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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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I am in the process of painting my WS6 blue(stryker blue from the G8). I am painting the bird on the front plate silver, the side transam emblems silver and the pontiac in the rear bumper silver. I was wondering what everybody thought about how the rear panel would look black???
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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leave it blue
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Why not silver to match the rest of the scheme?
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Slvr00Bird
Why not silver to match the rest of the scheme?
That crossed my mind, but i was not sure how it would look.
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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What color and type of wheels are you running?
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 09:44 PM
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can tell you a trick,,, paint it blue, then use plastidip and give it a couple of coats, then spray silver over it... if you dont like it.. peel it off.. if you do... peel it off and paint it permanant.. or we can photoshop it for you... personally, if its the right amount of metallic silver, id do it..
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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I say paint it black...

I know it isnt your color, but I have white inlays on my car and the black CETA doesnt look out of place.

Semi gloss black

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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 01:59 AM
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I say show some pix of your car then one of us can photoshop it
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 06:55 AM
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leave it blue IMO
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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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Do not do CETA mod.

Frankly.... I am not a fan of CETA mod.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 12:29 AM
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I do like the look of the CETA mod, but I am not going to do it to my T/A.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 01:19 AM
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^ Why??? White is a perfect color for a CETA mod on a T/A.

Originally Posted by Slvr00Bird
Why not silver to match the rest of the scheme?
B/c the whole point of a CETA is to modify but in a inconspiuous way. You want to give the look of an absence of a bumper not highlight the bumper. Silvers to bright.

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I say paint it black...
Agreed! I dont really know how bright stryker blue is but a nicely done CETA mod usually always looks good. I say gloss black though. BTW thanks for posting pics Ehatcher that was exactly the motivation my lazy *** needed to start my gloss black CETA.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:49 AM
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I have pretty much made my mind up to do it black, just trying to decide whether to go satin or gloss. Stryker blue is here: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...w=1655&bih=906
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Black either way would look nice on that blue
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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Dam that is a pretty color. I say do it gloss black to break up the blue
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