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Old 07-25-05, 12:57 AM
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Should I keep stock paint or go...

Gunmetal? Just speculating. My FD is vintage red
Old 07-25-05, 01:03 AM
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stock color
i used to want to get rid of my MB paint
but after seeing a few forum members MB fd...i knew i was wrong
gonna get a 99 spec front end and paint it all MB again
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Yeah. I don't want to take away from it's originality, but I think it would look pretty nice in a darker color instead of having red. It sticks out like a sore thumb. What part of the bay are you from jic? I'm originally from Pittsburg, lived in Hercules, then moved to Hayward.
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I would also keep it stock or maybe just a different variation of red unless you plan on stripping it bare and painting all parts of the chassis not just the exterior.
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Stock, but maybe a repaint just to freshen it up a bit. Check out Rich's car (GoodfellaFD3S on the forum). He had his VR repainted in VR and it looks amazing.
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nice, my car is VR too and i was thinking of a custom paint, like gunmetal too

but i decided that aside from it being more money, nothing can beat the stock color of VR, especially when its new..the car just screams "look at me"!!! haha
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Mine was repainted when a previous owner put the sideskirts on. It's still CYM, just a little brighter - more white in the paint? I think it looks much better. It's hard to see the difference unless you can arrange to have the two colours side by side. That happened when I repaired my front airdam and painted it with stock colour CYM epoxy paint. The spoiler is slightly darker - kind of neat.

Don't be upset with the standoutishness of the VR! Try mine - "Hey officer, I'm over here!!!"
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I agree by trying a different color, like a darker color that doesnt stick out like you said before.
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