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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 01:56 AM
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no... crinkle wouldn't be airbrush friendly
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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depends on if you are happy with the wheels on the car. A gunmetal with a good flake and nice clear coat could be really sick. Actually I'd love to see you do that. If I was to get one it'd either be white or gold...leaning towards white.

Actually hell when its done I want to see it. we should meet up.
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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hot pink. nothing says your car is fast like "hey, i have a muthafukkin roll bar in this bitch" pink. :-)
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by devin mac
hot pink. nothing says your car is fast like "hey, i have a muthafukkin roll bar in this bitch" pink. :-)


if you're a painter, then go crazy...do something no one else has done...if i was you i would do similar color as wheels and then mix the flake in the clearcoat and spray over both, roll bar and wheels...that would look sick, i always thought gunmetal and very large gold flake would look badass...but then again im not a painter and i have no idea if that is even possible you know
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rappadan
dont unbolt it. tape it off. it took a total of ~6hours to do my complete cage. and then it took another 4 hours to prep to paint. not including the time we actually took to primer and paint.

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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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rappadan-is that the same hood as mine? from erebuni*spelling?*
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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mine had the tan leather wrap to match my interior
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
mine had the tan leather wrap to match my interior
Trade in your turbo for some daytona wire wheels and go mod at miata.net
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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go buy a gun and shoot someone....oh wait!
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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For function... black. It'll be the least distracting to your eyes when checking your mirrors and such.

For show and bling points.... pink/gold striping with a translucent plaid clearcoat.
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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If I could figure out how to do plaid..... that would be freakin sick
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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Plaid reminds me of stuff like this.....
Old Oct 16, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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pictures like that remind me of the college days and haloween parties...i miss being single
Old Oct 22, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Flat black ... or match your wheel .. (what wheels you got on? )
Old Oct 22, 2007 | 05:15 PM
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i just got a roll bar, and i must correct myself, black is my choice...simple and not catchy...it stands out enough
btw, check out the rock on that plaid girls finger...DAMN, id give her an even bigger one
Old Oct 22, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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I painted it wrinkle black today. lettin it dry overnight, and I'll try and take some pics tomorrow if it doesn't rain too badly. I think I'll be doing my intercooler piping as well because I like it so much and i have 2 extra cans
Old Oct 22, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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i woudlnt pait the intercooler piping...not sure exactly why, but according to Corky they should not be coated to maximize efficiency, supposedly the charge pipes act as an intercooler on their own since the underhood temps are less then those exiting the compressor housing, therefore they uninsulated piping sheds some of the heat within...something like that, i remember reading that, i wanted to powerdercoat mine but i changed my mind because of waht he wrote and he seems to know his ****, lol
GL though
my Valve cover and intake manifold are both wrinkle powdercoated FWIW
Old Oct 22, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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yeah, i was thinking more along the lines of just doing the passenger side pipe. The drivers side is aluminum, and I want to have it polished up.

I need to cut the drivers side pipe down a bit anyway, to install my new coupler (so it won't go blowing off at the track again and making me think I lost the motor)
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