Always loved the contrast of white and black. With this high gloss vinyl wrap addition, I now have the look of a panoramic roof. Wrapped the side view mirrors, tail fin, and back decals as well. In a funny way, it makes the antenna look in place, instead of out of place as it usually does. I have on order a smurf antenna just to see the difference. In all, I think it turned out great, with just the right amount of black accent to give the white vert a more masculine but not racer boy appeal. I like the 2009 front fascia for its more laid back grand tourer theme than the more aggressive, stacked, look of new models. The accents i chose fall in line with that theme. Moreover, I love chrome but not over done and the remaining chrome under the window line extending back from the awesome vert headlights almost makes for a chrome pinstripe look from grill to headlights to door trim. Been in love with the chrome wheels since day one, now they stand out even more in my observation. Provided photo of neighbors BMW 645ci with actual panoramic roof in a side by side comparison.
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Follow up, sorry about the original post, unsure why the links failed. Hope this one works. Please let me know. (JUST REPLACED THE LINK ABOVE TO THE NOW CORRECT LINK FEB 2012)
I may plasti-dip the wheels and grill black and apply afterward a new product from them I have on order, a high gloss clear coat, and put that over top. Just to capture the difference of how I feel wheels and grill can make GT go to racer boy with the loss of the styling chrome. But do so in a non permanent way. Plasti-dip is some seriously fun stuff, basically a henna tattoo for your car.
But I truly believe the current remaining amount of chrome gives it a sleek E class Mercedes look with the windows down, given its equal absence of a B pillar, from the front and front just off center.
I have now lived with the change for three days, all in all my feelings and surprise. My biggest surprises are how it helps
1) at certain angles, give off the impression that the top is in fact down and
2) showcase the angular forward styling of the vert windows, giving the car a much more aggressive look haunched forward more with the back end of the vert naturally being flared more than the coupe only enhancing the look even more
3) make the back end look even smaller
4) helps to lower the profile somewhat and make it look less rounded at the top,
5) helps to accent the head light "big tit" Porsche style front end at least from top down view
6) helps break up the chopped up look some antiverts complain about.
Hope this link works out, sorry about the failure of the previous post, not sure what picasa's limitations are.