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Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:18
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hi folks,
Wilbo is tossing up colours to paint his car... rather than let him make a sensible decision, i think it's vital that the opinionated and senseless among us make that decision for him...
the only given is that he would like to paint it himself so a single, light colour is probably easier. (this is not the actual car... but for our purposes it'll do):
This is my suggestion (boring but you can get stuffed if you disagree) but it's too dark:
Lite Blue (for the inner hair-dresser):
Pimp (well... err... easy to find in a car park):
Mustard (for when a hairpiece and viagra isn't enough):
any other suggestions?
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:19
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dark blue.. bit darker 
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Potts Point, Sydney
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:21
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dark blue 
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Melbourne
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:26
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Matt Black
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:38
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matt black will be fun to do... how about...
Red (why not, everyone else does it?):
Lite Green (so your sister's kids will think you drive a popsicle):
Darker Blue (on request):
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 13:41
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| thechuckster wrote on Sun, 03 October 2004 23:38 |
Darker Blue (on request):
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thats getting there
still darker i reckon
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 14:54
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my shitty 5 min attempt at matt black
hard to fuck off reflection
so i just blurred it out
looks gay..
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 15:49
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how do u do that. changin colour etc.
could u post a pic of a ta22 with the metallic grey from the new 200sx paint.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 15:54
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I VOTE POPSICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 17:43
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| scrote wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 01:49 |
how do u do that. changin colour etc.
could u post a pic of a ta22 with the metallic grey from the new 200sx paint.
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yeah photoshop right ? what functions ??
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Banned by his request
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Sun, 03 October 2004 22:37
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if you like blue have a look at yamaha blue they use on the bikes!its real nice colour. im doing my two cars in it! bit more expensive for the paint but really nice blue!
mick
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:05
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I actually like that second darker blue.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:10
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i vote for a wine red
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:11
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None of those around 
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:15
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GLOSS JET BLACK! 
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:16
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 17:11 |
None of those around
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haha
he got the jokE!
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 07:27
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why not pink  uve got every other colour there.
how do you change it like that anyway?
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 09:50
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les & brett: how did i do it? smoke & mirrors
actually: for those for you wanting to know:
-requires a version of photoshop with adjustment layers
-manually select outline of car
-copy selection into a new layer
-in the new layer, select the windows, trim etc that wont change colour
-cut-n-paste that non-coloured stuff into a layer above the colouring layer
-for each colour variation you add an adjustment layer to the middle 'colouring' layer that is linked to the that layer (e.g. only acts on that layer, not everything underneath)
i mostly used a 'selective colour' adjustment layer to change the coloured layer, tho for the pink and green versions it was easier using a 'hue & saturation' adjustment layer.
For each variation i simply turned on the appropriate layer, saved a copy as a jpeg and tried to keep images under 100kB
the original file with all the layers etc is a 4.5 Mb Photoshop file (version 7).
If you would like a copy and have suitable email capacity i might email you the PSD file (PM me off-thread for this).
oh... many appologies to Wilbo for having some fun at his expense. 
cheers,
Charles.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 11:03
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ORANGE!!
do it.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 11:50
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| Benjamin wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 21:03 |
ORANGE!!
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as requested:
.... and just so we know what colour NOT to paint:
cheers, Charles.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 11:59
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it looks metallic though 
it needs to be a flat orange...
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 12:02
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| Benjamin wrote on Mon, 04 October 2004 21:59 |
it looks metallic though
it needs to be a flat orange...
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if you squint when staring at the monitor it kinda looks flat
there's too many reflections to remove to make it look flat (see how johal's matt black version turned out.
but if someone has heaps of spare time time, they could model it in 3D studio or lightwave or maya and we could paint it in fur
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Mon, 04 October 2004 12:26
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bright green
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Mon, 04 October 2004 16:12
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bright green like "home brand" popsicles!!!!!
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Tue, 05 October 2004 03:47
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personally i'd keep the black bumpers, colour coded look crappy imho.... they break up the mass of colour... but whatever
i think the dark blue would be nice- but how about that dark grey/bronze on the jza80 supra? could be interesting...
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Tue, 05 October 2004 04:03
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dark blue
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:07
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There's an awesome colour on one of the Echo's its like a sky blue metallic with a gold/yellow pearl... looks phat on bigger cars like soarers and supras...
