Need more GL bus advice...

[Panelfantastic]

...I have been eyeballing taking about 2" out of the overall height. It does hang down too much with respect to the sides and looks out of porportion. 2"s is as far up as I can go before you see the actual stock sheet metal hanging out underneath.

Thanks for the compliments and for always giving it to me straight, when I ask for advice, I want it honest... good and not so good.
My wife giggled at the trouble you're in...

[NO_H2O]

I think that some brake cooling ducts would be sweet. Some fog/running lights would work too. I wonder if the aftermarket scoops for a Jetta (A-4) or Passat would work.

[Panelfantastic]

I've still got a whole box of assorted NACAs. If I was gonna duct it, I would probably use those again to keep some continuity. I'm just trying to be careful about knowing when to say when... I know, too late for that! My next door neighbor is big into rice, he and all of his buddies have the full-on "shogun" kits on their cars and I look at those and think "man I gotta keep this clean and simple cuz that she-ite looks awful"...

[Rob]

Hey Panel,

How did you create that lip ?

Do you have a pic of the whole bus, like a 3/4 front/side shot, I guess it would give a better idea if we can see the whole roof line.

Anyway, I agree that although it looks good from the front, the difference with the sides is too big. I don't think rocker extensions will look good.

I'd paint it first, the same as the body, just to see how it looks. Maybe if you taper the ends towards the wheelwell (not sure if I describe this properly)...

Anyway.....that's all of my brainfarts for now....

Rob.

[NO_H2O]

I don't think a pair of ducts would look "Ricer" remember, they take their ideas from Euro cars and then go overboard with them. If you put 3 pairs of ducts cover them with screen and 2 pair of driving lights with blue lamps and some graphics/LED lighting then you could hang out with them,,,,,,,,,,,well maybe you would have to put a big wing on the back and a big APC sticker on the back glass to fit in with the nieghbors

[Panelfantastic]

Thanks for the ideas Rob. Definately NO on any sort of side skirt, I really like the way the sides roll under. I'll try to post some more pics this weekend so you can see how it is put together.


H2O, I was thinkin' some 'o them GREEN neons would really be the shiznitz...shiznizzle...shibbidy doowop...uuuhmm, the cat's pajamas.

[jhelgesen]

If you could recess the whole thing back and under, say an inch or two, I think it would give you the look you want. It breaks up the big front panel, and give it the look of a racing spliter.

[jhelgesen]

Maybe like this?