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Mugen or Spoon Hardtop for my S

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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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Default Mugen or Spoon Hardtop for my S

Help me out guys. Usually I would not ask for help in deciding what to do to my car (it is MY car after all ) but I am completely torn between these two tops!

What do you guys think?

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Also, I do track my car so if there is any supposed aerodynamic/downforce advantage with either top over the other please take that into consideration. I assume the lip on the rear of the spoon would create some noticeable downforce which may be a +1 for the spoon top......
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 06:30 AM
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honestly, i'd still go OEM. You get a nice big rear window, plus a finished headliner.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 07:50 AM
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with your amuse front and style of wheels, id go with the mugen
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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the spoon top really looks damn nice in person, I saw many of them when I went to Type One a few weeks ago. And basically the reason the Spoon Top was created was to improve the aero of the car.

but honestly if you can afford it I would go with Amuse
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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MUGEN or AMUSE>.......
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:56 AM
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moon craft is hot but that shat only looks good when you have a big kit. imo
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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Mugen or Amuse. Clean S, btw.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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Mugen hardtop, hands down. I think the spoon hardtop makes the car look horrible, while the mugen top just looks clean. I have an amuse front/Mugen top and I love the way it flows.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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spoon isnt going to flow right with your rims or amuse front.

get the mugen.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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I know the Mugen would look the most "at home" on my car and would compliment my other mods well, but I really think the spoon could work too.

I think the long nose of the Amuse R1 bumper would mesh well with the long "tail" of the Spoon hardtop.

I think the Spoon widebody car is ugly not because of the hardtop, but because of those vacant fenders and its boxed rear bumper.

I honestly believe that this hardtop would look better on a "cleaner," simpler S than it does on Spoon's S with its very "busy" mods.

I'm an idiot.....

I should just go with the proven compatibility of the Mugen top, but something in me wants to be different.

If I do the mugen I'll look just like ep3minivan or Xcluxive's car (which are both amazing cars) but the world doesn't need another look-alike.

So I suppose the question is: Should I play it safe, go with mugen, and know it will be a "clean" mod, or should I take a $4,000 risk and have some fun (with the possibility of being really depressed if it looks like shit!) and do the Spoon top?
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