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Old 10-05-02 | 06:13 PM
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My car is a 98' SC300 with factory Ren... Red. My car was hit in the rear bad. So now I'm painting the whole car over. I want to know everyones opinion on color. Should I leave factory red or switch to a sportier brighter red or dark red?
Old 10-05-02 | 09:32 PM
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I too need opinions on a color change. I'm eventually going to paint my entire car black, silver, or royal sapphire pearl. What do you guys think?
Old 10-05-02 | 10:33 PM
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rob3379,
I would opt w/ a sportier Dark Red.

lex400sc,
Seeing pics on your ride and the mod's you have done to it,
the Royal Saphire Pearl would look sweet, which would compliment your rims nicely.
Old 10-05-02 | 10:43 PM
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Actually, these rims are temporary/winter rims. I'm eventually going to replace them with 19s. I'm still kind of undecided on chrome, silver + high polish lip, gunmetal, or gold finishes and spoke, mesh, or dish rims. There are seriously way too many beautiful rims out there to simply pick ONE. Oh well, I have time to decide because as of now I have no money to buy anything .
Old 10-05-02 | 10:49 PM
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Just put one of each rim that you like on.

;-)

Old 10-05-02 | 11:05 PM
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Originally posted by Lvangundy
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Just put one of each rim that you like on.

;-)

It's funny, but I've actually seen that before. One car, three different rims, and none of them were spares either :eek:
Old 10-05-02 | 11:10 PM
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Rob, sorry to hijack your thread . I would either repaint it Renaissance Red, or choose a darker red. Dark reds are extremely sexy!! Here's an example of a ruby-red looking SC, yee-ha! ....
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Old 10-05-02 | 11:25 PM
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I've never really liked red, except for deep reds, as lex400sc just mentioned...

lex, I think that black would be the most sinister looking, but silver has to be the neatest colour for a Soarer/SC... not being biased or anything
Old 10-05-02 | 11:42 PM
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PAINT THE CAR GLOW IN THE DARK (AQUAFRESH)!!!!!

EVERYTIME U NEED TO RECHARGE IT, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO A BRIGHT GAS STATION!!!!
Old 10-05-02 | 11:48 PM
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Yeah, I like black because it is aggressive yet classy. Waxing a black car is pure joy, and a shiny black car definitely has the most presence on the road. On the other hand it gets dirty easily, scratches and dings are eyesores, and swirls are intensified. One thing I like about my sandstone beige metallic color is that even when it is real dirty, it doesn't look like it is. The color is too bland though, which is why I want to change it up. RSP turns heads on the road, and up until those damn WRXes, were few and rare. It's a sporty, fresh, young look, which is another image I want for my Lex. No more neutral, earth tone colors that scream "this is my mom's car!". Silver with a pearl in would be unique, sportier, and universal as far as wheel selection. Such hard decisions...
Old 10-06-02 | 03:01 AM
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this may sound weird but i'm a big fan of midnight blue and i have always wondered what a midnight metalic blue with a silver metalic undercoat would look like. Kinda like the hyper paint but not necessarily the changing of colors but just like a lil silver shinning through when the light hits it.

Just something i have been wondering what it would look like.
Old 10-06-02 | 03:16 AM
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Originally posted by Neal Rikal
this may sound weird but i'm a big fan of midnight blue and i have always wondered what a midnight metalic blue with a silver metalic undercoat would look like. Kinda like the hyper paint but not necessarily the changing of colors but just like a lil silver shinning through when the light hits it.

Just something i have been wondering what it would look like.
Something like this?...
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Old 10-06-02 | 03:20 AM
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I like BLACK. Not metallic black, blue-black, midnight-black or any other. Just straight black. The reasons are simple, easy to shoot, easy to care for, if you scratch or ding a panel it is simple to match...etc...

I had an Acura years back and stripped the metallic black paint off to repaint it straight black. It was very nice. Every couple years I would repaint the front and mirrors from the rock chips and nobody would know.

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dayyyyyyyuum yes thats a nice midnight metallic blue.
Old 10-06-02 | 03:40 AM
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a dark burgandy metallic would look sweet, a metallic gunmetal gray


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