sweet! Looking forward to it - try photobucket, I believe they can re-size etc.
I think flares accentuate the looks a bit but I understand why some lose them. Don't put to much weight on it. Same thing with blacking out the hood, some like it, some don't. I'd keep the flares on for the first 100K and see if they last. I remember on my D1 ( which was silver ) around 120K cheap stuff started falling off; light guards, broken window seals, fog lights, plastic stuff, etc My former 2004 was black and collected dings like it was going out of style lol We are about to purchase a silver 04 so I'm psyched to see your rig
Not sure if the D2 will have the same or similar issues but I'm going to find out. I hope energy costs hold off for a few years