Modified Front End
Discussion
....might look a little better without the gold chicken wire pkjk said:
Just saw this in the classifieds.
www.pistonheads.com/sales/45426.htm
I quite like the look, and am tempted. What do you lot think then?
Have you spent money on Nitrons, brakes, exhaust and ECU ? If not then do that first ?!
hut49 said:
My honest opinion - I think it looks 'kin ugly...no offense to others, appropriate 'pc' disclaimers etc.
You don't see folks taking a hack saw to the front end of Ferraris, Porsches, Lambos, Astons...why do it to a TVR?
None taken, but this is just another mod, on the plus side it increases airflow through the rad plus it hides that nasty deflector thing in the mouth. Don't see that this mod is any different to a suspension / brake upgrade or engine re-mapping. Just an owner making the car into what they want it to be.
Ceejay
I quite like it. Gives it that aston martin look. (Maybe the gold should be dark grey or black). It certainly attracted everyones attention on here and that's the point of it I suppose. If the owner feels that it improves the look of his car then so be it. I de-seamed my original lights and I have the same problem......some aren't sure - some love it.
the irony is that this is how TVR designed the cerbera in the first place.
it was only after they realised they needed a home for the number plate that the split grille came into being.
the first cerbies had the bar pop-rivetted in place before it was incorporated into the body mould.
it was only after they realised they needed a home for the number plate that the split grille came into being.
the first cerbies had the bar pop-rivetted in place before it was incorporated into the body mould.
hut49 said:
My honest opinion - I think it looks 'kin ugly...no offense to others, appropriate 'pc' disclaimers etc.
You don't see folks taking a hack saw to the front end of Ferraris, Porsches, Lambos, Astons...why do it to a TVR?
Because people are so damn frightened of what it will do to thier already delicate residuals that they dont tend to touch them. Also, you can scrub Porsches from that list, many owners are more than happy to fit aftermarket bumpers and such to improve airflow to the rads/ brakes and lighter wheels etc etc... whether through their own creation or that of RUF, Gemballa, Tech Art et al. Infact, even Astons occaisionally have thier front grills gaping wide, and people pay a fortune for it: good old Zagato.
My opinion, I think the Cerbera looks wrong *with* the front cross member thing. I hope that when we get ours resprayed I can take a hack saw to it and mount the number plate on the lower part of the front intake. I do however think it would be best to put *black* mesh behind, but that matches our cars colour scheme anyway.
spartacus said:
I like it, I'll remove my front bar at some stage, my number plate is on the bonnet anyhow (see profile pic).
Have you had any hassle from the law running your cerb with stick on number plate? Shouldn't really as e-types have same thing.
Not so far, even get through MoTs ok, but you never know. My last TVR also had a stick on front plate and was ok. However no plate got me pulled within 24 hours....
spartacus said:
I like it, I'll remove my front bar at some stage, my number plate is on the bonnet anyhow (see profile pic).
Have you had any hassle from the law running your cerb with stick on number plate? Shouldn't really as e-types have same thing.
Slight difference, in that it is legal on an E-type (because the date of first registration is before Jan 1972).
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