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Old 09-03-2011, 01:58 PM
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OK, we`re getting to the point where we are getting ready to paint, the car has had all the little bugs worked out, it runs great and is drop dead reliable, I will be rebuilding the drivers door hinges and locking system to make it close more smoothly but after that it`s paint time.
It`s basic primer gray right now and theres a few small imperfections in the body that will be addressed soon, I have some ideas in my head on how I want the car to look once it`s painted. I have been fumbling around with photoshop but I`m not real good at it. If any of you want to take the photo and photoshop it to make suggestions please feel free to do so, I would appreciate the input. I want a two tone color scheme with silver on top and dark charcoal metallic below with a thin red line separating the two colors (kinda like a hurst olds but I dont want it to look too much like the olds)
Here`s the car in it`s present primer gray....


and the paint scheme I am thinking about......


Any and all comments or suggestions are appreciated.
 
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That is a very unique idea at two tone! I wish I would have thought of it, it will look cool, what are you color choices? I will go with a flat black, and a strip from the front of the hood, down the fender side and down the bottom of the side of the car. =>
 
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Old 09-03-2011, 03:00 PM
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I see the color now, I would go with a green on top,, and a blue on the bottom,, with a black strip to separate. But it is your car
 
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Old 09-03-2011, 04:27 PM
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i think i would do white on top red stripe and black bottom
 
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Old 09-03-2011, 05:11 PM
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I like the white, red, black idea but maybe in a tri coat setup so the pearl will really make the colors pop
 
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Old 09-03-2011, 05:15 PM
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I like your paint scheme .. Looks Nice..
 
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Old 09-11-2011, 09:59 AM
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orange sunburst pearl and tarnished silver 2-tone is always a good combo. i was orginally gonna do that to mine but opted black/silver with red accents ,

though i would lose the lil heartbeat pulse squiggle, that to me is very 90's and cheesy
 
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similar to this.. if you want the paint codes i can look up some nice orange pearls in my color chips at work. tainted silver is wa910L


 

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Ooo I like that tarnished silver. IMO the orange is too bright to compliment the silver tho. I think a darker burnt orange or dark red pearl would look awesome with that silver.
 
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Red white and Blue?
 


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