I actually really like the one brain posted. Wasn't so sure about it in the beginning, but that is growing on me. GJ Brainysack.
Is it just me or does it still look a little funky where it connects to the windshield? |
The BMW top cut follows the exact same slope at the original concept :) I just put them over eachother and switched the image about 500 times :laugh: The thing that makes it look like it's not is the upper window line of the side window (it's straight on Scott's)
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 671618)
I actually really like the one brain posted. Wasn't so sure about it in the beginning, but that is growing on me. GJ Brainysack.
Is it just me or does it still look a little funky where it connects to the windshield? |
Originally Posted by UrbanSoot
(Post 671497)
cmon guys... now im going to HAVE to get a fucking NB just to get this top. I HATE YOU!
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So I've skimmed through the thread (mainly the last 2 pages), so forgive me if it was mentioned or is considered common sense with these fastbacks. This will pretty much take away the ability to drop the top correct? Or at least without having to swap trunks I assume. Maybe I'll have to treat myself to a present this spring. :idea: |
^^I don't put my top down. :dunno:
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Originally Posted by Vashthestampede
(Post 671639)
So I've skimmed through the thread (mainly the last 2 pages), so forgive me if it was mentioned or is considered common sense with these fastbacks. This will pretty much take away the ability to drop the top correct? Or at least without having to swap trunks I assume. Maybe I'll have to treat myself to a present this spring. :idea: |
I don't like any line on the NA. Can't find one that works...the one I used for the NB looks like dickhole.
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Originally Posted by turotufas
(Post 671398)
...Porsche Panamera. Eww...
Either way, what I was doing was just a styling exercise, nothing more. None of this 'you should', 'you ought to' crap. I don't operate that way. Just throwin' it out there. Dopple got what I was doing. For fun. Besides, my l'il rendering would be a pita to produce a backlight for... It'd be a huge compound curve of glass that would require a structure for hinging, which would not be at the 'top' but more like in the top third of the 'hatch'. It's also tough to do 'chops with peebucket, considering I don't have P-shop. |
I almost wonder if using the glass from a Z4 coupe would work...
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Here is a dumb idea but I wanted to put it out there. Find a back and side glass off of an existing auto that you can use as a donor and design around that. I prefer one that already has defroster built in. Perhaps an older RX?
Unless I am mistaken, there are many sources for replacement glass for autos that have been discontinued for years. Some may want Lexan for weight, but as a daily driver I would prefer glass. |
We have always kept the option open to adapt the design to use OEM glass, as long as it is relatively cheap and easy to get. We could possibly make another mold down the road that uses OEM glass and leave it to the customer to buy the glass.... but dont hold your breath... ducktail spoiler options, an NA and an NC versions take priority. Maybe we'll make the NC version to use OEM glass right off the bat.
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already having a hardtop I dont think I would go for this, it is actually looking nice though, but a question about mounting hardware. Would it:
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this is about the best I could come up with an NA. The body lines just don't work with a fastback compared to the NB as far as I'm concerned.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1293026609 even the coupe from that factory looked odd: http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkar...2136382/p2.jpg where the nb looks hawt: http://image.automobilemag.com/f/aut..._side_view.jpg |
I like the factory coupe.
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Originally Posted by buffon01
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I like the factory coupe.
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NB has side skirts, long mudflaps on the rear tyres and huge rims. That helps in making it look decent.
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hi ppl new to this forum, seen the picks on the fastback idea
Attachment 191799 Its a bit so so, but what do you think... |
Great first post.
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lol
so much fail |
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