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Old 05-11-07, 08:22 PM
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...... of a cinnabar pearl GS.
Here is a picture of what the car color is(for those who have no idea).
I am leaning more towards red. As i will be rocking it with the stock 17 chromies.Not sure if i will be putting on stickers though. am not sure yet.
any opinions?
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In my opinion.....Unless you could match the paint exact.... I think bright red wouldn't look good. If you could match the paint it would look sweet. I think you can't go wrong with Black! It would give it a fresh look!
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I agree on black.. It would look good..
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i knew i did something wrong
mods can you please move this to the second GS gen. forum?


BTW, i just can;t picture black doing it for me. i thought the same thing about the red. The regular bright red would be an eyesaw but if i could just match it perfectly with my car color with some nice stickers, i might have something sweet , along with my new cross-drilled rotors and PBS pads and new fresh green-tint headlights , with a new set of 6000k for lows and 3500k for fogs and white bulbs for daytime running light and new fresh coat of paint in front and rear end. All happening this week
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Black. With the white decals.
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Originally Posted by LXXTASY
Black. With the white decals.
Exactly what I did. Any other color would be too ricey! Black is perfect for covering up that rust. You can't see the rears because of the spoke but you can kind of see the fronts if you look close.

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yeah, black looks nice on several colors but i have a red GS.
here is what i am looking to do. a pics of lexus_kids car(i hope he does not mind me using his pics as reference.
but see how the red calipers match the car and they look so nice. i dn't if he got them to custom match the caliper color with the car color or just got a regular red calipser paint.
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What happened to saving money on for summer school for the kids??? HAHAHAHA!!

Enjoy the headlamps. Any shipping info in the eyelids?

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I think the red or black calipers would compliment the car either way!
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Hey fellow Ontarion! The calipers painted red to match the car will look better than black.

Keep in mind that the calipers on Lexus_kids car are not stock calipers, so the look will not exactly be the same on your car.
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I'm thinking about silver with black lettering
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Originally Posted by subparrnd
What happened to saving money on for summer school for the kids??? HAHAHAHA!!

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Hey Homer Simpson ,
Decided to skip summer school and just graduate with my current GPA. I hope to start another 4 year program to get my masters in business(MBA) and a law degree (LLB)at the same time. This combination just started in my school and its going to be tough doing a masters degree and a law degree at the same time but just like the sig says,"Forward ever, Backward Never". decided to skip the summer school.
Kids? i ain't got none.Am only 23.
Your shipment went out yesterday. i'll about the info.

Say hi to Marge,Bart, Lisa and the baby

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Originally Posted by Hameed
Hey fellow Ontarion! The calipers painted red to match the car will look better than black.

Keep in mind that the calipers on Lexus_kids car are not stock calipers, so the look will not exactly be the same on your car.
Am thinking the same. Am leaning towards the red on red.
Maybe i can ask my guy doing the front and back of my car to spare some extra paint for the calipers. Does anyone know if the body paint will work for the calipers?
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old dog - get rims first. you can paint it whatever color you want but until you get some rims with bigger openings, you won't get to see your calipers.


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