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hey guys,

car is going into the shop for some paint approximately three weeks from now...

kit is arriving (or should do) by the end of next week...

so, to cut a long story short;

my car is white (whole car) and i was thinking about doing a typical 'Panda' spec style coordination with my car, the thing is... i don't know what to paint black!!!

i know for certain that my wheels are getting painted black, they are already chrome with a tiny bit of lip and i will leave the lip polished but paint all the spokes, from this;

http://www.californiacustoms.ch/cc/images/z18.jpg

to this;

http://www.fwt.net.au/store/images/P/tn_zinik_z18_blk-01.jpg

my initial idea was to paint the mirrors (already Carbon Fibre Ganadors that i'm picking up tomorrow) black, the Vented Bonnet black and the Bootlid black (not the whole boot, just the top part... kind of like the Mine's R34 GTR) as seen here;

http://images.superstreetonline.com/featur...e_rear_view.jpg

then i thought the car would look funny if the mirrors were black and the roof was white so i thought i might paint the mirrors and the roof black and leave the bonnet and the boot white with the rims still how i want them...

THEN i considered doing the bonnet, roof, mirrors AND boot black and then probably have to do a two tone kind of thing and have the top half of my car black divided by a nice stripe of some sort... (the strip would be above the door handle) possibly airbrushed on, again with the rims still black...

i was just wondering what kind of opinions you could all give me as i would really appreciate what you guys out there think is 'hot' and what is 'not' and before i finish off i KNOW that there will be many comments (maybe less now that i mention it) that the car is mine and i should do it as to how i please but the thing is i'm unsure, all these options have run through my mind and i just want to see how other Skyline enthusiasts weigh up such choices...

all comments will be GREATLY appreciated though i would like to see negative ones at a minimum...

i will state however that the option at the top of my list was my very first thought to just paint the bonnet, bootlid, mirrors and wheels...

(and if it makes a difference at all, i'm still remaining with the URAS kit... mine now is just a bit banged and scratched up and EVERYTHING!)

let the comments begin!

Andrew :ermm:

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andrew stick with ur original idea man

bonnet black bootlid black to the lip part

with the ganadors i reckon u shooudl leave them as cf

gotta show off a bit of carbon rite?

hahaha

will talk to u more about it tmr

hav ea f ew other ideas for ya;)

I know I posted in the cosmetics forum, but I'll post here as well.

Do it black bonnet, roof, boot and rims. Keep the carbon mirrors carbon. But dont paint the pillars, just the middle section. Airbrushing is always good... Tribal maybe? I'll do a quick photoship when I get a chance tomorow after I get back from your place.

black bonnet, black roof, black a, b and c pillars, black boot BUT only the top

i would go a simple divider line between the white and black, possibly evolving into a simple small tribal mural at the back that wraps around to the boot

keep the mirrors CF

see if you can get hold of a CF spoiler/wing maybe just for autosalon cause that would set it off nicely

and make sure its a nice pearl white, cause otherwise it will suck ass

thanks for the response Ash...

thing is, my paint is standard white, i can't afford to paint the WHOLE car... decided i should paint because i got into a fight with a pole in the carpark when all of us went to Outback Jacks a few weekends ago...

won't be able to afford pearl, so what now?

can get CF GT Wing... but i want it to be wingless... think it looks sweet like that

Yeh, I'll do all 3 styles. Mite mix it up a bit and have some fun. Why not??

I got some decent pics of you car, so its all good. See how dark it is.

Ash, you entering ur car in the Auto Salon? Borrow some rimz... perfect!

HA

my excel looks like it been in a war

thanks for the response Ash...

thing is, my paint is standard white, i can't afford to paint the WHOLE car... decided i should paint because i got into a fight with a pole in the carpark when all of us went to Outback Jacks a few weekends ago...

won't be able to afford pearl, so what now?

can get CF GT Wing... but i want it to be wingless... think it looks sweet like that

standard white would look alright i suppose depending on the age of the paint

last thing you want is a really nice smooth glossy black top with shitty old white paint

is it a 4 door or 2 door??

otherwise if you could get one a CF boot extender lip/garnish thingo like this on the mines r34 gtr

http://www.importtuner.com/features/0711_i...r/photo_04.html

lol mine it 2 door and where the hell would i find one of those to buy?

been looking but can't find...

i don't mind painting the boot, i have to anyway after Rhys and I ripped out the wing i believe it's left holes that need to be welded bahaha

I reckon go the two tone effect with a pin stripe. I'm thinking two very thin lines right next to each other. Basically one line that has a blue side and a red side. The blue at the bottom and red at the top. This line goes down the side of the car just above the door handles and on the rear quarter it does some fancy looping to write hoony and then finish off the line. Everything above the line is black, and everything below the line is white. Now that will be unique :wacko:

I reckon go the two tone effect with a pin stripe. I'm thinking two very thin lines right next to each other. Basically one line that has a blue side and a red side. The blue at the bottom and red at the top. This line goes down the side of the car just above the door handles and on the rear quarter it does some fancy looping to write hoony and then finish off the line. Everything above the line is black, and everything below the line is white. Now that will be unique :wacko:

thats what i was envisaging - but merging into a simple tribal at the back instead :)

do everything from the bottom of your windows up - black

so bonnet, mirrors, boot top, wing, roof.

that would look mint i reckon, white car with black top.. was planning to do this to my car when it arrives :)

cf hood..cf mirrors...roof black..boot black...

with some nice black rims with chrome lip... mmmmmmm SEXY

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do everything from the bottom of your windows up - black

so bonnet, mirrors, boot top, wing, roof.

Lucy, lovin your idea! would keep the mirrors cf though. Also do a black pinstripe just below the black/white seam maybe? shame you can't afford a white pearl as it would look mint contrasted with a gloss black. Maybe hold off the paint til you can afford it? How dark is your window tinting? The rims are going to look great, btw.

had a chat to the painter today, he said it would look nice but if i want to do the pinstripe idea i would have to end up doing the rest of the car...

well i don't HAVE to but he said that he refuses to do my car if i don't do the rest because there will be some chipping or something (he used some word) and the paint won't blend through properly, so depending on how much money i can get will decide if i can do the pinstripe idea...

as for the initial idea, looks like i'm doing the bonnet, boot and rims... leaving the mirros CF...

good enough?

i'll need at LEAST another whole grand to do the roof with pinstripe idea and thinking about it that's not a lot compared to getting a whole new look, i just can't bloody afford it right now :blink:

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