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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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What Paint color on my GP style FC TurboII?

I'm at the point after a long time of improving to where I really need to consider the exact color I want for my FC since it is primered now and super straight. Anyone have clean examples of GP styled FC's?

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The best color I am leaning towards is 2010 GM Cyber Grey as seen on the Camaros. What do you all think?





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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Flat black with some new rims. Those are way too small. I'd say go for some grid racing rota's. Or flat black with some gold or gunmetal 5zigen fn1orc's.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 01:41 PM
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before you paint man, are those GP skirts? , I cant tell they look mixmatched. Its not gonna look good with those once painted. your cars gonna look kind of goofy without an aggressive stance and those Honda sized rims.

Your color is good tho, theres a similar color gp car in japan that looks great, you can find it in the link in my sig.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Go for something like that..

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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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i say no to the satin black just cause i want it on mine.

i actually like that cyber gray look. it isnt too bad, almost the same color as the stock tornado gray. you can always go white and be a hypertek

anyways i have to agree with them above. without a flushed look its gonna look hella funky once painted, actually it looks like that now. but i would invest in some coilovers and wheels. you wont be disappointed.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Hypertek
before you paint man, are those GP skirts? , I cant tell they look mixmatched. Its not gonna look good with those once painted. your cars gonna look kind of goofy without an aggressive stance and those Honda sized rims.

Your color is good tho, theres a similar color gp car in japan that looks great, you can find it in the link in my sig.
Yea your right about the wheels. They're actually 17" but look smaller. What size do you recommend? Width? Thanks Hypertek
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Go for something like that..

Yea I actually hate the flat black look since its becoming a popular thing for any car now. The only thing is my fc isnt a Hot Rod so I was always negative about it. Now that I see it primered and decent, I'm considering it. Thanks for the heads up
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by iani1.1
i say no to the satin black just cause i want it on mine.

i actually like that cyber gray look. it isnt too bad, almost the same color as the stock tornado gray. you can always go white and be a hypertek

anyways i have to agree with them above. without a flushed look its gonna look hella funky once painted, actually it looks like that now. but i would invest in some coilovers and wheels. you wont be disappointed.
Yea I have tein coilovers. I just have the fronts all the way up for now to make painting easier. Do you know of anywhere to get decent wheels?

I can't have a hypertek fc. haha. would be cool tho.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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for wheel size, wheels designed for rear wheel drive car..
could go stagger something like 17x8 +25 front 17x9 +25 rear.. just stay away from +35 and higher offsets.

dark gray or silver on a gp car looks sexy
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by djAngel
Yea I have tein coilovers. I just have the fronts all the way up for now to make painting easier. Do you know of anywhere to get decent wheels?

I can't have a hypertek fc. haha. would be cool tho.
i usually get on zilvia for some wheels.
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 09:02 AM
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I would also absolutely get some s5 trim for the doors before you do any painting. I am a total body trim ****. Seeing mismatched **** absolutely kills a car for me. It is silly seeing someone spend $3000 plus on making their car look good but fail to spend $50 for something as obvious as matching door trim.

I would definitely go on zilvia.net, get a great deal on some 5zigen fno1-rc's with 17x10 in the rear and a +12 offset. You are good at this point, then lower it.....sex...
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Your wheels are fine, but your tires are tiny!!
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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wheels dont look wide enough and dont have the proper offset to be flushed with the body. also i agree with the tire size, its too low of a profile. so lowered or not itll still look funky.

heres a good example of 17's played off well with a gp kit


front 17x9 +22 225/45
rear 17x10 +18 275/40

edit: oh yea ditch the gray and go with Pawlak green with a roof spoiler.
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by iani1.1
wheels dont look wide enough and dont have the proper offset to be flushed with the body. also i agree with the tire size, its too low of a profile. so lowered or not itll still look funky.

heres a good example of 17's played off well with a gp kit


front 17x9 +22 225/45
rear 17x10 +18 275/40

edit: oh yea ditch the gray and go with Pawlak green with a roof spoiler.
Oh yea that does look clean with a little more meat. I'll bring it down with some other rims. Yea these are pretty thin wheels like 7" max width.
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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I would also absolutely get some s5 trim for the doors before you do any painting. I am a total body trim ****. Seeing mismatched **** absolutely kills a car for me. It is silly seeing someone spend $3000 plus on making their car look good but fail to spend $50 for something as obvious as matching door trim.

I would definitely go on zilvia.net, get a great deal on some 5zigen fno1-rc's with 17x10 in the rear and a +12 offset. You are good at this point, then lower it.....sex...
Yea that's a good point buddy. I'll visit the junkyard and take those trim pieces off. Good looking out. zilvia.net is cool but a litle hard to navigate since ive only been there a few times. I'll see what I can find tho.
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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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yooo Hypertek I creamed my pants with this one. Clean clean. I was wondering about going mainly dark colors but this one is nice to my eyes.
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