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Colour Coding #1048109
05/06/2010 14:40
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Recently bought a Broom yellow Coupe and i cant decide whether to colour code the lower black parts of the bumpers and sills or not.

Whats the consensus on doing this, yay or nay?

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Alfa 155 20V Turbo, Alfa 147 1.9JTDM, Alfa 159SW 2.0JTDM
Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1048114
05/06/2010 14:45
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I'd leave it. The sills and bumpers complement your alloys.

Re: Colour Coding [Re: JKD] #1048126
05/06/2010 15:05
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personally i like them color coded, it makes the car look lower


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: MarioCirillo] #1048134
05/06/2010 15:18
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This is the problem, i agree with both of you.


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1048455
06/06/2010 12:09
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you could have the best of both worlds

buy some side skirts and colour code them and both bumpers

then only you will know your sills are still black laugh

Re: Colour Coding [Re: ] #1048639
06/06/2010 20:04
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colour code it , as mario said it will look lower to the floor .

Re: Colour Coding [Re: ] #1050942
10/06/2010 18:33
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Sorry to go back to this but ive just been having a play and ive edited the image to try and show what it would look like colour coded.

Definately going do it, looks much better imo.

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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1051060
10/06/2010 23:31
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thumb see told you wink


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: MarioCirillo] #1051068
10/06/2010 23:45
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looks alot nicer colour coded .

Re: Colour Coding [Re: ] #1051072
10/06/2010 23:49
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Sebasteeno - any chance that you could do the same thing to a picture of a Speed Red 20VT - I also have been thinking of this.

Have you given any thought as to how to get the thick protection type paint off or are you just going to spray over it.

Re: Colour Coding [Re: ] #1051679
12/06/2010 08:54
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Originally Posted By: rintyh
Sebasteeno - any chance that you could do the same thing to a picture of a Speed Red 20VT - I also have been thinking of this.

Have you given any thought as to how to get the thick protection type paint off or are you just going to spray over it.

To be honest ive started already and ive sprayed right over it.
Now i know i shouldnt really be spraying outside but theres was no wind at all so i thought id take advatage of it.
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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1055626
19/06/2010 17:01
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Now done the front and just the back to do. Think im going invest in some auto ds Zender skirts for it though as well as of course some lowering and bigger alloys.
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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1055648
19/06/2010 18:05
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To my eye, it could do with a few more coats. I wouldt bother with a body kit. The colour coded shape of a coupe is superb.


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: gj88] #1055652
19/06/2010 18:10
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Originally Posted By: gj88
To my eye, it could do with a few more coats. I wouldt bother with a body kit. The colour coded shape of a coupe is superb.

The colour match isnt perfect. Apparantley their are four or five different variants of broom yellow depending on the factory it was built in and none were an exact match for my cars paint when i took it to the body shop and paint supplies place. Think i will try and get it better though as whilst my mrs thought it looked perefect i though otherwise.


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1055696
19/06/2010 19:49
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it looks alot better colour coded seb just the back to do and it will look pukka .

Re: Colour Coding [Re: ] #1055760
20/06/2010 00:07
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Here is a yellow one with some skirts, just to compare....
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smile


Re: Colour Coding [Re: enfant_teribl] #1055791
20/06/2010 08:42
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Originally Posted By: enfant_teribl
Here is a yellow one with some skirts, just to compare....

smile

Thanks, loving your AZEVs mate. They'd be perfect on mine and are just the sort of thing im looking for actually.


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Re: Colour Coding [Re: sebasteeno] #1055856
20/06/2010 13:00
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It isn't mine, but it is verrry nice.


Re: Colour Coding [Re: enfant_teribl] #1055908
20/06/2010 17:02
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Originally Posted By: enfant_teribl
It isn't mine, but it is verrry nice.

Ill slag it off then. Wheels are superb but that bodykit is horrible and doesnt suit the Coupe at all IMO.


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