Too much color matching?

[Killswitch057]

need your guys's opinion on my grill. should i go back to a gun metal or stick with the color matching. part of me thinks the color matching is cleaner but at the same time could be too much.



https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/th_DSCN1344-1.jpg (http://s899.photobucket.com/albums/ac193/Killswitch057/?action=view&current=DSCN1344.jpg)


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/th_DSCN1343-1.jpg (http://s899.photobucket.com/albums/ac193/Killswitch057/?action=view&current=DSCN1343.jpg)


or the old gun metal


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/th_DSCN1303-1.jpg (http://s899.photobucket.com/albums/ac193/Killswitch057/?action=view&current=DSCN1303.jpg)

[Airgne]

to much red. i say black the grill and mirrors.

[Huffer]

It'd be ok if you blacked out the lower part of the bumper or switched to a GT bumper.

[Airgne]

It'd be ok if you blacked out the lower part of the bumper or switched to a GT bumper.

that is a gt bumper. that is the same one that was on my 01 gt.

[Killswitch057]

yeah they changed the style of the bumper in 03. i think what im gonna do is color match the inside and then after the line paint the outside black. sorta have to have a BE to have a clue what im talking about tho. ill put up pics when im done

[Airgne]

to me to much of the same color look crappy. need some contrast in there.

[JunkerXL]

if it were a different color maybe? the emblem being a similar color makes it look a tad awkward, also. still, after saying that, its a very good looking leg! :D

[Killswitch057]

yeah i think it was too much of the same. i think how i have it now is better.


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/th_DSCN1346-1.jpg (http://s899.photobucket.com/albums/ac193/Killswitch057/?action=view&current=DSCN1346.jpg)

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/th_DSCN1345-1.jpg (http://s899.photobucket.com/albums/ac193/Killswitch057/?action=view&current=DSCN1345.jpg)


and thank you very much sir. very much appreciated.

[MarkSubi]

I would say go with the Black grill.

[Huffer]

It'd be ok if you blacked out the lower part of the bumper or switched to a GT bumper.

that is a gt bumper. that is the same one that was on my 01 gt.

Whoops... ok then, black out the middle part of the bumper between the foglights...

[subie/legacy]

black out the middle part of the bumper between the foglights...
+1

[twistedautoworks]

or a nice front lip to actually make that GT bumper look aggressive. preferably satin black....

when i redid my friends lgt, i trimmed out the big openings on either side of the license plate, cut out some bumper bar things from a jetta (fix a lot of them, had a few damaged bumpers sitting around) and grafted them into openings, added some OEMish lights with black mesh... In this i added a E39 lip, but you could do something else...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs294.ash1/22172_306807534741_43655934741_3217328_7981450_n.jpg

[Killswitch057]

or a nice front lip to actually make that GT bumper look aggressive. preferably satin black....

when i redid my friends lgt, i trimmed out the big openings on either side of the license plate, cut out some bumper bar things from a jetta (fix a lot of them, had a few damaged bumpers sitting around) and grafted them into openings, added some OEMish lights with black mesh... In this i added a E39 lip, but you could do something else...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/


im not gonna lie that looks sweet. if i had access to a shop that could do that pretty cheap i would in a heart beat. but in the way of auto hook ups i have none haha.

[subaru_terrence]

you need a jdm grille instead ;)

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/4546857379_a35eb5b06d_z-1.jpg

[JunkerXL]

you win

[Killswitch057]

yeah im pretty jealous of terrence's car. one of the best looking BEs i have ever seen

[Airgne]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/03/IMG_0573-1.jpg

[Killswitch057]

yeah i tried a gloss black. looked pretty bad with my grill and the color of my car not gonna lie

[Airgne]

its not gloss black its java black sti 05 color.

[JunkerXL]

i like the pearls in java black, a friend of mine painted his wheels that color

[Huffer]

20 posts on a grill color?!?

http://www.xxlmag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/term-gold-teef.jpg