Progess on my riced-out Beetle

well i here is a pic of he beetle ive been whining about, the idea of a riced out beetle was inspired by pmans slamme beetle :) . i just painted 2 coats of TS-12 orange on it, and im quite pleased with the gloss considering right now and i hope it stays this smooth for 2 or 3 more coats.

i kind of dummy fitted the wheels to where i want them, but im not sure if i should leave the wheels that pale gold color or maybe make them white. as always any opinions would be appreciated.:D

i havent painted the hood/bonnet yet, but im planning on painting it black, and making it a carbon fiber hood/bonnet

as always any opinions would be appreciated.:D

sorry for the poor quality of the picture, my camera is older than ME :mad:
http://www.geocities.com/ricecompelsyou/buggie.html

Looks fine to me. I like the goldish wheels.

How much Coke do you drink? ;)

haha thanks, and i usually dont drink coke i jst need the caffine today :D

EMMMM, Mugen MF-10 wheels from the S2000 kit.

That's rice alright!

If you don't want gold wheels, how about black?
try to change the color in photoshop and decide from that.

OK, my views!
Red or orange cars look wrong with gold wheels, too similar, so I would go for silver or chrome for those!
Second, a carbon bonnet on a Beetle would look silly, it just isn't the right shape!
Have a search on the net and see the kind of mods done to Beetles. It is usually smooth paint, maybe graphics and big rims! The orange looks good, so go with that!

Again, all just IMO!

I would go with bigger wheels... These look a bit too small. And make them white! :) (my fav.)

There are some cool bugs amongst the pics in this gallery http://acmeclub.topcities.com/PhotoLinks.htm

Such as this one that guiddy mentioned that was also in SAE
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/158836L_ACMEbeetle.jpg

and these are damn cool too
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/633713Dscn2348-vi.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/971913DSCN2603-vi.jpg

:silly2: :lol2: could you imagine yourself driving down the street in one of those :lol2:

those beetles are great! but too bad my skills are severly lacking :(

well thanks for the opinion guys :) guiddy is starting to make me rethink my CF hood now im not sure if i wanna scrap the idea or go with it, wa do you guys think? :confused:

true i want this thing to be ricey but i also want it to look okay too, sorry about the small wheels i spent all my play money on kits that i didnt have enuff for new wheels so i nabbed those wheels from my s2k :D
as for the color if i go with the CF hood then gunmetal if not then white

so at do you guys thinkof a cf hood?

Originally posted by Thing-A-Majig

as for the color if i go with the CF hood then gunmetal if not then white


Great choice! These are two of my favourite colours for wheels!

CF hood - I wouldn't...

:eek: :eek: ..those 3 models need to be melted down !!!!

I have to go with Dan on this one to. Gold wheels dont go with orange :eek: .
Go with a bigger rim and do them in a chrome or silver.
I'd be giving white a miss to

Also a big NO on the C/F

okay okay the CF is out, as for bigger wheels i need to wait while to order those, and while im at it i think ill order some big brakes too. i already spent my little budget i set for myself for this month on new models and supplies :( , but i guess its okay, i dont wanna go poor from buying too many toys ;) ill just go back to working on my gt-four :)

are you putting "NOS" on those things???

if no, then how the hell are you expecting that to be rice???











j/p man nice work :D

well the answer is simple im gonna slap on a Vtec sticker on there :-D

Originally posted by Thing-A-Majig
well the answer is simple im gonna slap on a Vtec sticker on there :-D

what!!!.......you've been with this guy too long!!>>>>>:bandit: ....
you must be crazy to put a vtec sticker on a bug!.......get a integra type-r sticker!!!!......now that's style......:D

**** since sarcasm doesn't work that well online.....i hope most of you realize i'm not a stupid idiot and it was a joke......thank you....:bloated: