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Old Jun 4, 2013 | 10:42 PM
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Body Kit for Aston

I cant find anyone who make kit for RAPIDE ?

any help guys ?
 
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 07:13 AM
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Mansory tends to make body kits for Aston Martins, but most people (at least on here) really, really dislike them. I don't know if they have one for the Rapide, though.
 
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Every time I see a body kit on an Aston, or any exotic, I die a little inside.
 
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Whatever you do, please don't put a Mansory product on your car!
 
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Every time I see a body kit on an Aston, or any exotic, I die a little inside.
I disagree if only because of this car:

http://www.crankandpiston.com/on-the...-12c-fabulous/
 
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 09:25 AM
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I disagree if only because of this car:

http://www.crankandpiston.com/on-the...-12c-fabulous/
Agree. Much better looking than the original, which is too 'soft' in appearance IMO.
 
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Same here.. That's probably the only kit on an exotic that I've seen that's an improvement over OEM.
 
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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I disagree if only because of this car:

http://www.crankandpiston.com/on-the...-12c-fabulous/
It looks good but if I wanted a Lamborghini, I wouldn't buy a McLaren and then put a body kit on it.
 
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It looks good but if I wanted a Lamborghini, I wouldn't buy a McLaren and then put a body kit on it.
Curious indeed. Comparatively speaking, isn't that like dressing up a new Mustang to look like a Honda Fit?
 
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Wow, does look Lambo-ish but an improvement over the original IMO.
 
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I have been drooling over this car for over a year. Here are some more images:







 
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 06:50 AM
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To each his his own. To me it looks like a baby Aventador. McLaren's car is designed for function over form. Putting on a body kit seems completely counter to the makers core philosophy.
 
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I agree that the kit is counter to McLaren's intent and that the kit does have many Lambo design cues.

Unfortunately, the MP4 is one seriously style-free car. It 's as if the designers brief was to come up with an ambiguous blob of a car that one could point to and say: "It's function over form."

No kidding. But did they have to make it THAT much function over form? It may be a great car, but c'mon, who wants to look at it (or be inside it...just look at that steering wheel hub with logo for something that looks utterly crap).

At least the kit, Lambo or not, fixes the exterior and fixes most of the interior (except for the wheel).
 
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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I agree that the kit is counter to McLaren's intent and that the kit does have many Lambo design cues.

Unfortunately, the MP4 is one seriously style-free car. It 's as if the designers brief was to come up with an ambiguous blob of a car that one could point to and say: "It's function over form."

No kidding. But did they have to make it THAT much function over form? It may be a great car, but c'mon, who wants to look at it (or be inside it...just look at that steering wheel hub with logo for something that looks utterly crap).

At least the kit, Lambo or not, fixes the exterior and fixes most of the interior (except for the wheel).
I somewhat agree. I think the 12C is only lacking in the front end. If they took the GT4 splitter or something, it would change the car and make it much more aggressive looking. On the other hand the McLaren P1 is gorgeous! Unfortunately it's a bit outside my price range....By a bit I mean sell the house, the Scud, and the dog to afford.
 
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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I've never really warmed to the design of the Macca. It sort of looks like a kit car to me. I know it's fantastic to drive, but it appears that nearly all of the development effort went into the engineering instead of the design. For me, that's a deal-breaker (assuming I could afford the car in the first place!).
 

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