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I plan on purchasing a NIA front splitter for my 2017 GS350 Fsport and need some opinions, should I go with color matched to my Ultrasonic Blue or get it primer and then have it wrapped in the same Avery Dennison Metallic gloss black like the rest of my chrome trim. I searched and most of the pictures I found are color matched. Anyone good at photoshop
I think most are of the NIA splitters are shown painted as they'll paint it match your factory color code for just another $140-150 which makes its a good deal. Personally, i'd go with a contrast match against the car color so either black/matte black painted or the metallic gloss wrap to match your other trims.
When I added my knockoff Lexon style front lip from eBay seller BaysonR, I first plasti-dipped one side in white and left one side with the standard matte black finish. I then mocked it up and realized that from all angles, the front lip with the white plastidip looked off because the rear diffuser from the side profile was a matte finish on my non F-Sport and all other trims were black/matte black.
It looked better in black so I left it and have been happy with the subtle look which seems to finish off the front end nicely.
I think most are of the NIA splitters are shown painted as they'll paint it match your factory color code for just another $140-150 which makes its a good deal. Personally, i'd go with a contrast match against the car color so either black/matte black painted or the metallic gloss wrap to match your other trims.
When I added my knockoff Lexon style front lip from eBay seller BaysonR, I first plasti-dipped one side in white and left one side with the standard matte black finish. I then mocked it up and realized that from all angles, the front lip with the white plastidip looked off because the rear diffuser from the side profile was a matte finish on my non F-Sport and all other trims were black/matte black.
It looked better in black so I left it and have been happy with the subtle look which seems to finish off the front end nicely.
Thanks..do you have any pictures, I was thinking the same thing about contrast as my rear diffuser is also wrapped to match the rest of my trim.
Thanks..do you have any pictures, I was thinking the same thing about contrast as my rear diffuser is also wrapped to match the rest of my trim.
I have a '13 pre-refresh non F-sport but you can see the unpainted lip in these threads (in the second thread, when it was installed you can see some plastidip still stuck on the bottom of the lip that I didn't scrape off fully):
NIA Front Splitter
