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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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I have a few rock chips here and there and they bug the **** out of me. I am going to get the whole car repainted just thinking about changing it up. I bought the car off of Pewter02TA and he did the ceta mod in viper steel grey. I am thinking about doing the whole car in viper steel and doing the ceta in black. all the corner lights and 3rd brake light are blacked out already so I think it will look sick. check out the pic of my ceta mod and let me know if you guys think it will look sick.
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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i think you have a good idea on your hands dude, seems to me like it would look sick
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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its looks good on the ceta mod but when you look at a viper, i dont think it will be dark enough. i am also thinking of powder coating my rims to black or gun metal.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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I have seen one Viper Steel Grey TA on FM10s looked pimp, just keep in mind, your going to need paint the engine bay or it will look tacky.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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The only way it will look right is if you spend a lot, and have it done right.
Attached Thumbnails Color change.....-ws620steel20grey.jpg  
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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damnit lol was hoping that i would be the only viper steel t/a. what about a dark grey. like smoke.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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that would look hot but you have to do it right and paint the engine bay to
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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anyone have any dark grey colors that they think look good?
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Electron Blue - corvette?
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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I almost bought a viper steel gray camaro and it looked awesome. My plans were to black out sidemarkers and to powder coat the spokes of TT2's black then put them on. I say go for it but if your gonna do it pull the engine and paint it all together. Do it right the first time.
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Is there anything wrong with your current paint? If not, leave it the hell alone. Good paint jobs are a shitload of money.
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^ what he said, plus bad paint jobs are a real pain. Like everyone else said if you are going to do it...do it right. It will take a lot of money and a lot of time so plan on not driving it for awhile.
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To do it right requires the car to be 98% stripped to a bare shell and its just cheesy to not paint the jams and engine bay. If you do it then spend the money or time to do it right.
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yall guys that consider it right? as strip it down and paint over? or strip it down and media blast then paint?
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Originally Posted by Red00
The only way it will look right is if you spend a lot, and have it done right.
Best T/A ive seen in a long time.... Awesome color...
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
yall guys that consider it right? as strip it down and paint over? or strip it down and media blast then paint?
As long as the original paint is in good shape it will work fine as a base and does not have to be stripped.
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Nauticalstar
its looks good on the ceta mod but when you look at a viper, i dont think it will be dark enough. i am also thinking of powder coating my rims to black or gun metal.
I'm sure that you've already thought of what all is involved with a color change. I think that your ride would look fcking awesome. That shade of grey is one of my favorite colors, and the gun metal would set the car apart from the crowd in a really cool way. I vote "Hell Yeah!" on the paint change.
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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do a grayish blue mixture something along the lines of a shark color. I know it sounds crazy but when I was thinking of changing colors on my impy ss, I found this color and it was amazing. It was called like shark blue gray. Or something to that effect. Check it out. It might be the thing that you want to set you apart.
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Originally Posted by Phantom&RedGoat2004
I'm sure that you've already thought of what all is involved with a color change. I think that your ride would look fcking awesome. That shade of grey is one of my favorite colors, and the gun metal would set the car apart from the crowd in a really cool way. I vote "Hell Yeah!" on the paint change.
HELL YEAH!!!

and i will do it right. she isnt my dd. she sits in a garage most of the time. i think since ive had the car it has seen rain once. there are some rocks chips and i had an incident with some bald kuhmos that chipped some paint off the front right corner. it also scratched the body and it bugs the hell out of me. ill do it right! and as soon as its done ill post pics.
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what if you were goana go from a red to a blue...would you strip to metal? or just spray over that after preping it?

not meaning to thread highjack!
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