"Form ever follows function"

Louis Henri Sullivan
Master Architect
1856 - 1924

What the talented Mr. Sullivan was saying is that first, you should make the mechanics of the design function as they should, then make it handsome to look at if you can.

I'm constantly amazed at the lengths to which builders of cars will go to make an impression on others who don't necessarily give a tinker's damn about the car or the builder. This thing about being "in the posies" with a car is a case in point.

I read of a fellow who had the front of his car so low that the oil drain plug was ripped from the pan by an underground tank fill cover as he was driving into a gas station to fill up. Now, I've never seen a cover that would stick up more than an inch above the surface of the pavement in a gas station, so apparently this hapless moron had an inch or less of clearance to the ground. My conclusion is that he was so taken with the stance of the car and making an impression on other people about how low he was able to make it sit that he sacrificed function in the process. Stupid, just stupid.

I recall another example of a fellow who thought the piston rods of his front shocks detracted from the aesthetics of the car, so he mounted the shocks so as to hide the rods down inside the shock body. Well, anyone with half a brain can conclude that he rendered the shocks inoperable in doing so. Stupid, just stupid.

Staleg, my unsolicited suggestion would be to ignore what you perceive as a detraction from the beauty of the car and install the sway bar to the front so as to have it function properly and contribute to the overall handling of the car so that it will be a pleasure to drive.

But then, that's just my opinion, what do I know?