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R8 does it look better without side blades?

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  1. Mark(study)

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  2. JBsZ06

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    Looks good if not as unique as the stock car with side blades..

    Thanks for the photo.

    JB
     
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  3. FerrariF50lover

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    That car looks so much better IMO. I wonder if you could spec one out like this.
     
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  4. Mark(study)

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    Maybe Audi added the blades on as an after-thought, so people wouldn't say it looks too much like a gallardo.

    I like it better without blades....too bad this is just a photoShop pic.... who knows what it really looks like?

    Aiken Drum over at NSXprime did a nice job on the pic
     
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  5. slm

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    Cars can be ordered with the side blade painted body color.
     
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  6. Mark(study)

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  7. BrianZuk

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    That looks awesome, especially in red O_O
     
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    Ditch the vents beneath the headlights and tail lights and it would be almost palatable.
     
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  9. TrentS

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    I like them with carbon fibre side blades
     
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    Thats the first thing i thought of. Looks like the Gallardo on the sides without them. I actually like the blades, makes it a little more unique.
     
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    The local dealer said no more CF blades - no supply for a while.
     
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    The photoshop looks much better. Too bad they aren't building them like that.
     
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  15. Pantera

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    I agree it looks better without the blades.
     
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    Me too, at least in the side view. on the carbon fibre - (while I personally never liked the pure "looks" of this stuff) -

    Wonder if they realized that the carbon fibre yellowed in the sun, but the mean old Corvette people would not give them any of their special 60,000 dollar a gallon clear cote.

    (We brought down the Hindenburg on much the same principles, by withholding the sale of Helium, BTW)...
     
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    How do you like the car? That's the question :D
     
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    I like 'em. Reminds me of the last classic exotics like the Miura, Boxer and 308/328. Modern cars now look like someone dumped a bucket of paint over the entire car.

    +1
     
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