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Old 08-25-2008, 03:02 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lunarhighway View Post
why did these metro's have these silly straight lamps to begin with in the us, Clearly the car was not designed to have them, so i can only assume some old regulation or cost considderations could be at the heart of this.

however the cover makes it really look outstanding! if you wanted to add some custom look to it perhaps you could install two small round lights per side. this could give it a certain retro-modern, alfa-bmw-lexus look... this look just fine of course, but it proves the "looks" of a car don't have to stand in the way of good aero, like it does to often these days
I think cost is the main issue for a Geo Metro, but recessed lights are also a normal design choice :



And, wouldn't vertically oriented headlights have less light refraction issues?

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