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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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Should I do this?

2-tone my car, and paint the spoiler?

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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Nice photoshop job.

It looks good to me. Like a Jail bird or a reff. but only you can decide what you like.
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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more of a side shot of the car might show a little better. but i think that works. looks good.
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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I like it. It is contrasting a lot, I would go with red instead of white, but your car is white to begin with (unless my TV is off color)
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 07:24 AM
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The black spoiler is good looking, something I plan on doing to mine when I repaint.

The two tone I'm thinking would look good, I don't know if I'd go as high up on the body, on mine I plan on only going to the bottom of the doors and leaving the bumpers alone. More for having the black paint protect from road chips in my case.

A side picture would probably help for getting a better feel on the 2 tone.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 08:18 AM
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i say hell yes, but a member already has a car just like that. he has pics of it posted and it looks good.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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like the panda paint job. looks like the old 1.8's ( toyota corolla).
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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I like it.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Looks alright. I'd do just the spoiler maybe. Good photoshop work though. there's a nother guy that has a panda paint job on his...forgot his username though.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Don't like 2 tone......never did.....never will. I think your car looks great as it sits.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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depends what YOU like. Not us.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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yes ... on my opinion .... like an ae86 kinda
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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i honesty like the regular paint, but if i had to choose id say flip the colors and make the top black with the white spoiler and white bottom. but like i said thats me
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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Initial D style! Ill whip up a few more chops, to see hoe it looks.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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Here's a different view.

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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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leave it the way it is..
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:00 AM
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or all black
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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looks cool, looks different.

having black wheels and tyres kinda the bottom half of the car seems to disappear.

your car, your choice whatever you'll like
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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two tone

Try a photo shop with the black following the line at the bottom of the door.
This should yield a "pointed bullet" look where the top and bottom of the white are nearly symmetrical.

Originally Posted by '84-12A-GSL
Here's a different view.

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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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it looks ok but i would rather see a panda job like the ae86. it helps break up the black just enough to catch the eye while still giving you the nice 2 tone scheme. there is a member on her ethat did the panda and he got it to look perfect. look it up and you will see what i mean. anyways its your car so do what you want with it this is just my $.02
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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I like it, but to get the full effect you should do the hood too. or just a carbon replacement would work.
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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Little too euro

Solid color for the body and color the modular pieces. Keep the mystical ninja RX-7 atmosphere. It is your decission however

Not a fan of two tone myself. Seen some hideous euro cars crawling around the city like that. Some weiner at my work place did that to his 2004 thunderbird. The guy paid some one good money to spray the entire bottom of the car and side moldings with black "truck box guard". Should have taken a photo of it... He traded the eye sore in for a lame H3 some time this year.


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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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I kinda like the black/white color scheme
Be sure to make your paint break right at the top of the body molding. I didn't measure mine and it missed by a little bit.

I have 2 sets of 15x7 Enkie's. One in silver and one in black. I think the black ones look better. It's rolling around on 14x7 2 piece Epsilons now. I should take some more pics.
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