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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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My friend was messing around with photo shop and morphed a G8 hood onto a Bonneville GXP.
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Me likey. It adds just the right amount of flare to be a sports car but doesn't scream high powered (aka Dan'* hood)
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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I like it.
Looks sharp.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 01:44 AM
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I concur. Can someone check the dimensions on that? It'd be a nice surprise if it could fit onto a Bonneville easily.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 11:12 AM
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The concept is nice but the lines are too sharp. Compare the lines on that hood to the lines on the head lights and grilles. It just doesn't match. It looks good if all you're looking at is the hood, but step back for a second and you'll see that it doesn't match the car at all. If they were perhaps bigger and rounder, it might work out.

The G8 on the other hand has much sharper and more defined body lines than the GXP, so it works for it.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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Good Observation X. I looked at the pic and it just didn't seem quite right. You hit the nail on the head.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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I'm not going to be running to the salvage yard for G8 hood scoops anytime soon, I just thought it was "interesting" enough to let others see.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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Thats funny this was posted. The wife and I passed a G8 on the way to work. and she said that it looked like a bulkier version of your car. I replied I wish that hood was available for my car
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Originally Posted by GXP Venom
Good Observation X. I looked at the pic and it just didn't seem quite right. You hit the nail on the head.
Same here. It looks good, but off just a little for some reason, and that was it.
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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I would like to clear up what I meant in my post. I thought the OP meant just the scoops not the entire hood so the hard lines up the side wouldn't be included.
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