Hey thanx for pointing me to the right direction. i did change it to radio buttons instead of a drop down. and i have images next to the name, but images are all the same.
What i did is i took this code from skin1/modules/Product_Options/product_variants.tpl
here is my /modules/Product_Options/customer_options.tpl
Code:
{* $Id: customer_options.tpl,v 1.16.2.3 2005/02/08 08:54:55 max Exp $ *}
{if $product_options ne ''}
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript 1.2">
var alert_msg = '{$alert_msg}';
</SCRIPT>
{include file="modules/Product_Options/check_options.tpl"}
{foreach from=$product_options item=v}
{if $v.options ne '' || $v.is_modifier eq 'T'}
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT class="CustomerMessage">{if $usertype eq "A"}{$v.class}{else}{$v.classtext|default:$v.class}{/if}</FONT></TD>
<TD>
{if $cname ne ""}
{assign var="poname" value="$cname[`$v.classid`]"}
{else}
{assign var="poname" value="product_options[`$v.classid`]"}
{/if}
{if $v.is_modifier eq 'T'}
<INPUT id="po{$v.classid}" type="text" name="{$poname}" value="{$v.default}">
{else}
{* RADIO BUTTONS *************************************************}
<table width="100%" style="border:1px solid #FFFFFF ">
{foreach from=$v.options item=o}
<tr>
<td>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="{$poname}" value="{$o.optionid}"{if $o.selected eq 'Y'} selected{/if}>
{$o.option_name}
{if $v.is_modifier eq 'Y' && $o.price_modifier ne 0} ({if $o.modifier_type ne '%'}{include file="currency.tpl" value=$o.price_modifier
display_sign=1}{else}{$o.price_modifier}%{/if}){/if}</label> </td>
<td>
[img]{$xcart_web_dir}/image.php?productid={$product.productid}&variantid={$v.variantid}[/img]
</td>
</tr>
{/foreach}
</table>
</p>
{/if}
</p></TD>
</TR>
{/if}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{if $product_options_ex ne ""}
<TR>
<TD colspan="2"><FONT id="exception_msg" color="red">{if $err ne ''}{/if}</FONT></TD>
</TR>
{if $err ne ''}
<TR>
<TD colspan="2"><FONT class="CustomerMessage">{$lng.txt_product_options_combinations_warn}:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
{foreach from=$product_options_ex item=v}
<TR>
<TD>{foreach from=$v item=o}{if $usertype eq "A"}{$o.class}{else}{$o.classtext}{/if}: {$o.option_name}
{/foreach}
</TD>
</TR>
{/foreach}
{/if}
{/if}