{"id":38,"date":"2026-07-21T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:55:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Retrofit Design for the Citro\u00ebn C5 X7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANIMUS EVO Protective Redesign For  Citro\u00ebn C5 CrossTourer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1213391707?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group c5-panel has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-\u2014-2026-07-21-\u0432-17.08.57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8206886698099729;width:244px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-\u2014-2026-07-21-\u0432-17.08.57.png 302w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-\u2014-2026-07-21-\u0432-17.08.57-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f003c8df5c6992cdd35749f456704c85 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My name is Siarhei Badalau. I am a long-time Citro\u00ebn C5 owner and admirer of French automotive design.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a0a545b44660efa5906ab9a4bd0d7b40 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>C5Retrofit is my personal project dedicated to developing the timeless design of the C5 X7 through carefully designed vinyl-based retrofit packages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2ac0c74b4d868111fa9ac4366fd40e8c wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Here you can explore two projects created on my own C5 Tourer: Evo Dua, a two-tone glass capsule concept, and Animus Evo, a protective all-road redesign kit for the C5 Tourer and CrossTourer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-caafef56f6b9cac0ba84b490302b5af7\">Design as Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1171fbbccbc2f55881e50efb9b8ef041 wp-block-paragraph\">I am also a composer, and I see many similarities between creating music and creating automotive design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76b1688fd18abbfc208a9bb29418c857 wp-block-paragraph\">In both cases, I search for proportion, rhythm, tension and the exact expression of an idea. I keep returning to the same material again and again \u2014 in my imagination, in sketches, in physical tests \u2014 until the whole structure begins to feel coherent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b827751523eeb9ea8665fe96b07896a5 wp-block-paragraph\">This is how I created Animus Evo and Evo Dua: not as decorative additions, but as carefully composed design ideas for the Citro\u00ebn C5 X7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-721efbd63de9ba93a73ed967ee72886f wp-block-paragraph\">For me, a design is finished not when it becomes more noticeable, but when it finally expresses the idea accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67da93e86f5194a40c1436107361e0fb wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected music works \u2192<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:129px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide c5-panel has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"c5-panel\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"c5-panel\" class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-duotone-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-1024x144.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-1024x144.png 1024w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-768x108.png 768w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-1536x216.png 1536w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/animus_evo_logo_transparent-2048x288.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6905a4f53f97887f6a6178b56fee069a\"><em>Protective all-road redesign for the Citro\u00ebn C5 CrossTourer.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2221a87eb5d5595ddc1dd92bdbdc078a wp-block-paragraph\">A precision-cut protective film kit, developed on a real C5 CrossTourer. Pilot series planned. Professional installation recommended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-22-\u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f-2026-\u0433.-18_16_59-e1784748519630.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-22-\u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f-2026-\u0433.-18_16_59-e1784748519630.png 1294w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-22-\u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f-2026-\u0433.-18_16_59-e1784748519630-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-22-\u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f-2026-\u0433.-18_16_59-e1784748519630-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-22-\u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f-2026-\u0433.-18_16_59-e1784748519630-768x377.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>My C5 CrossTourer with ANIMUS EVO protective design pack<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c89bac9c27f49d9fbf716794852d2a8c\">Redesigned bumper graphics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0f405d720ed14882cf5926c7214ea5c0\">Wider protective arches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d42db58fb737cf9907849383ce5e52d9\">Raised sill protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/animus-evo\">Explore ANIMUS EVO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group c5-panel has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/evo-diva-transparent-cropped-1024x202.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/evo-diva-transparent-cropped-1024x202.png 1024w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/evo-diva-transparent-cropped-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/evo-diva-transparent-cropped-768x152.png 768w, https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/evo-diva-transparent-cropped.png 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-128a0296cbf0d4f1430dea1fcdf6ca85\"><em>Two-tone glass capsule design for the Citro\u00ebn C5 Tourer and CrossTou<\/em>rer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d8b4d7f172d16ab0adf57bfeab7fbbac wp-block-paragraph\">A precision-cut glossy film kit designed to create a continuous glasshouse effect and visually separate the upper and lower body of the C5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e20fe61f40478a4af0a6c24ae412d283 wp-block-paragraph\">Available in gloss black for light body colours and in a silver tone for darker cars, close to the original Citro\u00ebn silver finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/c5retrofit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20250906_170934-scaled-e1784748801167-1024x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343\" 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