Gen III Styling Modifications

[I Ben Therbefor]

Way back when, there was a thread that mentioned several styling mods DC was going to make before releasing the Gen III to make it more "agressive".

Anyone know what happened?

 

[Steve Ferguson]

They have redone the rear section top and bottom, plus added the black covers over the exhaust tips. Those are the only real noticeable changes I have seen. I would guess that they will be pointing out the changes at VOI?

 

[Mike Brunton]

I thought they were "adjusting" the front fenders.

When you see early SRT pictures compared to recent SRT pictures, I believe you can see the changes.

I really think DC owes us some REAL pictures of the final car here... especially in black and silver. I can't imagine why they haven't given them to us yet - surely the paint is already in house and test cars have been produced in these colors?

 

[SRTRICK]

Steve - you really can't count the black patch over the exhaust outlet as a styling change to make the car more aggressive, it must be more of an inelegant solution to a heat related paint problem. It simply looks bad & I am sure many will have body shops un-doing the black paint when the car is delivered.

Why they don't go with a stainless shield like that shown on the comp coupe, or at least ovalize the black paint to mimic the exhaust outlet I can't understand at all.

 

[Frank 03SRT]

Stainless shield? Time for MGW!!!

 

[Steve Ferguson]

You can count any change that changes the appearance as a styling change, especially if they are trying to re-capture the black metal look of the original RT/10!

 

[SRTRICK]

Well, at least if they were trying to capture the look of the original black side exhaust detail (although I can't see any similarity there at all) there should not be a problem with having the squared off patch eliminated as far as paint problems go, right?