Well just got home, and got my first look at this.
Having had everybody take potshots at me for the entire year, one side of me want's to leave it be, and save the commentary, giving the dude credit for the work he put into it.
AND....He did manage to make a mass produce-able style kit that everybody who wanted one could just bolt on,
BUT... on the other hand, it misses the mark.
The tail is even more dis-proportionate than mine was (read,.... too short), giving the back a really "smashed" look.The obvious "bolt on" look of the rear end fascia screams fiberglass kit. The front end is just bad. The headlights are chinese through and through, and lend none of the "R" style apron I was trying to emulate.
It still feels weird to throw rocks at ole dudes car though, because he's out there,...and I know first hand what it feels like to watch people chew up and spit out your hard work. I don't know if he got his idea from mine, or was having a simultaneous ephinany during the time I was putting my eye out, but I feel sorry for him if he takes it to MW this year after the SVT pricks get a hold of him..
Not knowing how mine would end up as it was being built, It was this example I feared mine would end up looking like. Fortunately for me, I know now that I managed to pull it off.
I also know that I could make a killer hatch back version of my notch, but as polarizing as it was, also know I'll never attempt it.
