too overdone for my taste

 

Because it's a mess. It's American Rice. The modifications don't flow well. Like Pep Boys got together with JC Whitney. With various bits meant to look old, and various bits looking new, and tacky decals, and the GT500 wheels looking totally out of place, and the dumb name writ huge on the back, and, and, I could go on, but you get the idea. It's a mess. Pretty much any car where you stick various bits and pieces on from different model years is going to look like a mess, and this one does.

It's very difficuly to visually modify these cars and actually end up with something that looks better than the original. Saleen is the only I can think of that actually pulls it off.

 

Check out the red stalker i posted on the link and tell me what you think it's a bit more subtle!

 

diggin that front bumper

 

I've gotta agree. Being aware of what you said, it took me over 3 years to find just the right parts to get my car 'done'. Some of these body kits look like they were made in a drunken weekend.

 

The red one is a bit nicer looking, but the styling is still all over the place with the underlying kit.

To me the Stalker looks like about a dozen people worked on it, each adding parts and styling ideas they thought would be "cool" and no one ever stepped back and took a look to see if any of the ideas really flowed together.