A quick study in rice

I was on this M chassis kick and still am to some degree. I have a bunch of street model ideas that this chassis is what I want to use, but sadly all the bodies Tamiya makes for them are not as appealing to me as say some other folks. I found this HPI Civic body about 9 years or so ago and thought it would make a cool car to drive when I find the right chassis. Although it is an HPI body, I had to put a Tamiya chassis under it, so enter the M-03m ala the Swift and it works pretty well.
As we all know the huge steering servo 'hump' makes for some difficulty in getting a body with a low slung hood height just right. I pushed on and it is still a tiny bit high, but I think it will work for its intended purpose.
I found some interesting brake discs and they looked promising, but the way they mount, they push against the wheels and are a bit dished, so they have all cracked in their hex hub area. Another small point of discontent with them is that they will NOT fit into a standard M wheel, only very thin wall hex mount area wheels, like the HPI stars you see here, so, they look great for static, but have to go for running.
I have since changed a few decals and took the GIANT Type R decals off for the smaller sized decals that are closer to scale and more appropriate, as well as added a few red 'H' emblems. I didn't paint this one, so the color is permanent with the wonky stripes, but it still looks pretty cool to me and I will be working on getting it to a neighbor who owns a couple of the real scale cars, should make his son pretty happy to have a running toy of 'daddy's car'.
Comments welcome.