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Flying Scotsman 06-27-2008 11:35 AM

Black or umm 'not black'??
 
An update on my Nova.
Recently fabbed up a front air dam in aluminum to head toward that vintage SCCA vibe i'm shooting for...should I leave it raw (brushed) aluminum or paint it flat black? :_paranoid
I seem to be getting an overwhelming 'paint it' on stevesnovasite.com, so thought i'd throw it to you guys.

Chris

raw (cleared) aluminum....

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/DSC01983.jpg

and a quick P/S black...

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...sman81/ddd.jpg

jy211 06-27-2008 11:46 AM

if you like it raw, leave it. But if it was mine, I'd paint it :D

whytry 06-27-2008 11:51 AM

If you were to leave it brushed I'd try to find a way to make it still retain the aluminum look. It kinda looks likes it been primered and cleared to me in the pics. I would not have know it was aluminum if you did not say it.

I'd paint it if the picture is not deceiving...

Flying Scotsman 06-27-2008 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whytry (Post 154514)
If you were to leave it brushed I'd try to find a way to make it still retain the aluminum look. It kinda looks likes it been primered and cleared to me in the pics. I would not have know it was aluminum if you did not say it.

I'd paint it if the picture is not deceiving...

You are right. For some reason it does look dull in these pics - thanks to the weird light i
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/DSC01975.jpg

Stuart Adams 06-27-2008 12:02 PM

Black.

7TSS 06-27-2008 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams (Post 154516)
Black.

2x :yes:

BallnRods 06-27-2008 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jy211 (Post 154513)
if you like it raw, leave it. But if it was mine, I'd paint it :D

I agree.

JeffT 06-27-2008 04:14 PM

It actually looks white to me in the first pic. I'd paint it black, the second pic looks much better imo.

brownz 06-27-2008 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7TSS (Post 154518)
2x :yes:


x3. but thats the cool part when you own a car you can do what you want. car looks great :thumbsup:

Mr.VENGEANCE 06-27-2008 05:44 PM

if you kept it raw i think that this would be cool..

take some scotchbrite to your bumpers and give them that brushed look to match..

that would be awesome.

but if that wasnt an option.. id say paint it black..


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