Did antbody notice rhe exhaust ! That look sweet! I'd leave the bowtie off. I'm not to fond of the tail lites but over all it's one nice hhr.

 

The design idea came from a 53/54 chevy truck, I just tweeked it here & there. The grill, frt. end, & rear end, are all custom metal. What you call unbalanced, G.M. is totally wild about. I had a couple of different ideas, but they like this one the best. One of the ideas I had was like what you mention, but G.M said it kind of look like a stock grill. The reaction & responce on the hhr especially the front end at SEMA was really amazing, especially in the 18-35 year old market. That's why I was give one by G.M to hit that age bracket & show what the custom possibility's are. Might add we chop the top 2". At this point have not done any performance mods, to busy with magazine shoots. Thanks for your & everyone else's feed-back, as it's always nice to hear the pro's & con's........

 

looking good I wish GM would give me an HHR so I can show my full custom I have in mind!

 

Give? No no no no no, you got to pay for it like we alls did.

 

Sweet Real bumper

 

Thanks for the info, makes sense!!

Hadn't noticed it was chopped. I've been talking to a couple places about chopping mine 3-4 inches but few shops I can find want to do that on a new car. Afraid of the thin sheetmetal and all the electronics.

 

Mike, good luck on finding a place to do that, as I know how tough it can be, & I perfectly understand. I live in Az. but had it done in Calif. I also have a custom pt cruiser & they (Ranger performance) did the suicide doors ets. on that, so I went back to who I knew could do the work right. This guy (Attila) is really amazing with metal work.

 

Great Job, would like to see a side view picture, the chop must be subtle/small (don't get me wrong, that's cool), just hard to see a difference from the pictures posted. That is un-believable amount of work, and it looks good.

Later,
Mark

 

Any updates on the suicide doors? I need to find somebody around here who is skilled enough to do stuff like this. I really want to shave the handles and put suicide kit on the rear doors. That is pretty much the extent of metal work I want done.

 

I like the smooth lines...the back end with the Porsche Boxer-like center exhaust is a nice touch.