That thing looks beat as hell. I think yours looks 10 times better than that rigged up thing. In my opinion, there's no sense trying to fix what ain't broke. If you do anything to your plastics, maybe just shave them a little, but i really don't care for the looks of the 300 with the r plastics on the front at all. Yours is probably the only 300ex that I really like the looks of. It's amazing what a few parts can do, because I think the 300's are really a butt-ugly little machine from the factory.