Concept Work-in-progress
 

First things first, I made these drawing for the sole purpose of trying to decide how I want to make my 8 look. I don't like hardly any kit for the 8, and I'm not one for the "clean" a.k.a. stock look. It may be too aggressive for some, but I welcome any opinions, harsh or supportive, it doesn't matter.


So, I started out with a tracing of an S2 RX8 somewhat unbeknownst to me. I didn't really pay attention, I just needed something with the overall shape and detail of an 8. I don't have the best of skill or tools, so please forgive the unclean appearance of the sketches. Should be 6 pics of various fender vent designs and 2 or 3 relatively unmodified to show what I started with.

Edit: I know I put these up on Facebook already, but not every either has Facebook or is a member of the group on there.

And the rest of the pic's

Those huge wheels just look out-of-proportion....

The wheels or the fenders? The wheels are stock, that I know of, and I didn't take too much care in drawing them. And in all but one its just the outline of the whole tire, too. Fenders, on the other hand, are larger for a more aggressive appearance similar to the JGTC/Super GT race cars. I love those things..

Seriously. 200 views and only one comment from the entire bunch? And that was from a moderator. Yeesh, I didn't think I was that bad...

I'm guessing with your title, we where hoping for more than just pencil
on paper. It's your car, so take the design you like best and go with it.

Was expecting solidworks or the like

go on fiverr.com and ask someone to make these sketches into 3d renders, or get someone to make some sketches for you. $5

It looks like it has a lot of DTM touring car influence, which I like. It would just be very costly to bring these concepts into reality. Kudos for trying it!

Your car, your money. Do you. I like the stock look so................

Hmm.. I will look into getting it made into a 3d render, I hadn't really tho't about that. Like I said, I don't have the best of skill or any real tools besides a pink eraser and a mechanical pencil. Makin the best of what I've got =/

I know it's my car and I should build it how I want, but I also want to know what other people think about some of the styles I'm going for. I don't care if I absolutely love a style, if a vast majority of people with the same car think it just makes the car look absolutely horrendous, I want to know. I don't want to be that guy rollin' around lookin' like a douche, but thinking he's hot shit.

The truth is the drawings just dont show enough detail from one angle. you cant get a good idea without multiple angles. Side, front, 3/4 for example. Without that its very hard to visualize. Personally they all look very much the same to me.

Yeah... Except those are purebred race cars with tube-frames and completely unique body dimensions. Not just some production car with giant fenders and "stock" wheels/tires that magically fit those giant fenders.

Sorry, but your drawings make no sense. Especially using the size of a stock wheel in reference to the fenders.

Yeah dude, they all look pretty similar to me as well. I was completely confused as we what I was looking for until you explained.. and then I was confused because I couldn't really see any difference in the sketches.

These particular sketches were only made for fender vent designs. The majority of them are identical up until the vent. If you didn't notice the vents, I don't know what to say about that..

I did lower the hood line by an inch or two and raised the top of the fender by about an inch. I didn't do an amazing amount to the fenders, they're not that "huge".

Like I said, I'm only assuming the wheels are stock, I honestly don't know and as far as I can remember the original artist, who added them to a side shot of a stock S2 8, didn't say anything about a different size. I could easily be wrong, they could be 19's or 20's for all I know.

Anyway, again, thanks for the critiques. Like I said, I'm working on the 3/4 angle, I'll see if I can't get that done before the weekend.

Ok, I'm back with a 3/4's angle or close to it. For starters, please don't complain about the fact its pencil and paper. That's just what I can afford, and prefer.

First pic is what I started with. Looks like an S1 to me, tho I'm not the best judge of things. What I changed on it is the height of the hood and fenders, I lowered the vehicle what I'm guessing to be close to 2 inches, and I made a custom bumper with lip. Now that I'm "done" drawing it, I can already see things I need to fix. The intent is to have a similar hood/top of the fenders shape as Corvette.

Please, be honest, let me know what you think of it! I don't want to be babied, just please try and be constructive.

Is it really that bad of a thing that I drew it up in pencil on paper? Isn't that what they used to do, in "the old days"? I can go back over it to make it darker if its difficult to see the drawing or parts of it on some browsers/devices.

The drawings are ok. It's the design that's ugly!

Just keep drawing man. Even with no reply. Its cool your putting them on here for the world to see, but you must understand not everyone is going to like what you personally like. Keep making sketches and eventually they will blow some of these guys out of the water hopefully.

Thanks for the support Trick, its nice to see people encouraging other people for a change.




I'm not too worried about the negative comments too much, I just wish they'd say why they don't like the design rather than just saying they don't like it. I understand tho, sometimes I can't quite say why I don't like something, I just know I don't like it.

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First pic should be, if uploaded correctly, a pic of the stock center dash/console. Next is a quick sketch there of, just to show my minimal skill and give reference. Third is my concept of what I want to change my dash to.

Raised the vents an inch roughly, putting my Tab 4 8.0 in just below the vents, some toggle switches just below the tablet, and then cupholders where the ash tray is (to eliminate then behind the shifter).

Awesome progress.

I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but this is my first major project. I need to get some speakers for my ipod while I take apart my air and radio controls

Do you have any experience doing custom fabrication?

None! Diving into this head first, I plan to mess up a bit til I get it right. More than likely doing the face in fiberglass, looking into some different types options on how to get data to the tablet like maybe a Bluetooth USB hub for the various connectors.