She's a looker!........

[jimmy]

After a conversation tonight, where my aesthetic eye was questioned, I thought I'd ask - How important are the looks of a car to you ?!?

I'm talking from the perspective of a racer (in any class) or a basher / fun driver. Anything from a nice modern airbrushed paint scheme to a scale looking car/buggy.

I love the old skool look of the HPI Baja 5b, just like I love the look of my original Kyosho Ultima (very similar looking)- I guess it doesnt mean I would race the Ultima though if its not competitive.

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Was wondering where this thread was going. I have been thinking of going plain with my bodys latley simple one colour less fussy. The Optima Mid Turbo was a good looking car (LWB version).

[Cockerill]

Plain White all the way

[Spencer Mulcahy]

You and Danny

[DCM]

I prefer form over function, but then there are times when no thought has gone into the asthetics of an item that is clearly in veiw and so just looks like a 'blob', Schumacher ProCat shell and the first 'flat' yokomo shell.

Jim, the Ultima, with the ladder frame pressed alloy chassis was my first 'new' car and painted sky blue, heehee.

as for shells, they are a personal taste, if someone likes plain colours, cool, not my thing, but then my thing isn't everyones cup of tea either. not a great fan of 'messy' scheme's though.

[jimmy]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! yummy.

[Chris Doughty]

form follows function.

you noticed how much nicer a car looks when you see it rag around a track at a super quick speed.

there are obviously cars that you will never like the look of, no matter how fast they go,

there are cars that look dialled without doing anything, but they may not always go that well (but some do)

its the 'I'm not sure about that one' car that will start to look better and better the more you see it ragging everyones ass off on the track.

Subaru Impreza is one of them, especially the 'bug eye' version, it was definately a 'OMG what have they done' when i first saw it, and now, the more I see it, I just think, 'OMG it looks so damn mean!!!'