A note about Factory Five Roadsters.

[vatdevil]

The MK4 does look better, but the wheel openings look odd. And then there's the license plate issue. The use of five lug rims really kills the look of the car, I see very few with spinners.

[mikeinatlanta]

Originally Posted by RACERAL

When I read a post where a new person ask what is the best Cobra kit to buy... the usual opinions pop up. Having said this... in case the experts don't know.... Factory Five bodies DON'T have the perky butt anymore. The new bodies were digitized from a REAL Cobra. Dick Smiths Cobra, One you may have heard of... OH, it has the 198 on the side of it.

Been seeing that too. Funny that many don't know what the perky butt was, or that it was an easy thing to mod and get rid of.

Originally Posted by Maricopa

They don't have a pointy trunk anymore either...Sadly there are still a couple oddities like front turn signal pads and side vents at the wrong angle. Also I still think the rear fenders are a little skinny.

While I haven't spoken with FFR about it, I assume they use the pads for the same reason I left mine in place during body mods, it just looks better with them. I think they have reached a pretty good balance on the current body.

Originally Posted by vatdevil

The MK4 does look better, but the wheel openings look odd. And then there's the license plate issue. The use of five lug rims really kills the look of the car, I see very few with spinners.

After looking at a range of original cars, I've come to the conclusion that they all look odd in the wheel openings.

Many such as myself choose lugs over knockoffs because the knockoffs are just too inferior a design for anything not getting quick wheel changes in the pits. Even then, the sixties vintage style ones are terrible and the five lug/knockoff adapters are about absurd on a high performance car.