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:15
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I think MA61's look great in white, provided you leave the black bumpers and trim intact, and of course tint the windows as dark as possible. White is easy if you're doing a DIY respray as well!
Most of the colours above just don't suit an MA61 IMO.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:31
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i tried eveyrthing to fuck off the reflections in the matt one.. short of painting the whole car again in photoshop
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 07:56
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| Norbie wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 15:15 |
I think MA61's look great in white, provided you leave the black bumpers and trim intact, and of course tint the windows as dark as possible. White is easy if you're doing a DIY respray as well!
Most of the colours above just don't suit an MA61 IMO.
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couldnt agree more
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 09:13
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Good to see that there is no bias from the gang of guys that have white supras
Think thats an interesting colour....also I wouldn't mind playing around with colour coding and what not! (maybe white/black stipes and trim...)
Oh and kudos to the ppl with talent! Charles and Johal are photo shop kings!
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 09:30
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can someone post a pic of a white supra
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 09:55
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i suggest
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 11:07
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| lang wrote on Wed, 06 October 2004 19:55 |
i suggest
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If you choose that, you may as well sell the MA61 off and get a Trueno
On the serious note though, choose a colour, reckon that blue looks better but candy blue would be nice
That's my 2 cents worth.
Cheers.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 15:07
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how cute are pandas i just wanna hug it
hopefully it wouldnt bite me
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Wed, 06 October 2004 17:30
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PIMP PIMP PIMP!!
Come on!!
DO IT!
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 00:13
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White Supras look even better with a bit of tasteful highlighting.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 02:14
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| Norbie wrote on Thu, 07 October 2004 10:13 |
White Supras look even better with a bit of tasteful highlighting.
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you have to keep said tasteful highlighting
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 06:59
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On this topic, what do ppl think about the idea of painting the engine bay a colour such as black (so that I can put the new engine in and whatnot without having to decide what colour I actually want the outside of the car  )
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 07:11
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I'd also like to hear peoples opinions on that about to do a swap in the AE86..
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 07:14
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If you want to paint the engine bay a different colour, I'd go with a light colour so leaks etc are easy to identify. Definitely not black!
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 09:40
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| Norbie wrote on Thu, 07 October 2004 17:14 |
If you want to paint the engine bay a different colour, I'd go with a light colour so leaks etc are easy to identify. Definitely not black!
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I guess thats fair enough, but I think a white (and any other colour) just wouldn't look good? Black just seems to be a colour that I think would work regardless of the colour of the rest of the car?
Cheeers
Wilbo
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 09:51
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Hehe, but how cool is white!?
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 10:25
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No where near as cool as high gloss black
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 21:44
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How about a Drak metallic grey like the current Crumpledore colour called "Turbine"
Personally I think the darker colours suit the MA61 better, although white can look good as well
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 23:07
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what makes all those colour changes look good IMO is that they have pissed off all the black trimming on the car
makes it look more modern and not so retro
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 23:34
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What? It's meant to be retro, it's 20 years old! Trying to make an old car look "modern" is always a mistake, especially with an MA61 which couldn't be more 80's.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Thu, 07 October 2004 23:46
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| Norbie wrote on Fri, 08 October 2004 09:34 |
What? It's meant to be retro, it's 20 years old! Trying to make an old car look "modern" is always a mistake, especially with an MA61 which couldn't be more 80's.
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i dislike the retroness
i think if when people paint there cars they colour coded the bumpers and strips down the side(or pissed them off)
door handles and all it would look heaps better
hence why the black ones look better than any other colour
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Fri, 08 October 2004 00:23
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Um, if you dislike retro why would you buy a retro car?
Like I said, trying to make an old car look modern just makes the car (and you) look silly.
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Re: Help wilbo choose a new paint colour?
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Fri, 08 October 2004 09:00
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| Jag7799 wrote on Fri, 08 October 2004 09:46 |
| Norbie wrote on Fri, 08 October 2004 09:34 |
What? It's meant to be retro, it's 20 years old! Trying to make an old car look "modern" is always a mistake, especially with an MA61 which couldn't be more 80's.
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i dislike the retroness
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Bah OMG how could you dislike the retroness (or as I like to call it the essence of the 80's ) 
Supra's are the most 80's looking car I can think of (with datsun 260z' close behind ), and I think that has a lot to do with the flares, I mean they are seriously the car version of shoulder pads!
(omg didn't the 80s have some bad shoulder pad-age going on tho!)
Cheers
Wilbo
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