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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 09:00 AM
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Black is wack
Old Jan 18, 2013 | 09:21 AM
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It's a proven color

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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 01:12 PM
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I'm just going to go ahead and paint it black or dark grey.
Old Jan 22, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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Black Mica, the black that came on the 05 MSM. I did that to my NB and i love it. or even a white Mica. Looks really good in pictures, for when you hardpark.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 09:35 AM
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Good idea, those are good colors. Will look good when my Miata is hard parked in my driveway, the only time it gets to do that lmao.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by neocataboi
for when you hardpark.
Explain.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MatosMiata
Good idea, those are good colors. Will look good when my Miata is hard parked in my driveway, the only time it gets to do that lmao.

black and white are not colors.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 03:16 PM
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^ Color **** is right... now these are colors...







But Black gets my vote too...
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 03:31 PM
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yeah, we know all about your sparkles...
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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and you know I share them too
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GeneSplicer
^ Color **** is right... now these are colors...




But Black gets my vote too...



Originally Posted by Braineack
yeah, we know all about your sparkles...

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Originally Posted by MicaCeli
Explain.
Hardparking is what gets done when you have a car completely capable of going to the track, but instead you take it to parking lots and stand around your ride. you answer questions about it, and talk about your kills in bumper to bumper traffic.

Once upon a time, at Miatas@MRLS in 09', Savington was hardparked soooo hard in front of the host hotel. Everyone wanted to know about his plywood splitter at the time.
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 09:10 PM
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i would say white
Old Feb 1, 2013 | 02:35 PM
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white
Old Feb 7, 2013 | 03:29 AM
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Montego Blue Mica. you can only really see that it's that color from the trunk, but it's my favorite color Mazda has put out. Ever.

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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 06:05 AM
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If you've got plenty of time to wash it every week, black looks great.
If you don't, it'll look like crap most of the time.


- I vote white.
Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:20 AM
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Plastic dip flat black
Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:23 AM
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Do you prefer blacks or whites?
Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by AMMendes
Plastic dip flat black
It would be too original and unique.
Old Feb 9, 2013 | 02:12 PM
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I'm a sucker for black but scratches and swirls show up if you just look at it. Plus black shows waves and dents. White hides everything!
Old Sep 7, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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Thread resurrection: I ended up going with white, Toyota Super White II to be exact (I'm originally a Toyota guy). Still need to put on the vents for the center opening and paint the mesh on the other openings in black.



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