Wheel Arch Goofiness

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76) 03/14/2016 at 00:36 • Filed to: None

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Why are the Maserati Levante’s wheel arches body color?

Before

Honestly think black plastic flares would be an improvement.

After

Wheels look a little small, but hell, the whole car looks a little goofy anyway.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 00:44

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I think it looks better with the wheel arches matching the body color

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 03/14/2016 at 00:58

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Its like it has wheel arches inside its wheel arches. It looks like they made the wheel opening too big, then had to shim them when the wheels didn’t fit.

Nick Has an Exocet > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 00:59

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It looks a lot better with the Audi-Alroad treatment.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Nick Has an Exocet 03/14/2016 at 01:01

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Yes!

Nauraushaun > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 01:06

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I think it’s to emphasize premium over rugged. The Allroad approach taken by Nick below is snazzy, but not really what this car is about.

Ps. How can you talk about the arches when those stupid fucking vents are so much worse?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Nauraushaun 03/14/2016 at 01:13

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Eh, That’s kind of a Maserati thing. The arches just look like a shim made using the ‘offset’ tool in CAD.

Nick Has an Exocet > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 01:14

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Actually, here - have some RS treatment:

Nauraushaun > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 01:18

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They’re filth and they need to die!

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Nauraushaun 03/14/2016 at 01:19

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Haha, if you say so.

46and2aheadofme > Nick Has an Exocet 03/14/2016 at 02:48

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It looks more like an infiniti qx50. But everything in this class looks the same anyway.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Nick Has an Exocet 03/14/2016 at 07:52

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not bad

spanfucker retire bitch > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/14/2016 at 08:12

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I’m almost positive that’s a premium option. The Porsche Cayenne has the same option as well. You can either get the black plastic cladded arches, or body color painted.

My bet is that’s a non-standard option and the regular Levante will have body cladding. Or I’m totally wrong and that is the standard treatment because name Maserati is of course English for expensive as fuck.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 03/22/2016 at 12:23

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Everything about the Levante is so wrong. It’s like a masterpiece of incongruous elements, wrapped up in an early-2000's design sandwich. It reminds me a lot of that Infiniti whatever crossover.