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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 07:13 AM
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hey guys i am so torn i need some input. i bought my car about a year ago and its got some knicks and dings, normal for a 10 year old car. i am going to repair everything and respray it. my question is should i keep the pewter color or ditch it and do a full color change. heres what im working with.



let me know what you guys think

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 07:16 AM
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I say ruhtard if you change it!!!

Keep it!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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Lose it.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 09:55 AM
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Ring, what color what you suggest?
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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Keep it:Tint the windows and buy some rims with a lip and it would look killer.

But really it's up to you if you don't like it change it your the one that has to drive it.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 10:02 AM
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My car is pewter but if I ever change the color I like Sebring silver it looks sweet!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:19 PM
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^ I vote bright silver,black sail panel,tinted windows n chrome wheels,if u don't like pewter
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:54 PM
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Silver is way more boring than pewter.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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The only color you should ever consider is black and switching colors like that is way too much work. Pewter is the best color out there and worlds better than some boring silver ever new Accord and Prius has. Guess what color my car is lol...
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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Zr1 Blue.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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Keep it... However I decided that if I ever did a color change, I'd paint it that Cadillac pearl white... but that won't happen for a super long time. Keep it LPM is the **** and looks classy.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Quick Sh0t xMLx
The only color you should ever consider is black and switching colors like that is way too much work. Pewter is the best color out there and worlds better than some boring silver ever new Accord and Prius has. Guess what color my car is lol...
Black is the last color I would switch to.

Red, purple, darker pewter kind of like dsg on cobras. Only ones I can think of I would switch to but pewter is perfect imo..
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lemons12
Silver is way more boring than pewter.
definately, i wouldn't go through and do a color change for a different shade. and also it wouldnt be a color that was oem, except for white. i was thinking about the caddilac pearl white, with all black wheels. i think that would be pimpen.

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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definitely keep it. a clean pewter car looks amazing. very very very classy color.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Another vote to keep it pewter.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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Keep it pewter.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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keep the pewter, stays cleaner looking longer
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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I would try and paint it a nonfactory color. I just bought a WS6 and decided to go with Stryker Blue (G8 color). I just get tired of seeing the same 4 or 5 colors on Ws6's all of the time. At the end of the day, it is your car.

By the way, to do a paint job the right way, color change is not a problem. Even if you repaint i pewter, you need to do the jams and **** too in order to avoid tape lines.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Keep it bro get some nice wheels!
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