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I was a little annoyed that they did a facelift the year after I bought my Tib, however now I think i'm glad I went with the 04. At first the 05 was pretty nice looking, then my neighbor got one, in silver same as mine. Looking at the two I'm loving mine more and more, even the front bumper. I had the chance to get an 05 bumper when mine was in the body shop but I turned it down. I'm definatly a supporter of the 04's. Especially with a nice clear corner mod.
 
codex57 said:
I like the 05's exterior more. Except for the gills. Is the 05 missing a rear wiper tho? 03 and 04 came with one standard?

Haven't seen an 04's interior enough to have noticed any changes.
Yup no rear wiper. At first I was a bit disappointed about it but now I like it cause it looks a lot cleaner without it there.
 
herbtea said:
Yup no rear wiper. At first I was a bit disappointed about it but now I like it cause it looks a lot cleaner without it there.
i could not live without my back wiper. that thing is a NICE thing to have with that huge hatch. eye sore or not.
 
I liked the front end of the 05 enough to wait for it instead of buying an 04. I'm not a bodykit person at all, but I never liked the front of the 03-04's.

The red stitching and seats were a pleasant surprise, as were the tails. One of the things I wanted to do was red seats, but I'm happy enough with the stock ones. All the red looks great on mine, which is red, but I can understand why people don't like it on other colors. They should have color coded appropriately.

No wiper looks much better, but comes at the expense of not being able to see very well in the rain.

Only thing I wish I had was the aluminum pedals (I have a GT), but I ordered some MOMOs anyway. I do like the center gauge cluster on the SE. I have the digital heating/cooling stuff so I don't think there's anywhere to mount one.

I'm very happy with my 05. Since I like keeping the cosmetic upgrades to a minumum it looks good enough straight from the factory.
 
I prefer the 04 gills over the 05. They just look like they were meant to look like - a shark. The 05’s are still ok though.

On the other hand, the red stitching on the seats, steering wheel and shifter knob is atrocious and I don’t like the new “white” roof liner.

The new 16” rims are fuggly!

04>05
 
The 05 is very hot, I love my 03 but The 05 SE is so aggressive looking. I love the new headlights, tail lights, gills and front bumper. Perfection style wise
 
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