as it could be, like they overdid it with the prep work in S2 like someone really needed to throw Sonny's clothes on the ground to give it the nice warn look it had in S1 and mess up his hair a little, basically give it more patina.Anyways back ontopic Now the reason why the cars had that look in the first season was because of how the light of those single headlights were and are reflecting off of that chrome piece infront of them, shown here from one of your photos:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3695&stc=1&d=1307075507but unfortunately in the second season the only way to get that look was to have the high's on at night, when it didnt it looked like one of the single unit cars.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3696&stc=1&d=1307075509http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3693&stc=1&d=1307075504So what I'm planning to do is replace it with a single headlight unit that's the same size as the 2x4 units, probably from a post 1982 Audi Ur Quattro (which to my knowledge was actually off of an Audi 90 of that time period) so it can look like it did with the high's on all the time regardless if it has that chrome piece infront of it:and I think it would look better on the car in daytime, atleast with a clear plexyglass screen on it Although I liked the look of it with the Smoked plexyglass on it in S2 in the daytime.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3697&stc=1&d=1307075833So its kinda a coin toss, if I choose to go with what I call the Evan look with that clear plexyglass nose piece on it, I'd probably replace it with the Audi headlamps, with the plexy on It may not be necessary although I would put the high intensity headlamps on it like you did (by the way who made those that your using on your car Jurrasic and is it just the bulbs themselves that are high intensity while the rest is stock?)and theres one other thing If it had the circular headlamps I'd probably leave it alone or put the high intensity headlamps on it too if I went for the smoked plexy, Sorry Lexan on ithttp://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3698&stc=1&d=1307076794 Totally lost here. What points are you trying to make about the Daytona headlight configuration?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I replaced the headlights with look-alike housings from Year One. The give the appearance of classic headlights' date=' but you can plug in the back the HID units or other more effecinet lights. You can effectively replace the existing headlights, point them appropriately, and then use all four like you want with the same effect, and then have the correct look in the daytime.My car came with the round headlights, but I did a lot of work to change them over. I just like the square lights. But, like a work of art, you need to follow your own inspiration.[/quote']Do you have pics of the housings you installed that mimic Year 1? Am curious how close mine are to that look. And did you install HID lights? Think they require a special power source setup to run them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Do you have pics of the housings you installed that mimic Year 1? Am curious how close mine are to that look. And did you install HID lights? Think they require a special power source setup to run them? Year One is the distributor. It is simply a shell that looks like a 2x4 headlight with a place in the rear to plug in the HID headlight unit. The HID lights I bought plug into the existing headlight harness, but there is a power unit that must be hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted June 5, 2011 Administrators Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Sonny's was probably built in 87-88 with a body fabbed in 87. The dual headlights on his car indicate his was an earlier body. But after McBurnie got into full production.I know nothing about these cars so please excuse my ignorance but how could Sonny's car be built in 87-88 when the show was already using the Testarossa at that point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I know nothing about these cars so please excuse my ignorance but how could Sonny's car be built in 87-88 when the show was already using the Testarossa at that point? He meant my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Year One is the distributor. It is simply a shell that looks like a 2x4 headlight with a place in the rear to plug in the HID headlight unit. The HID lights I bought plug into the existing headlight harness' date=' but there is a power unit that must be hidden.[/quote'] Can you clarify what you mean by "Year One is the distributor" pls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Totally lost here. What points are you trying to make about the Daytona headlight configuration?? That I'd switch the daytonas headlights' date=' the split square ones that the camera car has [img']http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3703&stc=1&d=1307254595that look like this on the '80 - 82' quattrofor these off of the latter post 82' audi quattro's and the audi 80 or 90to permanently acomplish the look the camera car had during the night scenes in the first season in the DAYTIME where that chrome piece right infront of the headlights made it look like both headlights were on at night, making it look like a solid unit instead of a split one, which I think would suit the car better and make it look more sleakespecially if I go with a smoked plexyglass cover to prevent this from happening on it:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3693&stc=1&d=1307075504http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3709&stc=1&d=1307255368http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3707&stc=1&d=1307255365http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3708&stc=1&d=1307255367forcing me to turn the highs on, drawing attention to the split intbetween the headlamps that just doesnt suit the sleak body of the daytona in my opinionhttp://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3710&stc=1&d=1307255577basically I want to make it look like this from the front:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3712&stc=1&d=1307256003 not just the sides and I guess I could just have that piece that splits the two headlights removed as well or recessed further thus preventing the whole issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I replaced the headlights with look-alike housings from Year One. The give the appearance of classic headlights' date=' but you can plug in the back the HID units or other more effecinet lights. You can effectively replace the existing headlights, point them appropriately, and then use all four like you want with the same effect, and then have the correct look in the daytime.My car came with the round headlights, but I did a lot of work to change them over. I just like the square lights. But, like a work of art, you need to follow your own inspiration.