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Old May 25, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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my red 1995 Trans Am has a black ram air hood...i love the look. considering painting the mirrors black to accent the hood and just wanted some opinions...here is a shot of the car. thanks in advance for your input guys...

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Old May 25, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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I like the idea of the black mirrors.you might do the rear lower part of the bumper also to finish the look.I got a red 97 ws6 ive thought about doin the black accents my self only i would do the raised part of the hood instead of the whole hood.Whats up with that front fender?
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Old May 25, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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cars getting painted at the end of june...she's old and far from perfect...lol. she does already have the ceta mod in black so, it fits right in.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 11:26 PM
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i say go for it, im interested to see how it will turn out. might be cool to do the sail panel in black too. or maybe the headlights to blend with the hood.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 11:34 PM
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I say paint the headlight tops .. and the mirrors and the sail panel .. would look awesome
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Old May 25, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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I just don't know about the whole "hood another color" theme. I'm not hating at all, I admire you for trying something. I just think in order to pull it off you have to incorporate more color changes without crossing that fine line of 'being too much'.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheezebandit
I say paint the headlight tops .. and the mirrors and the sail panel .. would look awesome
^^^ this.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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found this pic and i'm thinking this might be the way to go with the hood black. i'm liking the top of the spoiler black like that...

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Now that looks bad ***!
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Old May 26, 2012 | 11:20 AM
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Go for the nasty look!!
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Old May 26, 2012 | 11:35 AM
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I say paint the mirrors, top of the wing, and sail panel all black.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaroking1996
I say paint the mirrors, top of the wing, and sail panel all black.
x2. im not a big fan of the hood black but this would make it 10x better imo
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Old May 26, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Besides the wing, mirrors, and sail panel, you could do the top of the bumper cover too for the complete two tone.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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I would rather see the mirrors painted black on a T/A rather than a Camaro because the fenders doesn't flow into the mirror on a T/A like they do on a Camaro. Just my $0.02 though.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 05:41 PM
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definitely wouldn't work on the camaro like you said. i think i'm going to go mirrors, sail panel and top of spoiler black.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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I was personally going to do the mirrors, sail panel, and the bottom of the spoiler, but after seeing that one I'm having second thoughts. lol

The only thing about painting the top is making sure you also paint that little piece of the body that flows with the spoiler right underneath the sail panel.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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that's funny...my wife and i just had that same conversation. keeps the flow together. that car above makes it look like 2 separate pieces.
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Old May 26, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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here's a couple more with the sail panel and spoiler top painted...definitely need to paint that small part under the sail panel to blend them together but, it looks awesome!


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Old May 27, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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Yeah, that does look amazing, idk why I never thought of that! Haha
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Old May 27, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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I like having black mirrors and sail pretty well
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