18 MY Saleen front end unveiled

[Clink]

If you look real close at all the lower grille areas where the insert meets the white paint the fitment looks bad. Almost like whoever took those pictures wanted us to see it.

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[sijoko]

It looks unfinished in a few areas. Also, the design is a bit too conservative.

 

[JWS]

Looks like they could still somewhat salvage the concept with a hood and Fenders, but the Turn Signal fit is way off.

 

[Lightning Blue GT350]

I can't believe they even put that GARBAGE out. I would say on a scale of 0-10 I would give it a "0".... put the factory gill back on it....lmao

 

[Lightning Blue GT350]

Why did they not match up the grills on upper and lower grill 2 different grills looks like they did just throw something on and hope it sticks?

 

[SStormtrooPer]

The quality/fit/finish look like SHIT! And, really, they couldn't even make matching upper and lower grills?

Regarding the style, none of the lines even remotely match the rest of the car at all -- looks like it is an eBay special for a Civic from 2004.

How can Saleen still be in business?

 

[MrCincinnati]

looks like a fusion

 

[Boss Bandit]

I like the overall idea, but it does look pretty rough in its finish. It would probably look really good on a dark colored car with the proper grills, prepped and painted correctly.

I'd probably want to delete the splitters dividing the outboard "intake" grills, and maybe retrofit a foglight or brake cooling duct in there. Such a set up would probably look killer on a Bullitt.

 

[Greek6486]

Here is how you fix this garbage:

1. Make the vents below the turn/fog lights about 3-4 inches longer and angled more.
2. Change the material that comes up and flows from the bottom of the bumper into the lower vents to the same material as the splitter, just the fin part.
3. Make the upper and lower grilles the same style.
4. Re-do the splitter to have a design with depth to it, and not just a flat half oval, just something like the 2017 performance pack style is fine.
5. Make turn/fog lights have a bezel or more sunk in look to match with the vent modification.

FIXED WOW!

 

[hawkbox]

eeewww....

 

[Khyber]

2 fast and 2 furious from 2002 called on the front to say hey.

 

[Mike K.]

Kinda reminds me of the pre 18 Roush front bumper

 

[AgentOrange]

They need to bring back Phil Frank to handle the design work since lately its been horrible.

http://phil-frank.com/

 

[Ghostrealm]

Oy veh looks bad.

 

[Rampant]

I don't even know where to start on this one. Did they do this last night. While drunk?
There is no shape to anything -- it is all flat with generic cutouts. Very messy cutouts as well (especially the inner edge of the outer openings). And what is with the red line in the grille -- why not carry over the whole grille? And why keep the GT "fangs" at all if you aren't going to carry them down to the lower grille? And why no rocker? Is it even lowered? Doesn't look like it. What were they going for here? Because whatever it is, they missed.

They have a really nice looking building though. Too bad they spent all their money on that, and not their actual product.

Taking a step back, WTF is going on with the aftermarket these days?
Steeda's extended lower edge bumper thing looks like crap.
Roush did basically nothing.
Saleen is boring, flat and horribly put together.

We aren't asking for much....

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