josh99ta

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Its a crappy chop job of a previous chop job that someone else did on the wheels and I did it in Gimp because I dont have Photoshop. Its just to give you an idea. Whats been done in the chop...

• Blacked out lower grill area (would actually have lower grill insert in black mesh as well)
• Shaved front side markers (only serve as a marker, they'd be shaved and completely gotten rid of)
• Blacked out "kidney" grills (would be inset body color with black mesh for the actual grills just like the lower grill and like the hood scoops would have)
• CCW SP500s, considering either them or 505As in 19s and need to decide between fully polished or polished lips with either anthracite or black centers

A car with black iForged Aeros in black finished centers very similar to the CCW SP500s I'm considering and another chop of the 505As on the GTO...





Thoughts on if this looks good or not and if the black, anthracite, or polished wheels would be a better choice?

Basically this would kind of be turning the GTO into a more mature version of what my Trans Am looked like. Am I trying to make a "blah and bland" car aggressive and its just the wrong way to go? Maybe just go polished kidney and lower grills and hood scoop inserts, leave all the lines on the front bumper the same, and just get polished wheels instead?

For comparison's sake this doesn't show the polished hood scoop inserts but it does show the kidney and lower grill inserts... very CTS/STS-Vish to me...



And in the short term this is kind of my plan for the car. Black out the side markers, maybe do the all black grilles, tint, and go polished wheels. Just dont know about the blacked out lower bumper in these shots. I think thats the idea for now but I'm still on the fence and wanting input from everybody. Thanks in advance.

chaman

iTrader: (5)

Stick with the polished wheels (CCW 505) AND polished grills. I think those would fill the "mature" look youre looking for, IMO

JacobK

iTrader: (10)

personally i think the 505As look the best..especially with that ride height..its sex on wheels

Magnet

iTrader: (36)

first pic looks really good...

z28C4maro82z

iTrader: (33)

First picture does look good, however, I still am one for the stock rims

Adam_346

I like the 500's but whatever you get make them polished all the way , nothing else IMO. And I like the black grilles also. the shaved signals looks pretty good too. Either way its gonna be HOTT

will69camaro

iTrader: (19)

I like the wheels in the first pic and the shaved side marker lights but i dont like the polished grills, makes it look like it has braces to me.

William

MjMaro

iTrader: (11)

First pic looks awesome for the wheels

VSGLS1

iTrader: (8)

You can't go wrong with either combo of CCWs.

Mistacamawo

convert the grand prix front to the monaro front, that would make it look 10x better.

josh99ta

iTrader: (1)

1 - I like the front end on the GTOs. Although it is similar to other Pontiac cars such as the Grand Prix it's also somewhat inspired by a few other cars. I see BMW in the kidney grills, undertones of the WS6 in the hood scoops, and I think the headlights look awesome and aggressive. The Holden front end is nice but its expensive and with a little work on the stock front bumper it can look just as nice IMO.

2 - Its near if not over $2000 for the front end conversion after paint and everything... better things to spend my money on when its a negligible gain in appearance over a worked over front bumper with the SAP inset grilles painted body color to match, shaved side markers, and a few other small things I have in mind.

osvaldo

iTrader: (4)

i like the blacked out look. im not a fan of bling-bling

bLkWdOw SS

iTrader: (-1)

1st picture looks amazing, makes me want a GOAT

'Trust'

iTrader: (24)

Ok, so in your other thread I voted 505A's, now definately the SP500's. Either will look awesome though, and yea blackedou to rblinged out will look great!

Adam_346

+1 , finally someone else that likes the GTO front-end better also

Mcheap

I like the 505a's with the kidney things. I went ahead and gave the kidney stuff and lower grill a shot, one with 505's and other with Sp500

josh99ta

iTrader: (1)

Mcheap, thanks for the chops. Very glad I got to see the bling grills because I prefer the black for sure now over those. In theory they look good and I think on a bright color like Impulse Blue they look awesome but not so much on the darker Spice Red. Those SP500s are looking SICK on there too. I was almost dead set on 505As but everytime I see SP500s on these cars it sways me back towards them. Thanks a ton for the chops man.

Mcheap

No prob man, hope they make your decision easier

kevinclark09

cant go wrong with shiny