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[sendokgarpu]

looks so clean as!

[1badg35]

yep, thats exactly why i have not made a decision yet.. exactly word for word what has been rolling through my head for the past few months.

time for some test samples i guess. first going to try the blackening on a sample. I have a feeling it will have the elegant simplicity i go with often. we shall see though soon enough.

too much contrast feels to me both new and stylized. not what I am a fan of when building cars. Hoping for the car to age gracefully and retain the original timelessness that I believe it has taken on.. I think the only thing that pinpoints a particular time period at the moment is the rear camber, one of the things i am trying to solve this winter.

[gbaby2089]

Will have SO much contrast with everything else though. Could look like too much. This car is full of elegant, understated touches, the bright white cage of a black/charcoal interior would be like nothing else on the car.

[MrDanguy]

I support the pearl! You've got some white in the bay and on the wheels, but none inside the car.

This.

[aLaFleur]

I support the pearl! You've got some white in the bay and on the wheels, but none inside the car.

[1badg35]

unfortunately I do most of the leather work and do not think i can pull that off cleanly. also, never really liked leather wrapped cages, and thought some paint would rather break it up a little bit as just about every surface is black leather in there.

I have actually been scheming a bit and am planning out a second set of center pads for the carrera GT recaros to liven it up a little. I can swap them back and forth based on my mood that weekend.
if this happens, it will debut with a few other things next season. again, all based on the direction I go with the cage color, as it will affect the color scheme for the additional set of seat pads


I have a feeling I may try to test out #4 on a spare piece of chromoly i have left over, and will decide from there whether its the right move. In my mind, its between the pearl white, and the blackened steel look.

[yusoslo]

#4

Or perhaps leather w matching stitching going over the bars??

[Justin821]

#4 looks real slick.

[rsingh3g]

I love the work man. I think you should a white bar with maybe gold harness to match your lugs

[1badg35]

Go back a few posts...

Rome wasn't built in a day.

[Fatandre]

No harness?

[1badg35]

a few more pics since i loaded them up to flickr

[1badg35]

nah, at this point the options are:

1. the same 3 stage white pearl off the '13 GTR which is the match to the powder on the wheels, and the newly sprayed pieces i have not shown yet to anyone

here is a picture of that same color on a 370z.




2. gloss black with a metallic flake just to set it off a little. everyone knows what this would look like



3. cant speak of the color yet, as no one will get why i chose it, but choosing this option will also force me to change the color of the stoptech calipers. Its the most tricky of the 3 options. I will get into further detail shortly if i decide to do this color.



4. brush the entire surface of the cage by hand, and then tint it either with a gun or by hand in order to achieve a "blackened steel" look. in reality, it would look similar to the way it does right now, but will have a much more even toning, be a slight bit darker, and have the "brushed aluminum" look. here are some examples of the technique

[Jozi]

Black with a red pin stripe?

[aLaFleur]

White definitely brings some light to the interior. It's very clean and so well put together, but it just seems really dark.