The Virgin Tib

There are always those gems in the automotive community that go without the recognition they deserve, and this 2008 Tiburon GT is a prime example. After many ups and downs, and even the thought of parting the car out, Nick Lucido has managed to produce the beautiful example of an F/L2 Tiburon that you see here. It was no easy task, of course, and has taken nearly 2 years to reach its current state. What would that current state be? Damn near perfection.

Most F/L2 Tiburon owners stray away from the factory bumper when it comes time to mod the exterior. Most turn to Hana for their aggressive, somewhat-F/L styled bumper, but not Nick. No, he turned to Kevin at NIA Auto Design to help in designing a custom lip kit and eyelines for the F/L2s. Not only are the resulting pieces of the utmost quality, but they accentuate the factory-bodied car in the best ways possible, leaving you with the menacing supercharged beast depicted in these pictures.

Now, moving onto the highlight-area of this blog: the stance. You'll find no stretch here, but 18x9" Rota Boosts with 235/40 Hankook V12s to put all of the 290 whp of that iced Stage II Sniper supercharger straight to the pavement. With offsets of +20 and +15, dropped all the way down on Tein SS coils, there's certainly nothing to scoff at. The stance has been done right, and it functions.

If there's something that the Tiburon community desperately lacks, it's taste. That is what makes gorgeous examples like this stand out so immensely among all of the others. With such an exotic looking car, all you have to do is keep it simple. And Nick has certainly done that in all of the right ways. This is definitely a Tib to keep an eye on, because you never know what he may have up his sleeve.

-Tyler