Tweaking the 2008 9-3 Fascia
Once again, when Swade’s away, eggsngrits will play. Or something like that anyway.
I’ve made my opinions known here at TrollhattanSaab by commenting on various posts about the new 9-3 (and just about everything else - ha). I’m not overly fond of the chrome fog lamp surrounds on the lower fascia — it just makes the front a little busy to me.
Sounds like a great time for some Gimp. For those of you that don’t know, Gimp is the freeware doppelganger to Photoshop, which is in the “it-is-definitely-not-free-to-the-tune-of-$600-a-copy” ware category.
Here’s my take.
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Eggs, sorry, but leave it out! Looks best as TRollhattan intended - you can always remove it when you get yours…I like the extra brightwork
Eggs - aren’t the shiny foglamps only for Aero models? The sedan on the Saab 9-3 Reborn site and several of the combi and sedan Gallery shots seem to have matte black surrounds.
I agree with Mark. I like the extra shiny bits.
Me too. I like it better with the extra fog lamps chrome.
Yup, I like the chrome (I was a kid in the 50’s). Just add some turbine rims and it’s perfect
I love the chrome surround. Let those who don’t like it get a base model and tune it to Aero specs. It looks different from anything on the road. I am glad that Saab thought of it first.
By the way all my non-Saab friends love the new look.
eggs,
Trollhattan got it right, in my view. With the chrome bits, the car is more distinctive, more SAAB.
I agree. The chrome surrounds give the car more character.
I can’t believe so many people like the chrome. It’s so tacky, and distracting.
Today at work, I happen to park my 9-3 MY01 next to a Volvo V40 MY01, a VW Passat (4-5 years old or so) and a BMW 3-something (a couple of years old). Guess which car had the most chrome in the front? Right, my Saab. So it’s there and has always been. Easy to forget.
I like the matte black surrounds myself, that way you focus in on the new grille!
Very Darth Vader my young Egg-walker.
I’d take Ted’s line: not just the matt chrome, but turbines as well. That’ll scramble a few eggs!
Back to work now….
I am with the majority regarding the chrome. I think it makes the front even more aggressive and distinct. I want to see it in the flesh before I make a final judgment, but I really like what I see so far. Removing the chrome makes this Aero look like an Linear SE.
gimp rulez!
i’ll take chrome, plz.
Yeah, chrome definitely makes it look more Saab-like. Y’know how all the Saab fighter jets were all chromed out!
Nothing makes a Scandinavian beauty look more like a Chevy than lots and lots of chrome!