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Old 05-02-2014, 11:23 PM
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I have a black ws6 and I'm changing the appearance a bit. My plan is gold metallic on the following.

Ws6 badge
PONTIAC rear inlay
Gold bird/Trans am on filler panel

Gold lettering on Trans Am on doors
Gold blackbird stripes
Gold blackbird stripe on spoiler.

My question is, is this too much? I have a 2nd gen TA so heavy decals is common
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Above pic is not my car, this pic is of my car

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i dont think thats too much, id leave it at that tho. sharp car, black\gold is classic and sharp
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I'd skip the gold stripes, and instead do some custom wheels. Maybe deep dish wheels, gold face with black lip? Or opposite, black face with gold lip.

Maybe something like this... Staggered little dish up front with deep deep dish in the rear.

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Originally Posted by Wheelman916
I'd skip the gold stripes, and instead do some custom wheels. Maybe deep dish wheels, gold face with black lip? Or opposite, black face with gold lip.

Maybe something like this... Staggered little dish up front with deep deep dish in the rear.

dam, ok i change my vote, all black and those wheels! those are slick as hell, only for black T\A they would work, i like em.
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Awesome wheels, at shudder at the thought of the cost of them.

Honestly I've thought about trying a gold wheel or gold accented wheel. Maybe I should really explore it more
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Originally Posted by black79transam
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PONTIAC rear inlay
Gold bird/Trans am on filler panel

Gold blackbird stripes
I'd slow it down a bit, ..., too much gold is not always the best, ..., ask me why I think that, ...,
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heres my car. i did it in plastidip so i can take it off if i wanted to

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i get mixed reviews of the color scheme. while everyone is going to have different opinion of the scheme, remember its ur car and u do how u feel like doing. many like my setup how it sits. other feels that i should change my vents back to black and others feel i should changed it back when it was murdered out.
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What process for the gold plastidiped wheels? I'd like to know so I can experiment
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
I'd slow it down a bit, ..., too much gold is not always the best, ..., ask me why I think that, ...,
Ha why do you think that?
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Originally Posted by black79transam
Ha why do you think that?
Too much can go overboard, ...
My car, ..., starting to not like the stripes that much anymore, but don't dare take them off.
(Replacements are not available anywhere anymore.)


In my opinion, on this ride, ..., I'd lose the gold emblem & go back to the black vents.
I like the Blackbird stripes & the wheels.
But this would be more 'subtle' that way & not 'over-pronounced'.
Know what I mean?!?
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Man thoes black and gold rims are to dam hot wow you just got me bad how much for thoes rims where can I find them how big are they
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I was thinking up an idea of gloss black rims with gold painted calipers
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Originally Posted by CaliboyTA
I was thinking up an idea of gloss black rims with gold painted calipers
Naw, ..., leave the wheels alone.
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Originally Posted by 99 ss
Man thoes black and gold rims are to dam hot wow you just got me bad how much for thoes rims where can I find them how big are they
They are Savini forged. They build the wheels to spec. All custom sizes, offsets, backspacing... Whatever you need. But they are pricey.

If you're looking at custom wheels, shop around. ADV.1 makes amazing wheels, and can do custom builds and colors as well.

You could also run some knock-off wheels and have them colored appropriately. Imitation CCWs are popular.
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Havent ever seen OZ Monte Carlo's on a TA before... i almost bought some for $175 last year

Originally Posted by CaliboyTA
heres my car. i did it in plastidip so i can take it off if i wanted to

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i actually found them at the junk yard and bought them for 220 without the centercaps. I took me 3 years to find the centercaps. and all 4 of them cost me 230 lol
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Never too much gold.
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I like those wheels that were posted, get those and your set.



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