Color Schemes
03-23-2009, 05:46 PM
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Color Schemes
So paint color is one thing, but what are some good ideas when you're coordinating two colors on a sports car. eventually i'll paint the car, and eventually i'll paint some engine parts, and eventually i'll redo the interior, but what are some ideas to coordinate these?
just some examples: i'm not much on using a lot of more than two stand outish colors. for the outside right now i like black with bronze wheels. but, bronze interior? no. black interior is ok. i've laso thought about white car, silver wheels, and light blue engine parts and such. but i don't like blue interior. and then, black with all accessories all one color is pretty ricer. so i'm at a lack of coordination, and i'm not too creative in this aspect. sure there are easy ways out, the car wasn't ugly when it was new, but it also came with a black cross-over tube.
let's hear everyones ideas about color coordinating on sports cars!
just some examples: i'm not much on using a lot of more than two stand outish colors. for the outside right now i like black with bronze wheels. but, bronze interior? no. black interior is ok. i've laso thought about white car, silver wheels, and light blue engine parts and such. but i don't like blue interior. and then, black with all accessories all one color is pretty ricer. so i'm at a lack of coordination, and i'm not too creative in this aspect. sure there are easy ways out, the car wasn't ugly when it was new, but it also came with a black cross-over tube.
let's hear everyones ideas about color coordinating on sports cars!
03-23-2009, 05:57 PM
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03-23-2009, 06:05 PM
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lol ok. all blue lights makes sense, but you don't have blue engine components, suspension components, seats, and the rest. i guess it takes it to the ricer level when the not black color is put on the door handles, badges, and all those little things. so black and what colors are good? i like a kinda light/bright blue, or a very dark blue (just any blue but like 370z blue, which is nice, but not for this application), but red highlights are out. yellow is out. white is a possibility, but i don't know. it's such a fine line between ricer and tasteful. maybe i should just plan to leave the engine and suspension alone with the colors and focus on body, wheel, and interior colors.
03-23-2009, 06:16 PM
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dude... this isnt your sunday dress... suspension leave whatever color it came, if you are painting then undercoat always black and then decide on one solid color to stick to for sway bars and control arms. done. as for engine dress, use the same colors or one off colors of the car, unless you have ugly canary yellow, also polished parts to accent. its not rocket science.
also, hoov, you still selling the 240z? stick a manual tranny in it i might be interested, the body def has potential.
also, hoov, you still selling the 240z? stick a manual tranny in it i might be interested, the body def has potential.
03-23-2009, 06:23 PM
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lol no it's not rocket science, but it's worth putting thought into before you spend money on it. and i partly disagree. i would paint my springs and my sway bars. not the control arms. and that would be the extent of the suspension. for the calipers, no matter what color the rest of the car, i really like zlover's black and silver.
i guess i am a little closer to deciding already though. maybe it's not so bad to make the suspension parts and engine parts the same, and then use a more common interior color that's not the same, with black outside, and whatever color wheels. that could go well. i like black and dark blue. may go that way. with bronze or silver wheels.
i guess i am a little closer to deciding already though. maybe it's not so bad to make the suspension parts and engine parts the same, and then use a more common interior color that's not the same, with black outside, and whatever color wheels. that could go well. i like black and dark blue. may go that way. with bronze or silver wheels.
03-23-2009, 06:24 PM
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i just think it would be nice to have something to stand out a little bit under there and tie together a couple other colors. it shows that you care about the car. it points out that you have aftermarket sway bars and springs. then you can make that the same color as the valve colors and you have a scheme. sounds like a good plan to me. but agreed, i won't be painting EVERY suspension part.
03-23-2009, 06:36 PM
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well i would just replace the springs and thats why i said not to paint them, they usually already come powder coated, paint will fly off springs in a second. ever see the underside of my car (280z) when i finished it? it's all painted other than the springs
03-23-2009, 06:41 PM
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yeah looks pretty nice. except for the really shiny wavy black in the wheel wells. i would either have smoothed those out or used a satin color. but the amount of red looks pretty good. about what i would plan to do less the sub frame.
03-23-2009, 07:14 PM
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cause soooo many people can see into my wheel wells! you know, with the 1 inch fender gap and wheel all there.... i only did it for protection inside the wells nothing at all aesthetically other than keeping it all one solid dark color cause obviously white woulda stood out.
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