painting car, looking for ideas
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painting car, looking for ideas
This past weekend I removed the engine and transmission and I'm going to start getting the car ready for paint. The car is red but I'm not a huge fan of red Miatas. Instead of painting the whole car another color i was thinking of doing a 2 tone. Maybe a black hardtop, hood, and around the windshield. Another idea I had was to try and find a slightly darker shade of red. At least the door jams and trunk would not look too out of place. Anyway I'm open to ideas. What would you do?
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Keep it as close to the original color as possible. Otherwise it will look like a shitbox and the resale value will not be worth a ****.
But, that's just my opinion on it.
Whatever you do, use a BC/CC system on it. Base Coat/Clear Coat. Deeper in color and richness. Also doesn't fade and get chaulky.
But, that's just my opinion on it.
Whatever you do, use a BC/CC system on it. Base Coat/Clear Coat. Deeper in color and richness. Also doesn't fade and get chaulky.
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I saw a dark red/burgundy NA. It was a really striking color for the car. I don't care for teh tomato red either.
No reason why you couldn't do both. A darker red with black stripes or a black 2-tone would look great. If 2-tone, I'd do a flat or satin black myself.
No reason why you couldn't do both. A darker red with black stripes or a black 2-tone would look great. If 2-tone, I'd do a flat or satin black myself.