Fixed something that's been nagging me for a while.

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 09/23/2015 at 01:15 • Filed to: None

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I love the way the last gen T-Bird looked... except for one detail. The grille. I know the chrome grid pattern is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but on this car it just looks cheap and tacky. So, I fired up the Photoshop and replaced it with a wire mesh one. Thoughts?

Original image for comparo:

Cherry_man1 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:23

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Too much noise in the shop one distracts from the lines of the front end.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:26

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Original design was clean, simple, and worked well. Shopped one is too busy, and not a simple mesh at all IMO. Looks tacky.

T-bird needed more flair on the sides and rear, not the front.

Axial > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:29

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I think the problem with the original final product is that it was too smooth. It was still too much of a rounded soap bar, and there wasn’t enough brightwork (chrome or plastic) to really make it pop. If you are going to go for retro, and the retro period you are emulating features lots of brightwork, you can’t neglect the brightwork. You can’t go all body-colored monotone, it’s disgusting.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Axial 09/23/2015 at 01:32

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I think that’s why the original grill looks so tacky, because it’s the only chrome. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

Carlos wishes he has a manual > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:34

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At first I couldn’t tell a difference but after staring at both of them for a bit. I agree the original mesh seems a bit out of place.

Axial > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:37

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The thing is, even simply adding brightwork to this car, otherwise left as is, will not work, either. It’s still stuck in the jellybean era.

Also, why don’t manufacturers ever try to emulate the look of old metal bumpers using faux-chrome polyurethane covers over modern shock-absorbent bumpers? Even a lower profile one would look a hell of a lot better than trying to make your aerodynamic shoe-box look like it came from 1955.

Wheelerguy > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 01:41

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Needs an Aston Fusion front.

AMC/Renauledge > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 03:45

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Much better. But with that Beetle-like, tail dragging ass, it needs more than a grille change to look right to me.

Tohru > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 04:56

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5 minute Photoshop (didn’t bother fine-detailing the grille)

Silver below the lower body line, chrome hood scoop, chrome mirrors. Grille bars are twice as wide.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 11:46

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No. That’s even worse.

Tohru > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 12:23

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Well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 14:09

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Your power must have been oit for quite a while because you’ve clearly lost your eyesight like some sort of cave animal.

Manic Otti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 16:35

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Something like this? I know, it’s not the greatest. Freeware sucks.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Manic Otti 09/23/2015 at 16:51

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Too angry looking. (Also, I lied about the Photoshop. My image was done in GIMP, which is freeware)

Manic Otti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 17:36

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I also used GIMP, and to someone who’s used to Photoshop, it’s terrible (similar but randomly different in annoying ways). Oh, and I actually kind of like it. : )

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Manic Otti 09/23/2015 at 18:48

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As far as features go it’s kinda stuck at about CS4. It’s long overdue for an update.

Manic Otti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/23/2015 at 18:59

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To clarify, I actually meant I kind of like the Fusionbird, not GIMP.