Considering losing the carbon
The hood looks alright, but id do OEM shaved trunk and green roof. See how oyu like that and if you want to go back to the oem hood, do it. Im not really a carbon fiber guy, so im biased, but its your car and whatever you do, its still gonna look sick.
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Black trunk.... really...
I just don't want to paint a carbon hood green and then think "wow, **** I should have sold this when it was pure carbon.
Hate to admit it, but I agree with Jethro-san here. I know where you can get a quality ST kit for 5k-ish that will make your car go as well as show.
And I actually don't mind Ash's idea, either.
However, if it comes down to you don't want to make it even less DD-able, it seems like you'd have to back-track a fair bit, not just on the body but also the aggressive stance and fitment.

Keep the trunk, just paint the back of it EM up to the edge of the lip, and add reverse lights (do something custom maybe)
I wouldn't really worry about painting the hood and then changing your mind... you can always sand it back down and re-clear it... it's not like you work at a paint&body place anyway
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I have considered spraying green candy onto the carbon. We're doing an RX8 lambo orange and it has orange candy on the carbon. Looks pretty cool.
I thik this winter I will work something out with the reverse lights. I feel the trunk is a little plain, I love the way the tail lights lines are like a reversed image on my wheels lol (camber FTW)
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Oh no no, I love the stance, that **** is staying haha.
I bought the lexus for that
BTW; you'll hate me for this, I was running errands in the S550 today after putting the headlights back together.
I bought the lexus for that

BTW; you'll hate me for this, I was running errands in the S550 today after putting the headlights back together.





