Paint idea's...

[llessuresaj]

So I have UGM ( Urban Grey Metallic ) color STi...

Looking to do the 1) trunk/hood/top of car/side skirts/door handles

What color besides black...???

OR

2) Trunk / Hood / Top of Car

Any ideas???

 

[STInate]

Metalic blue or white.

 

[llessuresaj]

Which one do you like better? On which to paint... 1 or 2?

 

[STInate]

I think top up along the body lines looks nice.

 

[Stein]

Metalic blue or white.

metallic blue, yes

I think it would look good with both 1) and 2). It depends what you want.

 

[GClark]

red

 

[llessuresaj]

Red with grey metallic?

 

[Stein]

grey red sounds good also

 

[GClark]

Lol

 

[Evan]

i would stay away from painting anything that is standing alone, like the trim or side skirts. it'll look like you added them from another car. there was (is) an integra like that in portland. all white with blue bumpers/side skirts/wing. it looks terrible.

also white may look like new unpainted panels. think unpainted body kit. you dont want that ricer look goin on.

this is what i did:

WRB & black with a heavy blue flake. hard to see in this pic though.

the hood too....

 

[Stein]

i would stay away from painting anything that is standing alone, like the trim or side skirts. it'll look like you added them from another car. there was (is) an integra like that in portland. all white with blue bumpers/side skirts/wing. it looks terrible.
also white may look like new unpainted panels. think unpainted body kit. you dont want that ricer look goin on.

this is what i did:

WRB & black with a heavy blue flake. hard to see in this pic though.

the hood too....

looks great

but not diggin' the wheel/tire setup

 

[Evan]

i actually had a vote between those meshs and the 5 spokes i've been running to help me decide if i should make the switch.

out of 55 voters 90% wanted the mesh's. i'm still at a toss up.

 

[Stein]

Maybe it's the stretched tires

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[STInate]

Nice vw wheels!

 

[llessuresaj]

Haha, yea I don't know about those rims, but I do love the paint combo. i might just do hood/top/trunk like I was going to black. I think that would look awesome, getting it done next week. I'll post pictures!!

 

[Stein]

Where are you getting it done and how much is it costing?

 

[ruggedman]

When i see cars with mismatched body panels i always think of:

They always look like they've got parts from another car or they were in an accident.

Personally i'd stay away from black because it also looks like you just bought CF parts and didnt paint them, until you got close, then it just looks like you want to have CF parts and dont actually have them

It's your rig though, and in the end if a big stripe down the middle does it for ya, go for it.

Personally i'm dreading the day when this starts happening on here:

 

[Pedro]

When i see cars with mismatched body panels i always think of:

They always look like they've got parts from another car or they were in an accident.

Personally i'd stay away from black because it also looks like you just bought CF parts and didnt paint them, until you got close, then it just looks like you want to have CF parts and dont actually have them

It's your rig though, and in the end if a big stripe down the middle does it for ya, go for it.

Personally i'm dreading the day when this starts happening on here:

you don't need to be "hip" to do that in maine!

 

[Evan]

Maybe it's the stretched tires

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ha ha yeah, they were on a vw before i got them so of course they had to stretch the tires

i think they're 235's on 9's. i'm looking at replacing them with 255's if i end up using them.