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Old 07-11-07, 07:27 PM
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Should I do this?

2-tone my car, and paint the spoiler?

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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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more of a side shot of the car might show a little better. but i think that works. looks good.
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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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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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i say hell yes, but a member already has a car just like that. he has pics of it posted and it looks good.
Old 07-12-07, 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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I like it.
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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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Don't like 2 tone......never did.....never will. I think your car looks great as it sits.
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depends what YOU like. Not us.
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yes ... on my opinion .... like an ae86 kinda
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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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Initial D style! Ill whip up a few more chops, to see hoe it looks.
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Here's a different view.

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leave it the way it is..
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or all black
Old 07-13-07, 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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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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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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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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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 07-16-07, 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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