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| View Poll Results: Do you prefer bonnet bulges or bonnet scoops? | |||
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62 | 13.84% |
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386 | 86.16% |
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07-05-2005, 11:31 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Hi all. Just wondering whether you prefer the bonnet bulge on the falcons or prefer bonnet scoops like the monaro and GTO.
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07-05-2005, 11:35 PM
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Precision Imagery
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Location: Brisbane
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Cant go past the bulge mate
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07-05-2005, 11:38 PM
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Detroit Locker Equiped TM
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Raised centre bulge with scoops, a la XB GT.
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15-08-2005, 07:24 PM
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07-05-2005, 11:38 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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Yeah bulge looks tough i must admit but i like the scoops. I reckon the new monaro or GTO would be nothing without it. Sometimes there is one feature on the car that makes the difference between hot and not. I couldnt imagine a WRX without the scoop. If the fords had both then that would be game over. But then HSV probably say that Ford strapped.
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08-05-2005, 12:18 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gold Coast
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Bonnet bulge on the BA look the goods - don't like the scoops/vents on the new monaros they don't suit the style at all, they look better and remind me of the ones on the XB/XC falcons.
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08-05-2005, 01:00 AM
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XB in parts...
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Location: Sydney
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Go the Bulge !!!
(but you can't beat the XB GT style bonnets either)
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08-05-2005, 01:40 AM
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Ich bin ein auslander
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I have to admit I am in love with the bulge, one of the reasons I had to have an XR8. I like the fact that they have shaped the bonnet and not just tacked on some plastic like HSV did for the VL and VN gp A's.
A thought I had was a XB GT bonnet made to fit a BA XR, think it would look tough but there is the problem of whether it would be the correct thing to do (very different cars) The Monaro nostrils suck, I wonder if it ever gets a runny nose and those guard vents on the SS bite big time. It is obvious they are not functional because they are so pathetic. Holden is losing in cred that they had in my opinion.
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08-05-2005, 07:02 AM
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Bonnet bulge all the way. Makes the car look sexy as hell
 As geckoxr8 said, the 'nostrils' on the Monaro suck, big time. Damn fugly I recon...eewww  :
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08-05-2005, 07:22 AM
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they call me Tibbo
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
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It is not just a styling issue, I'm sure (as ugly as they are) the nostrils serve a purpose.
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08-05-2005, 07:04 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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20-11-2006, 07:27 PM
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08-05-2005, 07:28 AM
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Yeah, they would have to be there for a reason, just as a shaker is, but they look off! The nostrils that is, not the shaker...
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08-05-2005, 07:38 AM
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Bulge by a mile. There's something about the BA bulge that just looks right.
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08-05-2005, 07:46 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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theres nothing like having a big bulge in your bonnet
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08-05-2005, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I agree with Mudzy. nothing like a good Bulge in your ..... / under your bonnet
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08-05-2005, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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The bugle, hands down, no competition.
In fact, the bulge is so good, there are many Commodore owners putting them on their late model Commodores. They look sh!te.
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08-05-2005, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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bugle with a shaker !!!!!!
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08-05-2005, 12:47 PM
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10-05-2005, 07:19 PM
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10-05-2005, 10:24 PM
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15-08-2005, 07:27 PM
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08-05-2005, 12:04 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Those Monaro nostrils look ridiculous. It's laughable.
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08-05-2005, 12:12 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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yeh the nostrils look terrible on the GTO, the bulge all the way. I'm yet to see the BA bulge with the shaker, so i'll reserve judgement there.
has anyone seen that really terrible movie with dennis rodman and the GTO? its awesome to see a monaro cutting sick around san fransico!
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15-08-2005, 07:28 PM
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08-05-2005, 12:52 PM
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I prefer looking at a nice bulge anyday!!
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08-05-2005, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Why not both? Bulge and small Scoops.. :hihi:
  This bulge with the tiny scoops is available through HO in Melbourne.
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13-08-2005, 12:53 PM
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As in 'best there ever'
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And I don't believe I approve at all at the direction the owner is trying to take the falcon on the left (the blue one). 'MYXRHO'? The HO badging in the bottom grill? I love the XR8 bulge, it looks as tough as. But I've always had a bit of a problem with the way it drops off at the back (towards the windscreen). The shaping just seems to nosedive a bit too quickly. Monaro scoops look disgraceful. Not enough shaping gone in around them to make them fit properly (ie: Run off channels below flutes on XB/XC bonnets). Makes them look homemade. |
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13-08-2005, 01:04 PM
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anyway on the XR8-GT id just leave the buldge. those two little scoopes look crappy (imo). i also dont like that weird shaker thing some people have (possitioned at the back of the bulge) it looks tacky (again imo). i dont mind the old style shaker on top.
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08-05-2005, 01:20 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Because they look plain wrong AUGZMK.
Give me a clean bulge anyday. Though as others have said, the XB scoops look great
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