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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 10:11 PM
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IMO any color berger looks awful on black cars
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mikerulzu
Flat black berger on a black car is just plain stupid.

Guess I'm STUPID. . .

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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 03:42 AM
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^^^
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mikerulzu
Flat black berger on a black car is just plain stupid. At least with other colors, it kind of looks like you meant it to look like that (to non f-body enthusiasts), but with a flat black on a black car, it will just look lazy.
So the real black Bergers with this are stupid? I have the flat black scoop insert on my SS. Rousch also had a Mustang at Woodward that was black with flat black stripes on it. They were barely noticeable when I saw it as it was still cloudy/hazy/rainy. Tone on tone flat black on gloss black looks good if done right. There was a Cuda on Barret Jackson that was black with the flat black billboard graphics that looked badass. All the non flat black "Berger" panels look like crap to me. Way out of place. I guess I'm biased too since I live near Berger and several of my club members have Bergers.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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ive done it before, but quickly changed it back..This was about 2 years ago, it doesnt look bad at all in real life:

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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 10:14 AM
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Leave the car alone!
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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IVE seen a silver one in person before... and it didnt look bad... but just isnt my flavor... ive also seen a carbon fiber one... it looked nice aswell.. but i dunno.. just something bout it that i cant get myself to do it.. i guess i dont like it enough.. id rather spend my money on GO GO stuff
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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I don't think the Camaro would be able to pull this off. The TA can if done well being at the bottom of the car (CETA style) but even that looks somewhat off. I think black is best left alone.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
I don't think the Camaro would be able to pull this off. The TA can if done well being at the bottom of the car (CETA style) but even that looks somewhat off. I think black is best left alone.
true dat!
black is a very sexy color! "with many hours of cleaning" why change it?
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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Flat black looks okay if you must Berger-ize your black Camaro. I think it looks unfinished. GetGone, I think your setup sounds tasteful. The stripe with the panel would look good. However, just a lone panel would look like its primed and ready to be painted. Even on the Berger cars, I think they should've gone with gloss black. Mine is gloss black, and it looks like it came that way from the factory, not from some high school kid with a can of spray paint and 15 minutes to kill...
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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I didn't flat black mine because I didn't think it looked that good at first but after seeing a few black cars with it flat blacked and polished stainless inserts it does look pretty good. I'll probably keep mine gloss because I don't like how the panel ends and the rear of the 1/4s start with an abrupt line.
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