Colour coding gone mad!

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Ollie_bwoii
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:41 pm

:eek: If it was less colour coded it could look cool! :D

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Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:53 pm

silly boy missed the windscreen wipers, the front splitter and the windscreen surround.

Hell why not do the wheels too,

then the tyres. :D

half a job, that... amateur!
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:55 pm

fozzymandeus wrote:Hell why not do the wheels too,

then the tyres. :D

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theres an alfa turbo in the sun today with what looked like red tyres on it. this guy needs a set.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:56 pm

The new alfa mito or summink has red tyres! iirc!
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:01 pm

Wouldnt the Lacquer affect the level of grip?
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:06 pm

Oh dear.....................................
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:10 pm

i like calypso....but not that much..needs some chrome to break it up :cool:
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:12 pm

there seems to be 0ne too many zero's on the asking price :eek:
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:13 pm

Ollie_bwoii wrote:The new alfa mito or summink has red tyres! iirc!
thats the one.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:16 pm

Dear oh dear :mad:
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:25 pm

I think, although to be honest I'm biased, that Calypso looks good with a dash of chrome.

and that is WAY overpriced.

Maybe the "Alpina Bodykit" has yet to be colour coded, because, erm... I don't see it.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:03 pm

I probably should'nt say this but apart from the grill which I think he should have left black, I like it. I think it makes it look a bit more modern.

I am standing by for a rifting now!
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:10 pm

If I'm honest, if the grille wasn't colour-coded I think on the whole it's not too bad.

Bit pricey, but ok.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:21 pm

is he a salesman for calypso red rattle cans :mad:
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:07 pm

Personally, I don't see much more wrong with this than painting the front kidney black and making the headlights look tinted... too much red or too much black.. horses for courses as they say. I wouldn't colour code mine this much, but neither would I want it looking like I'd sprayed a thick black line across the front of my car either. Maybe it's just me :)



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Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:17 pm

Why didn't he retrim the interior to match? 8O :roll: :roll:
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:30 pm

At least a black grill an chrome kidneys would break up that scheme.............. :?
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:41 pm

The grill and B pillars are big no no's for me when colour coding an e30. Black B pillars make the side windows almost blend making the car look longer and lower.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:07 pm

colour coding grilles was alright for hartge in the 80s...

...wasnt it?
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:16 pm

A lot of things were acceptable in the eighties, few of them stood the test of time. Also depends on the colour. Completely black cars or any very dark colour can look pretty cool.
I've got a Zender kit for a mk1 Golf; it may of looked ok then (probably not!) but I'm too young too remember - 24. One things for sure it looks dog meat now. 8O
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:31 am

You think he would have painted the side repeater surrounds...
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:31 am

Lachs definition imho.
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