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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Has anyone painted thier stock ground effects a different color than the body of thier car. I seen one a few years ago that was painted similar to Dale Sr's race car. I thought it looked pretty good. I am about to repaint my 00 Z28 and was considering doing something like that on mine, but everyone I have mentioned it to has gave me a funny look. I have looked around and I really haven't seen one with the ground effects a different color. Does anyone have pics of one? Any color schemes, just curious if it looks right or not?
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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This is one that I saw in colorado at a car show. NOT MY CAR!!!





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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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That is hideous! I'd leave them the same color as the car if I were you, but thats just my opinion
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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paint them the same color as the car. the body kit on that car looks disgusting.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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if anything ditch the ground effects kit completely. You will thank yourself later!
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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if you have/want the kit...paint it the same color as the car.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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I dont normaly like gfx's, and definitly not those on that red ss, but I think painting them black is a great idea if you have a black theme already, as it kinda hides them but their still there...
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 06:32 AM
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paint it to match the car. A different color makes it look ricey IMO.
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Looks great on 3rd gen TA's (blue with silver gfx), not so much on 4th gen.

I have seen one that pulled it off though. I will see if I can find the pic.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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paint it to match the car. A different color makes it look ricey IMO.
or redneck. take your pick.

leave them the same color.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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Body color! I have never liked the look of different colored GFX..
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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I think that makes it unamous!!!!
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Yeah, I am leaning towards same color now. I just mocked them up while I was taking my Eibachs off. The car is black and the ground effects I have are hugger orange. It looked pretty good, but I just don't know what it would look like on the ground.

I used to have a black 96 RS. I loved it, but had no power. I always wanted another one, but with the V8. I came across a 2000 with some nice motor mods and decent dyno #s (so I was told, haven't seen the sheets myself). So this is the opportunity. I did go through the black camaro thread and seen some I liked.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Wow, I actually thought I might like it until I saw that Red Camaro above in post #2...

Jesus H that was hideous!
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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Wow, I actually thought I might like it until I saw that Red Camaro above in post #2...

Jesus H that was hideous!
Yeah, I didn't really like that color scheme. I was really looking to see if someone had a black with silver ground effects. Or something similar. I just haven't seen many with a two tone color scheme.
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