Problem is, no one paints just the valence area, they do the whole bottom portion, and it just doesn't look right to me. The great thing about the premium(in my opinion), is the way the body painted portion at the bottom breaks up the look.
Painting the base bottom just makes it look like a...
I have that Raxiom piece too. Love it also.
I went Premium bumper conversion, and have no regrets. Looks great, and now I have multiple options for diffusers. Cost less than $800 total.
I am another one of the "NO" to "YES" votes. It grew on me, and the better quality photos really helped, along with confirmation of some of the upgrades coming with the update.
^^That's my exact concern as well. Although I see you could also order the pre-painted tail light trim now too, so you could splurge for both pieces.
Someone on here, maybe @wireeater paint matched his decklid panel, I don't remember seeing pics of how it looked.
They've said the grill is supposed to be 4in wider...
And on the topic of power also, they've said it will have more hp and torque. Not that it means faster, speed is relative to the task.
I hate that they call it a "lower hood" when you can't see that part of the hood from the drivers position, so it's irrelevant. The hood already appears to be a dozen feet from the driver, with a blind edge.
Agreed. Blacking out the whole bottom portion that's body colored is a huge mistake. Makes a giant black hole in the front that takes away from the lines. Smoked signals, headlights isn't as bad, but don't black out that bottom portion, for the love of all.
I have a feeling they know what they want the 2020 model to look like, so they reverse engineered a design that blends the incoming 2020 with the 2015-17 to represent more of a transition, and so it wouldn't be as shocking.