AUs. Bonnet Bulge. Yes or No?

[auIILTD]

A voting thread to seek members opions. Do AUs look good with a bonnet bulge or not?

[Maka]

Imo, yes without a doubt!

cheers, Maka

[auIILTD]

Originally Posted by Maka

Imo, yes without a doubt!

cheers, Maka

You can now vote at the top Maka.

Stu

[Bucknaked]

Absolutely Stu. All AU's should have them.

[nstg8a]

So as to not clutter Kristos thread..

Originally Posted by Conundrum

Excuse my blutness.

Bonnet bulge on AU just screeeeeams try-hard. Its like shoving socks down your undies.

Maybe look at what chaz has done to his TE. The mustang bonnet would look horn. Or XB scoops. Mmmmm

The ONLY reason to fit the bulge would be to fit a Mr Kenne Bell under there.

until then no need to discuss!

Totally agree, chazs au shows how right a fg bulge looks on a au...

Originally Posted by LMCT3

G'day buddy's still kicking.

Took the kids for a cruise to the puffin billy..
T was sweat ..nice day..
By the way walkin around with my kids ...and a had a few ladies chatting me up.. maybe still got a chance....lol... right Jeff "OK" I'm full of it

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[Auslandau]

Stick a bulge on it! Gives the bonnet oomph ...... and Std is boring

[Sox]

They do nothing for me even on the cars they meant to be on, B and F series.
I'm more into subtle exterior mods.

But, horses for courses.

[XR27]

I think they look great with out, but they look even better with.
If I could get a steel bonnet with bulge for an xr I would.

[GK]

Voted "no" but then saw the ripper T Series in post #5 and promptly changed my mind! LOL!

GK

[b2tf]

Where's the 'let the owner decide' option in the poll?

[KR1STO]

Personally, I like the bulge on the AU.. The AU has quite a narrow, sloping front. I think the bulge squares off the front end making it appear larger and not so droopy.
With the LWB's.. They have such a huge rear end, I think the bulge would help bring the front into proportion when looking at the car as a whole..

From experience, driving a car with the bulge on it, it's actually quite a nice view from the driver's seat too..!!

[Sta Arhidia Mou]

Originally Posted by KR1STO

Personally, I like the bulge on the AU.. The AU has quite a narrow, sloping front. I think the bulge squares off the front end making it appear larger and not so droopy.
With the LWB's.. They have such a huge rear end, I think the bulge would help bring the front into proportion when looking at the car as a whole..

From experience, driving a car with the bulge on it, it's actually quite a nice view from the driver's seat too..!!

Yea that's one thing that really annoys me about the AU shape and it's limitations when it came to the Fairlane styling.
The front end just slopes down way too much giving that droopy look to what was otherwise a great design.
I wouldn't mind a bulge on my TL

[KR1STO]

Originally Posted by Sta Arhidia Mou

I wouldn't mind a bulge on my TL

Do it...!!!

[sbutler]

Its like holden owners putting chev badge's on their commondoors. Its a huge FAIL

[GasoLane]

Don't pay big money to get one fitted, here's a DIY method...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9TX82c2VI

Yeah I know there's a place for youtube stuff, but it's Christmas, be nice.

[sly]

Depends whether the bulge is purely cosmetic or structural. A structural bulge makes it easier to shoehorn a Barra in, especially a force-fed one.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by sly

Depends whether the bulge is purely cosmetic or structural. A structural bulge makes it easier to shoehorn a Barra in, especially a force-fed one.

Isn't the bulge purely cosmetic now on the gt's?

Some things are worth doing just because they look good...

[2000auwagon]

yes definitely looks awesome, and would be practible when it comes time when I put in my Barra engine in my AU to give it a bit more clearance.

[auIILTD]

Originally Posted by b2tf

Where's the 'let the owner decide' option in the poll?

Not saying you should or shouldn't. Seeking thoughts on looks, nothing to do with whether you do or dont.

Owners will do what they want anyway Austin.

[GUTLES]

Originally Posted by KR1STO

From experience, driving a car with the bulge on it, it's actually quite a nice view from the driver's seat too..!!

Until you drive on a long straight road & the suns glearing off it!

Some AUs look good with them, some don't.

[Bucknaked]

It's no different to having spoilers or body kits on cars. They are useless and are for style only. Bulge doesn't need to be functional, it can be for looks too.

People take this subject way too seriously. Its all ford, its all good. I am planning to put one on the FG.

Maybe post up some pics of cars with the bulge.

[SILENT_RAPTOR]

When the pain of christmas leaves my bank account ill be getting one of these bonnets from fibresport, they just look great on the au xr's.

[BRADFORD000]

I say yes. Heres a pic of mine

[mik]

i don`t mind the Au either way, but i do like the power bulge in the bonnet, the way the stock au bonnet slopes away you can barely see it from the drivers seat (you would think you are driving a cab over ),
the old XB XC bonnets with the bulge and integrated scoops are to this day still the sexiest looking bonnet on any ozy henry i reckon, but the current model bulge certainly gives the b series and f series an angry profile in the GT spec, do it !

[Bucknaked]

This is my old AU with a Carbon Fibre version.

[SSD-85]

I voted No.

Not because I dont like them, in fact I think certain models look great with it.

However, it is not something id personally do to any of my AU. The factory lines are what appeal to me.

[Maka]

Thanks for posting up those photo's guys, love it!

cheers, Maka

[AndyXR6T]

Nope, sorry looks shocking.

The lines of the bulge look completely wacked out compared to the front end of the AU. In my opinion it looks like a square sitting ontop of a circle, just doesn't fit.

[SantoAU]

looks great on the low series bonnet, not so sure about the high.

Bucky, nice bulge you had... /double entendre

[Quasi]

I was going to vote 'No', but purely because I'd rather they are not everywhere when I get mine done