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Old 07-03-2011, 01:28 AM
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I realize the pic below is terrible but it's what i have to work with without photoshop and a printer with low ink, a pencil to color with...and a phone cam! I am leaning towards the lower pic but I also really like the top pic. So I need your help! The colors are Jet Black with a gunmetal metallic in it, and Pearl White. The door handles are gone along with the side trim and the window shades on the side windows. Also the wheels are different, they are black and polished and ALOT wider, and the rear sets down lower now. Windows will be tinted as well. If anyone wants to photo shop these...feel free! So what do you think? Top or bottom pic? The one at the bottom is what the car looked like 4 years ago when the project began, I just put it here in case anyone wanted to get creative with PS.
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Old 07-03-2011, 01:42 AM
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Whenever I see that bottom pic, I always instantly think of Sgt. Friday.....


I think the dark on the bottom is better, but what are the colors you are trying to show?
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Old 07-03-2011, 02:11 AM
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I think the dark on the bottom is better, but what are the colors you are trying to show?
It will be pearl white and metallic black, if that's what you mean. The white will have a very light blue highlight when the sun hits it just right like this....one more reason I think I might like the white on top so more light hits it.
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Old 07-03-2011, 06:36 AM
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Yes, the white would come down 1" past the "belt line" and the 2 colors would be separated by a 1/4" stripe (red i'm thinking). Thanks for the PS pic! If you feel extra photoshoppy could you make the grey black instead? I'm definitely aiming for the last week in July to shoot some paint! I'll post more pics in my other thread on this car as soon as I'm done block sanding. I swear I have at least 100 hours in block sanding alone on this car. This is the 3rd round of block sanding! It's a huge car!!
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Old 07-03-2011, 08:28 PM
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Sweeeeet! Thanks! We still need to get the parts you want black over here when I shoot the paint. Grill? Spoiler?
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Old 07-03-2011, 11:26 PM
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Someday, I want to do my roof, and do some custom stripes on the hood that look like angry bee antenna... as well as my mirror caps.

Oh, and the rockers too

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And joey mod?
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