[/quote']with me its kinda a coin toss between the two (like the choice of going with normal headlight covers, clear plexy or smoked, they all look great on it!) I like the squares as well save for that what looks like a divider between the two, almost like its a piece of black plastic.hell I may be able to rectify it by simply having that chromed if it IS black plastic and not just an optical illusion caused by the center headlights sticking out more than the outter ones. actually maybe I should rig it up like it is on the actual ferrari and just switch it around, that might fix it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 you mean trimming the lower front portion of the flares on all wheels and not the lower back portion? I'm not sure what you mean but I mean the front ones that go down the nose of the car and I'd just trim them so they stop at the turn signal indicators at the front and about an inch or so lower on the back end like on that french replica that I'm starting to think is also a Rowley Corvette seen here:http://www.photos-automobiles.com/shootings/ferrari_daytonaspyder/index.htmjudging by the options offered by Rowley on there website:http://rowleycorvette.com/gtc.htmlhttp://rowleycorvette.com/gtcparts.htmland leave the rear flares alone and if that french replica is REALLY a Rowley corvette and they are still in buisness I need to really make a point to call them up and head down and take alook at a few of the ones they might still have lying around provided they havent gone out of buisness since 2003 (the last update on the site was dated 03')that would figure thought, that the one that I'm gravitating towards is only about a few hours drive from where I live, the question is who in france ordered one and then imported it in 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I know nothing about these cars so please excuse my ignorance but how could Sonny's car be built in 87-88 when the show was already using the Testarossa at that point? Ferrari didn't file an injunction against the replica makers of the Daytona (Mcburnie and Carl Roberts in particular' date=' Carl probably more so for the Testarossa replica) till 89' right as the show endedbasically they went after anyone who stuck a Ferrari badge on it, although I'm not sure why Rowley was spared, although I might have just hit the nail on the head there.(funny everytime I think of Rowley I think of Charles Bronson saying here's Wildey from "Death Wish 3", they sound so similar)I guess they figured the want for a Daytona replica would have died with its final appearance on the show in S3 and the further replacment of it by that white V12 hair dryer.hell you gotta I love the fact that top gear's Clarkson (a notorious ferrari lover) hates the testarossa but has made a reference to the daytona in the show once in a blue moon like here in the USA road trip[url']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2k7HRlaSnk&feature=relatedthis is what he was referencing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwgiRApDmkAobscure but you get the point, plus he likes phil collins and loves the Daytona so it fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Just a little heads up on the cars themselves.I don't think my grill is odd. I like it. Mine was buit in 88 and it has McBurnie on the rocker panel and the quad rectangular headlights' date=' even though not an early McBurnie. If you get a European model you may also have the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car as well. [/quote']I like the grill too I just think it would look better if the edges and square edges that stick out were painted black or cut so that it blended into the body better.after all unlike the actual ferrari you dont have to worry about the headlights cutting into the grill so you can actually give it a more full grill: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I like the grill too I just think it would look better if the edges and square edges that stick out were painted black or cut so that it blended into the body better.after all unlike the actual ferrari you dont have to worry about the headlights cutting into the grill so you can actually give it a more full grill: Yeah but the only reason the grill is configured like that on the genuine article is because the headlights drop down. The McBurnie doesn't so he extended the grill over into this space. I think it looks fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3703&stc=1&d=1307254595that look like this on the '80 - 82' quattrofor these off of the latter post 82' audi quattro's and the audi 80 or 90to permanently acomplish the look the camera car had during the night scenes in the first season in the DAYTIME where that chrome piece right infront of the headlights made it look like both headlights were on at night, making it look like a solid unit instead of a split one, which I think would suit the car better and make it look more sleakespecially if I go with a smoked plexyglass cover to prevent this from happening on it:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3693&stc=1&d=1307075504http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3709&stc=1&d=1307255368http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3707&stc=1&d=1307255365http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3708&stc=1&d=1307255367forcing me to turn the highs on, drawing attention to the split intbetween the headlamps that just doesnt suit the sleak body of the daytona in my opinionhttp://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3710&stc=1&d=1307255577basically I want to make it look like this from the front:http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3712&stc=1&d=1307256003 not just the sides and I guess I could just have that piece that splits the two headlights removed as well or recessed further thus preventing the whole issue. Still not getting you..can you simplify what you are painting here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I think a completely flat one piece headlight unit for either side of the car like on this 83' Audi ur (german for original) quattro would look better on the daytona than the split headlights its got right now.http://www.miamiviceonline.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3710&stc=1&d=1307255577 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger390X Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Corvette Summer... I love that movie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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