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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 08:53 AM
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What do you guys think about flat red? My shop just got donated a bunch and I'm kind of considering redoing my whole car in flat red/flat black and I've never seen it done on an fbody or any car for that matter so I'm not sure how it'll look. Ill probably spray a test panel and see how it looks but what would you guys think?
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 09:26 AM
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Ive been Tempted to do Red plasti Dip with black roof, Mirrors, and under spoiler on my Bird. To Test it out since plasti dip is removable, But I've been Involved with my Turbo Build. I think it would look cool.
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never seen it on an f-body but im sure it would look good. A guy locally just did a porsche satin red, looked really good
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Never seen a "flat" anything I've cared for... matte or satin is a different story though.
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Never seen a flat/satin/matte red. Blue, Black, Silver all look good IMO. I'd be curious to see how red turns out.
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The finish would likely be matte
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I think it has potential to be bad *** if done right!


I would love to have something like that if I could afford the paint job.
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personally never been that big a fan of red, especially on the 4th gens, but maybe thats just me.
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Alot of the flat reds turn out looking like red oxide primer...
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Alot of the flat reds turn out looking like red oxide primer...
Eww, well ill spray a test panel next week and see how it holds up
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