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21st February 2012, 07:27 AM
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D4 Hofele A8 . . . views?
I've never been a great fan of most of the Hofele kits for upgrading cars. . .
here is the latest D4 offering - Sportive Suit for the Audi A8 personally I'm even less of a fan now  What does everyone else think? I still think the upcoming S8 Version is the nicest looking one ive seen so far, or indeed the W12 . . . .
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21st February 2012, 09:04 AM
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The D4 (IMHO) is ugly, ugly, ugly.
 The Hofele A8 is ugly, ugly.  So it's a 33% improvement! 
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21st February 2012, 11:18 AM
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I thought they were ugly at first, but they are growing on me.
And the interiors are just beautifully built
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21st February 2012, 11:54 AM
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The headlight/DRL arrangement looks minging to me - I might actually have a slight preference for the shape of the Hofele front bumper as the lower part of the bumper does a better job of matching the headlights than the factory bumper does lol
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21st February 2012, 09:32 PM
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Bring back the D2!! With this engine.. Jobs a good 'un.
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6th March 2012, 10:31 AM
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Looks like I'm in the minority, but I am from down under I guess that explains it, but I think that the new S8 is a great looking car. Sure, there are some angles that look a little 'odd' but I feel that it's an evolution of the D3 much the same way the D3 was to the D2.
I was not sure when it was first released, but I'm converted now. As of the Hofele, ah, nope. 
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14th March 2012, 02:22 PM
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A further take on the "Hofele SR8" Is this what an RS8 would look like ??
Hmmmmmmm.... http://www.worldcarfans.com/11203134...ling-in-geneva  
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