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Old 07-27-10, 03:24 PM
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Hey CL! I usually dont do this but then again this is the first time im gonna do something out of the ordinary. I recently picked up an Auto Couture lip from Radicalrev (who btw is a stand up guy ) and was thinking to paint it a little differently than just one color. I drive a TP IS350 and was hoping to leave a part of the lip matte black (or is it called primer black) Following are pictures from the website to show you what im talking about.

This is the regular all white painted lip from the website



This is option #1 to leave the sides where the vents are primer black and the rest of the lip painted TP



Option #2 is to leave the center part that is facing towards the ground primer black kinda like a rear diffuser look that alot of the toms rear lip has



Lastly is a pic of my car just so everyone gets an idea what the lip is going onto



Thanks in advance for everyone's input! I'm planning on taking it to the body shop this weekend so input away!

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BTW if someone could possibly photoshop this for me it would be greatly appreciated c(:
Old 07-27-10, 03:37 PM
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I have mine painted matte black in the middle like in option 2. You can't really see it though since mine is SGM. I think on a lighter color car like TP, it'll look better.
Old 07-27-10, 04:02 PM
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Dang it...I had plans to do option 2 on my TP IS. You beat me to it.

In that case go with option 1! It would be the most awesomest eva!
Old 07-27-10, 04:08 PM
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i like option 2. option 1 would be interesting to see.
Old 07-27-10, 06:14 PM
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Try Option 2, you can always re-paint it TP all around if you don't like the look.
Old 07-27-10, 07:17 PM
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TP FTW.!!! and i think option 2 will look good.. but get someone to photo shop it to see it first..
Old 07-27-10, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ULTiMaX99
I have mine painted matte black in the middle like in option 2. You can't really see it though since mine is SGM. I think on a lighter color car like TP, it'll look better.
What he said.
Old 07-27-10, 07:46 PM
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hmmm i was leaning towards option #1 but now that people point it out, i really can see how option #2 looks better. If only i was good photoshop ...
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hmm i would go with option 2!
Old 07-27-10, 08:17 PM
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I am not a pro on photoshop, but I too want to see how those options would look like. so here are the pics

Option1

CL's opinion needed! -Auto Couture front lip-img2.jpg

Option 2

CL's opinion needed! -Auto Couture front lip-img3.jpg

Option 1 + 2

CL's opinion needed! -Auto Couture front lip-img1.jpg

Last edited by quang; 07-28-10 at 12:46 AM. Reason: revise to include all the option pictures
Old 07-27-10, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by quang
I am not a pro on photoshop, but I too want to see how option#2 would look like. so here is the pic photoshopped for option#2

Attachment 181236
Thanks quang! that actually looks pretty good, but i still wonder what it would look like with option one, my imagination is not vivid enough haha
Old 07-27-10, 11:49 PM
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+1 for option 2.
Old 07-28-10, 12:08 AM
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option 2 forsure. I think option 1 might not look too hot where the black meets the white.
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Option 1 + 2 = sick haha. my photoshop came out like ish so im not posting it. maybe rashoodz can do it
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Old 07-28-10, 12:28 AM
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option 2...Black lip with white center would look unfinished or something went wrong.


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