Color question??
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Color question??
I was thinking about what color I wanted my car to be and I got the idea of yelow and black or black and yellow....who all thinks this will look good? and who thinks it will look bad? and who could photo shop it???
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ive never been a fan of yellow... i believe a rich metallic red would be nice... or even an electric blue found on dodges now would look clean... also, and gunmetal gray would look nice.
I'd stay away from black, as it is a soft paint the will scratch easily, and with buffing it may only scratch more.
My daily driver is this gray, and it stays pretty clean... my girl drives a neon with this blue and it really stands out.
I'd stay away from black, as it is a soft paint the will scratch easily, and with buffing it may only scratch more.
My daily driver is this gray, and it stays pretty clean... my girl drives a neon with this blue and it really stands out.
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psh... yellow is ugly! I'd say that if you are going to go with yellow, go with the original spark yellow, i think the code is YU. Viper yellow just looks odd to me.
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Originally Posted by rolfs_7
i really ment black base yellow accent..sry for not saying that before
It's even worse on the interior. Paint any single part a bright color on the dashand and that is all you see most of the time. You won't notice the rest of the dash most of the time.
This is why many accents are in dark colors, so they diasapper visually. Do you notice the door strips, sure, but you won't stare at them, you will focus in on the car as a whole.
I remember in high school a buddy of mine had a 59 Chevy. It had a chrome strip front to back with a white paint strip in the middle of it from the factory. We painted it flourecent pink. Now those were the days. lol Car was blue btw.
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Originally Posted by rx7doctor
Trochoid, sounds like we are from the same era. A buddy of mine had a 59 cadillac. Black with flames, cragar wheels and a rumble seat in the trunk.
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A guy around the corner from me had a 69 plymouth superbird with the large wing on the back . I remember seeing that and thinking, man that's a ugly wing. Saw one auctioned off back in 85 or 86 for 1 million, yes that's 1.000.000 dollars.
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What colors would look good then? Right now its a **** brown, and known around town as "the skidmark" and well.....I'd like to lose that. I don't want to copy off anyone, but I don't know what colors I should go with.
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Originally Posted by rolfs_7
What colors would look good then? Right now its a **** brown, and known around town as "the skidmark" and well.....I'd like to lose that. I don't want to copy off anyone, but I don't know what colors I should go with.
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****, i had a 57 chevy belair,64 chevelle and a 68 nova. Isn't it the truth about the cars and their worth now. I could of retired with some of the cars that were in my neighborhood.
A guy around the corner from me had a 69 plymouth superbird with the large wing on the back . I remember seeing that and thinking, man that's a ugly wing. Saw one auctioned off back in 85 or 86 for 1 million, yes that's 1.000.000 dollars.
A guy around the corner from me had a 69 plymouth superbird with the large wing on the back . I remember seeing that and thinking, man that's a ugly wing. Saw one auctioned off back in 85 or 86 for 1 million, yes that's 1.000.000 dollars.
kgray, nice job, did't even notice it was a vette at 1st. Made my point quite well.
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This is my opinion on yellow on the RX-7.I think that the original spark yellow is by far the best yellow you could use on the car.I also think that yellow doesn't quite look right on the FB's unless you highlight it like mazda did with the SA models with black trim all over it.Whenever I see a FB that is all yellow(or all any color for that matter)it just doesn't look good to me.I think you need the black on the door frames,windshield trim,gutters,door handles,side molding,and bumber strips to break up the color.I have a friend that painted his 84 GSL-SE the factory tornado silver,and when he did he painted everything,and to me it looked way better when it had the black accents on it.I would say if you go yellow break it up with some sort of dark color like black or charcoal.
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My pick.......RED.......
She needed alot of attention when I got her.....Bought from tow yard....Car was impounded when owner got DUII......She looks very good now I love the yellow....But alas just sold her to buy an 88 FC vert with 77,xxxmiles....I also have a red 80 SA and the red just sets the car off......Stay with factory colors, they just look right on the 7's...
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Yellow is OK if you do it right.
I painted my 3rd 7 canaery yellow, with all trim blacked out, as well as black body molding on sides. looked quite nice, but I do not have any photos anymore of it My ex wife shitcanned them all to spite me.
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