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View Poll Results: Keep the original paint or change it?
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02-23-2011, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Future Repainting..?
So, out of no reason whatsoever, I wondered how my car would look with a blue body. After a quick edit in Photoshop, I got what you see here... So, the big question: Should I keep the car the manufacturer's red? or save up for the blue?
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ur **** out of excuses.
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02-23-2011, 02:18 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Blue looks nice. I'm sure it's also going to be very expensive to do well.
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02-23-2011, 02:19 PM
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yeah i was anticipating a high price. LoL no way in hell i'll let any run of the mill body shop do this job.
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Well, checked my coolant today. Looks like 2 girls, 1 cup inside my rad lol
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ur **** out of excuses.
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02-23-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RU_Weskot
yeah i was anticipating a high price. LoL no way in hell i'll let any run of the mill body shop do this job.
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As in for the price of the paint job you could easily buy another 2000 SS and mod it up.
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02-23-2011, 02:37 PM
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Your car is so clean and low mileage I wouldn't touch the color
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02-23-2011, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Your car looks great! I wouldn't change it...
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02-23-2011, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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as others said maybe trade it for a blue one, or sell it and buy a blue one.
or even a Navy Blue Metallic one with some clear markers 
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02-23-2011, 05:52 PM
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The blue looks nice but like WB said having a color change done properly is very involved. I'd remove all of the panels so the jambs and insides could be painted and the engine bay is body color on the 4th gens as well correct?
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02-23-2011, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HardcoreZ28
The blue looks nice but like WB said having a color change done properly is very involved. I'd remove all of the panels so the jambs and insides could be painted and the engine bay is body color on the 4th gens as well correct?
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yup engine bays are body color. its a whole job to change a color completely
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02-23-2011, 06:13 PM
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if you went the route of selling it, youve found a buyer lol
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02-23-2011, 08:07 PM
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the red looks great I wouldn't change it.
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02-23-2011, 08:35 PM
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Resale red > blue that will cost twice the price.
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02-23-2011, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Is it me or does that blue look purple?
JW 
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02-23-2011, 10:38 PM
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It sounds more like you're just craving a change in appearance, in my opinion. Maybe photoshop some stripes, tints, or different wheels, and see if that doesn't distract you from the body color. That's a really nice red you've got there. I'm a big fan of blue, but I feel you would have to envision a deeper, metallic blue for it to look good.
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02-23-2011, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Masonite
It sounds more like you're just craving a change in appearance, in my opinion.
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i agree. slap some tints on that bitch
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02-24-2011, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Masonite
It sounds more like you're just craving a change in appearance, in my opinion. Maybe photoshop some stripes, tints, or different wheels, and see if that doesn't distract you from the body color. That's a really nice red you've got there. I'm a big fan of blue, but I feel you would have to envision a deeper, metallic blue for it to look good.
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i agree. slap some tints on that bitch
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Yeah, I was just bored and was asking some friends, and they photoshopped this pic for me in a quick minute. Tints? They're gonna be put on sometime between now and June (I just need to find a well paying year round part-time job). For wheels I was thinking about keeping my stock ones, only having them a glossy black to match my sail panel.
When I'm bored I usually think about what to do to my car... Like, performance-wise, I'm looking for a catback to go along with my new performance lid / filter birthday gift my mom's looking to get me. 
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Well, checked my coolant today. Looks like 2 girls, 1 cup inside my rad lol
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ur **** out of excuses.
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02-24-2011, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RU_Weskot
Yeah, I was just bored and was asking some friends, and they photoshopped this pic for me in a quick minute. Tints? They're gonna be put on sometime between now and June (I just need to find a well paying year round part-time job). For wheels I was thinking about keeping my stock ones, only having them a glossy black to match my sail panel.
When I'm bored I usually think about what to do to my car... Like, performance-wise, I'm looking for a catback to go along with my new performance lid / filter birthday gift my mom's looking to get me. |
That paint job is probably $8k-10k minimum for a nice job, so some stripes or new wheels is significantly cheaper.
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02-24-2011, 09:20 AM
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I will buy the catback from your SS when you take it off....
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02-24-2011, 10:51 AM
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leave it alone!!!
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02-25-2011, 12:24 AM
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I didn't know u were also a member of the Cali Maro Boyzz yoo...if you paint it that color blue make sure you got dem 26s on der too....but seriously your car is gorgeous please don't touch the paint.
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02-26-2011, 03:16 PM
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Location: Morris County, NJ
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never liked 'arrest me red' 'fire engine red' or any other close variant of loud reds...if cash is no problem, go blue and be unique..
reds seem to be a dime a dozen on sports cars...i always get compliments on my iroc being metallic blue..
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02-26-2011, 04:45 PM
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I love the metallic blue....when I was looking for my thirdgen blue was my first choice in color but couldn't find one in good enough condition at the time. I do love my white now though....both are rarer colors.
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02-26-2011, 05:22 PM
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yeah i like what you have planned.
keep it red, tints and black wheels.
red with black accents look amazing i wish mine was red with black wheels and tint
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02-26-2011, 11:17 PM
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That is a really great shade of blue, but like others have said, to do it right is gonna cost the same or more than the car is worth.
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02-27-2011, 04:16 PM
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Will always be worth more in the end with original paint!
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