Here's the next chop in progress of mine. Actually wanted to do an Astra coupe with the DTM kit on it, but after literally a second of searching for a good donor I came across a mk5 Astra with a widebody, so decided to do something similar.
So far I've lowered and debadged it, widened the arches and wheels and am now tinkering with the bumper/diffuser. Any suggestions for a background/atmosphere would be greatly appreciated

Before:


So Far:

Thats WIDE and Badass!!


Keep us updated.

deisgn looks nice, and you should have it in some sunset or night/evening scene imo

btw, are you a chick? (MissMatteBlack)

lol yes, I'm a 'chick'
And thanks for the suggestion

haha sweet, first chick i ever ahve seen that is involved with virtual tuning

let's give the chick a chopping award.
first chopper lady on the site.
btw keep up, that's coming out pretty nice.
i can suggest a background with a sunset and street with many curves.
that would look cool, and maybe some lightened up taillights.

yes! give me an award for simply being a girl lol

Any tips for making the diffuser look a little less 'stuck on', as it's from a studio shot?

reflections of the ground?

the shading/lighting is what differentes it from the pic mostly
you could get rid of by adding bit of the hue from the ground to it and balance the tone of it, thus making the lighting more natural and less studioish
otherwise nice progress sofar

A quick update. Just sorting out the bumper and the diffuser.