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Old 11-09-09, 01:22 PM
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Wink Decided to go two tone! Let me know what you think! [Pics]

Hey guys,

My mom backed into my car a week ago from today, so last Wednesday i brought it to the shop to get repaired, and decided to finish the strips on the roof, and got talked into doing the trunk and the hood

Some of the grill surround is painted black to match the hood lines, and the top of the trunk is black, OEM spoiler is half and half - so from behind you cant see that it's black.

I personally am very happy with how it came out, and i hope you do as well. I think i'll be putting it away from the winter in the next week.

Here are some pics:






To be done over the winter:
-Painting headlights/foglights black.
-New wheels - Black spokes, MRM color matched lip
-Fab lip (CF maybe?)

Let me know what you think!
-Yuriy.

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Old 11-09-09, 01:24 PM
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I like it, well the hood is a bit.. i dont know. I dont know how i feel about that hood but i like the roof and trunk alot! Too bad my cars black, I would want to do that too.
Old 11-09-09, 01:28 PM
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i dont like it. you should've just kept the clean look of the black roof. dropping the black over the hood/trunk make it look more...dare i say it...ricey.
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Everyone's got their opinion i personally think it looks goofy right now because the wheels and the headlights don't match the car, but they will, and my next set of wheels is going to be black.
Old 11-09-09, 01:40 PM
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I think I'm 50/50 on the hood, but with black wheels it may help.
Old 11-09-09, 01:44 PM
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I like the roof.
Old 11-09-09, 01:48 PM
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Not a fan but its your car. Do what you like
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Looks good
Old 11-09-09, 01:54 PM
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A set of black wheels and some slammage is needed ASAP!
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hmm if it was cf trunk and cf hood it would be way cooler, think u should have painted entire trunk...
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hmmm dont how to feel about it. lol but glad to see you're brave enough to do this on a metador Red. But seriously i think the hood and trunk and spoiler is a little bit to much for my taste.
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new rims,,painting the front grill,,replacing your current emblem to Black Pearl
will make it look even better
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Originally Posted by Phil888
hmmm dont how to feel about it. lol but glad to see you're brave enough to do this on a metador Red. But seriously i think the hood and trunk and spoiler is a little bit to much for my taste.
^^What he said^^
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I'll have to look at it a few more times before deciding but it's definitely different. Black wheels would take it more to the good side.
It's nice if everyone likes it but it's more important that you like it.
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I'm not a fan of adding black on cars in general. Not bad though.


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