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Old Jun 20, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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Has anyone painted the outlines piece above the tailpipes? I have a pewter car and thought about painting that piece a medium gray color to match the second stripe I have on the fenders (see pic). What do you think? Any similar pics?

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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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The 02 yellow collector edition had black above the tailpipes so something similar has been done. If you painted them gray I would think it would be hard to tell if they were even painted at all with your pewter paint. Maybe go for the black to match the front stripe instead.
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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 03:59 AM
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definately go with some sort of black. the blackbird cars were also like this.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 01:59 AM
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I painted mine black and havent seen anyone else with this on a non-special edition. I love it! It makes the stock paint look extremely boring. I also painted the top black (the piece behind the t-tops). I will try to take some pics tomarrow.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 03:29 AM
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ya black tops are definately nice as well. i always liked how they did this with the Camaros until the last couple years when they were body color. i've also thought about the side view mirrors, making them black that is.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:08 AM
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An old friend of mine had a pewter T/A WS6, and he painted his b-pillar and rear view mirrors black. It looked really good. It would look especially good with the black rear portion.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:55 AM
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Quick photoshop job:
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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Ya that's exactly what I'm looking to do thanx. What else do you guys think I should paint on the car to match that if anything?

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 08:06 AM
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I would do the Black to match the first stripe, that would look sweeet
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 11:36 AM
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Do it, man, I think it looks awesome. You've seen the GMMG Blackbird, right?

http://www.gmmginc.net/html/blackbird.html#

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 11:47 AM
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I plan to do this mod soon, I'm just not sure if I'm gonna do charcoal or flat/semi gloss black.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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That would look good sly, especially with shinny exhaust tips!

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:08 PM
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ya but I'm not sure if i'll need to change my rims out to something along the lines of the *mustang bullit* looking ones, kinda like the cragar SS wheels with the painted spokes. hmmm...

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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My hubby painted the rear bumper on our TA. He pulled the bumper off and painted it. He used Charcoal Metallic.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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sweet that's exactly what I'm looking for!! Thanks!! I like it I think I'll be doing mine after I find the other rims I"m looking for

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:46 PM
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Thanks! We're looking for some 17"s ourselves.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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I love how that looks when painted. If I had a Firebird I'd do it for sure.
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Old Jul 4, 2004 | 03:51 PM
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Just got done doing it on mine:
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiel6
My hubby painted the rear bumper on our TA. He pulled the bumper off and painted it. He used Charcoal Metallic.
Thats the convincing I needed to do it to mine
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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Sly, what do you thing of what NL did this past week?
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