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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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I have an Artic White Trans Am that needs a repaint on the bumper, so I decided it would be a good chance to do the CETA mod. My paint guy suggested painting the indented line red. I didn't know what it would look like, so I had him hold off for a day. I did a quick MS Paint job on TallyTransAm's car that i found in a CETA mod discussion. What do you guys think? Red line or go with the classic all black? Right now I'm leaning toward all black, it's more clean, but I definately wanna hear some opinions

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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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it looks good all that matter is if you like it tough
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 07:09 PM
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It doesn't look bad. Just not used to seeing it. But either way it will look good
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 07:58 PM
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i kinda like it
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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Not feeling it. Unless you have some other black/red paint scheme or graphics going on, it looks off. Do it the regular way imo. White looks amazing with the ceta mod though
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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It would only work, if you paired it w/ black checkered ram air hood stripes w/ a hint of red in it.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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I think I'm just gonna go with the standard black CETA. I don't have any other red to pull it off, and I'm sure just the plain black with my white T/A will look good
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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i like it, it's different. i also agree there needs to be more red on the car. maybe red blackbird stripes?

*EDIT* just now noticed your car doesn't have the ws6 style hood.

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When I first saw the picture it reminded me of those tires that have a red line around them on the sidewall. Maybe if there was a red stripe on the car. It does look different.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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Just have him paint it all black. If you want to test it out, but some 1/4" red pin striping tape.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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I kinda like it. Get a set of black C6 Z06 rims with the red pinstripe and I think it would look killer.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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I think it would look good. That mark-up in the picture makes the red stripe look much bigger than it would if the border was actually painted. Use a darker red than the mark-up has as well. I think it would look good.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dubga
I think it would look good. That mark-up in the picture makes the red stripe look much bigger than it would if the border was actually painted. Use a darker red than the mark-up has as well. I think it would look good.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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I kind of like it, but I think it would look better if you filled PONTIAC in with red letters. The red matches the lights, but needs another small element to tie it all together.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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I did a similar design on my car. I have always been a Dale Earnhardt fan so when I decided to do the CETA mod on my car I did the red stripe to complete the black/silver/red theme and I really like the way that it came out. I used vinyl decal material that I cut on my vinyl cutter for the red stripes. Here's the only picture I have..

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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 01:02 AM
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Rebob did it right. That looks good.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 08:39 AM
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rebobs looks good. Id say it would potentially be cool. just have to have the right scheme goin on the car.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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How about a gunmetal stripe?
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Gunmetal would look pretty good I think! Maybe someone could Photoshop one on a car with the CETA mod done?
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