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Breadz 06-03-2016 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by avantcrap (Post 3484846)
If I had black it would be much easier for me to decide. I like the blacked out look and would go flat black with gunmetal grey shrouds.

I just got these done and they are exactly how you said here but my car is gunmetal.
I went with gray to color match my car. ask cooltoy to photoshop for you, he is very helpful
Imo you should make the shrouds black cherry

http://puu.sh/pfRYm.jpg

avantcrap 06-03-2016 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel123588 (Post 3492154)

This is such a tough decision! Thanks for the pics! It's pretty hard to find BC owners who are doing any modding!

I was sold the car in overcast weather and was told it was black but got surprised the next day in the sun. Initially I hated it, but it's grown on me a lot. I still get compliments on the color. It's something different for sure.

avantcrap 06-03-2016 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Breadz (Post 3492159)
I just got these done and they are exactly how you said here but my car is gunmetal.
I went with gray to color match my car. ask cooltoy to photoshop for you, he is very helpful
Imo you should make the shrouds black cherry

http://puu.sh/pfRYm.jpg

Those look damn good on your car! So maybe get the housings flat black but the shrouds black cherry? That's an idea!

Breadz 06-03-2016 11:59 PM

I think it could look amazing flat black and black cherry shrouds maybe the reflectors 2

avantcrap 06-04-2016 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Breadz (Post 3492251)
I think it could look amazing flat black and black cherry shrouds maybe the reflectors 2

Yeah, maybe. I would love to color match the reflectors as well, but hesitate since it's technically illegal.

Daniel123588 06-04-2016 12:44 PM

Let's make it more difficult for you. I don't recommend doing black and cherry black on the shroud. Your whole headlight will then be black, it will have very little contrast. Look up some headlight work that is all black including the shroud, looks bad in my opinion.
It's like when people get their whole car painted and don't understand that things like chrome bumper strips, molding, etc shouldn't be color matched. The end product looks so cheap because they just had everything painted the same color. Again just my opinion....good luck.

Breadz 06-04-2016 02:30 PM

Depends on if you want it to be blacked out, most people debadge/plasti dip and the last thing chrome on the car is the headlights and they stick out like a sore thumb stock.

His car is a good example the headlights are the only thing still chrome/shiny. I dont think he has many color options for the shrouds unless he adds a new color to his car

avantcrap 06-04-2016 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel123588 (Post 3492459)
Let's make it more difficult for you. I don't recommend doing black and cherry black on the shroud. Your whole headlight will then be black, it will have very little contrast. Look up some headlight work that is all black including the shroud, looks bad in my opinion.
It's like when people get their whole car painted and don't understand that things like chrome bumper strips, molding, etc shouldn't be color matched. The end product looks so cheap because they just had everything painted the same color. Again just my opinion....good luck.



Black and black cherry are two different colors in daylight. My car is pretty much all color matched at the moment -- the headlights are just really distracting in their current color. I was thinking black housings and black cherry shrouds would add *some* contrast in high light situations.

avantcrap 06-04-2016 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Breadz (Post 3492494)
Depends on if you want it to be blacked out, most people debadge/plasti dip and the last thing chrome on the car is the headlights and they stick out like a sore thumb stock.

His car is a good example the headlights are the only thing still chrome/shiny. I dont think he has many color options for the shrouds unless he adds a new color to his car



Exactly. It looks goofy as is and would look even worse with a different color than my current scheme.

Breadz 06-04-2016 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by avantcrap (Post 3492553)
Exactly. It looks goofy as is and would look even worse with a different color than my current scheme.

agree
i've never seen black cherry in person but im sure it would look great on the shrouds


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