Looks nice so far! I agree with samveters! maybe make something more cf if u gonna do the hood cf, maybe the mirrors or something?
Cant really see too good in low-res but it seems to me like the intercooler dont have the "stripes" or darker spots on it, looks more like a "plain" peace of metal?

Keep it up!

Looks nice keep it up

Matt, I'm not an expert.....but I love those reflections!!!

Specially the ones on the front bumper. They look great to me.

Keep going m8, you can make a great chop out of it!!!

Right-click on the image and click "view image" or something similar to see high res.

Looks really nice, some areas looks little toony

Final image.

Just improved a few things on it and now I'm over this chop.

I just figured out how to make it so you can click on the image for full-res!

Beautiful Matt! IMO, I would have reduced the side reflections' opacity a little bit, 'cause at last it's kinda toony

But definitely, it's a great chop, maybe for promotion to advanced....