ferrari, lambo, caymen on solstice

[Perfectlap]

are those vents facing the right direction if they're to be functional?

Personally, I like the Solstice/Sky platform. I'm not in love with it, like I am with the box. But they're tempting. The soft top fit looks very rough though. Baggy and saggy. ewww. Reminds me of the 1st gen Viper, an after-thought.


If the aftermarket comes through on that car with cheap turbo upgrades, and the powertrain proves durable at 2x power levels, I'll seriously considering it then. Until then, all the body mods in the world won't make that car "cool".

[humara]

functional vents. that's the least of that guys worries.
check out the sky/solstice trunk one of these days if you get a chance. you'll feel like the boxster has the capacity of an SUV compared to that thing. they went out of their way to make it useless.

there's already a turbo version out from the factory.

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by boxsterz

Personally, I like the Solstice/Sky platform. I'm not in love with it, like I am with the box. But they're tempting. The soft top fit looks very rough though. Baggy and saggy. ewww. Reminds me of the 1st gen Viper, an after-thought.


If the aftermarket comes through on that car with cheap turbo upgrades, and the powertrain proves durable at 2x power levels, I'll seriously considering it then. Until then, all the body mods in the world won't make that car "cool".

well...there is a company, called Mallett, that does LS2/LS7 conversions on these.
and here is the new body mods they do to it, with widebody and whatnots.
now THAT I LIKE
http://www.mallettcars.com/news-4-30-07-pitbull.htm

Yes, I was talking about the GXP/Redline. The base is an anemic non-consideration. 260hp won't pry me from the box, +400 maybe... CD did a good write up of a GXP, and summed it up well; it's pretty much a toy given the tiny trunk.

The Mallet is sexy! However, I don't see the value in that conversion. For that price point, I'd rather get a Vette Zo6, or Viper (used of course) if I wanted true supercar performance.

[CJ_Boxster]

DJ i love the way the Mallett version of the Solstice looks, Reminds me of a mini Viper or one of those photoshoped pictures of exotic cars that are shrunken to "power wheels" size. I absolutly love the bulge or flare of the front fenders.

[Chills]

Is it just me or does the OEM Solstice front bumper look like it has buck teeth?

[Cloudsurfer]

I'd be interested in the Mallet, except that by the time you do an LS swap into one of these, its a $50k car. At that price, I'll go elsewhere, thanks.

Now, used C5 Z06s are something to talk about......

Patrick

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by Chills

Is it just me or does the OEM Solstice front bumper look like it has buck teeth?

LOL- buck teeth. Yeah, just too many "focal points" up front - but overall the Mallet upgrade looks better.

I was behind a stock Solstice yesterday and maybe I'm just so used to the correctly proportioned rears on the box and my wife's Lexus GS, but the Solstice's rears looked anemic. I swear my mountain bike has a fatter rear tire than the stock solstice....

GM deserves credit for stepping out of the usual mold on the Solstice and Sky - the latter looking better IMNSHO. Yes they cut some corners in the motor, ragtop (think monkey ****ing a football), wheels, etc. but not a bad first effort. They should really keep improving on it, but they probably won't....

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Chills

Is it just me or does the OEM Solstice front bumper look like it has buck teeth?

I always say that it looks like a beaver.