So, I am looking to add some character to my car. I am a huge fan of Black and Red. My car is Black and I am looking to add some red accents to it. I will likely be getting the brakes changed in the near future, and when I do I will likely paint the calipers red. Thats 1 step in the right direction. What are some ideas people have for adding more red to the car without going drastically overboard. Any suggestions would be cool!
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Re: Black & Red
Allmachtige had a red pinstripe on his black 00 and it wasn't bad. Too much red can really look ricey though...
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Red overlay on your SSEi emblem.
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Not a bad idea.
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Re: Black & Red
Paint your grill inserts also. Thats about as far as I would go, personally.
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I will likely go with the pinstriping (I already bought that anyway) and I really like the red on the SSEi concept too. I will take a picture of the front end and photoshop some red onto the grill inserts and see how that looks, it sounds interesting.
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Red Grilles might be too much...
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I agree, thats why I will look at it in a photo first lol, I might be surprised.00Beast wrote:Red Grilles might be too much...
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Re: Black & Red
You could always just paint em, and then paint em black if you dont like it. PS wont give you a good representaion.
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Re: Black & Red
The red calipers might jump out a little too much. But you could paint them black and get maybe an overlay that says "pontiac" or "ssei" with red lettering.
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Re: Black & Red
I think red calipers, overlays, and maybe a pinstripe would be about as far as I would go.
Red calipers look nice...
(Nos4Blood70's car^) Not black I know, but they don't scream hey look at me from a mile away. I think they would work with black nicely.
Red calipers look nice...
(Nos4Blood70's car^) Not black I know, but they don't scream hey look at me from a mile away. I think they would work with black nicely.
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Red Underglow?
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