Damian love your art. DLoud cool shield but i think that making the largest circle brighter or darker would make it look even cooler. also some of those small circles on the edge are not really circles.. i guess cause of the uv map sorry for so many posts on this page.. i thought its possible to delete your own posts and…
DOG-GY makes a very good point. The easiest way I see to align everything is by switching the side of the car around with the wheel circles, and X-shrinking the tire track.
I think that much checker is too noisy... how about black on the hood, and black in the yellow stripe of the circles. then you might need a little something on the tail fin to balance it out.