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airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 02:18 AM
So for a while now I have made up my mind that I am going to change the color of my car, once I get all of my parts (bumper, grill, skirts, rear lip, hood and fenders) I had been dead set on blue, but I have always been a fan of yellow as well. In fact back in the day of my 92 celica, my plans were to paint it yellow before it got stolen.

basically, Im still leaning towards blue, but I saw a yellow/black truck today and it reminded my why I like it. so i don't know how easy or hard this would be to do, but if its not too bad, could anyone photoshop my car in both blue and yellow? I want to still keep the black accent that I have now. Thanks in advance.

The colors Im thinking about:
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1172/5252984/15104303/t-334735421.jpg
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1172/5252984/15104303/t-334735418.jpg

My car:
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1172/5252984/19820708/324235290.jpg

http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1172/5252984/19820708/324234825.jpg

9G
09-16-2008, 02:21 AM
http://i.pbase.com/u18/neoshaft/upload/11727429.yellowgalant.jpg

airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 02:23 AM
broken image

jimmy_o2
09-16-2008, 03:46 AM
nnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo leave it white looks good as is but then again its urs

Fishboy55
09-16-2008, 05:26 AM
Please no yellow!!!

eros8201
09-16-2008, 05:38 AM
I am sure that it has been brought up before but does painting it involve replacement of those tail lights? I think that there is a small number of cars that are able to pull off a yellow paint job, galant I dont see as one of them. So my vote goes to blue.

mitsu_vic
09-16-2008, 08:09 AM
Why leave the white? But unless you like the Steelers, blue is probably the way to go.

greddy
09-16-2008, 08:44 AM
Blue FTW!

RAZ_76
09-16-2008, 09:40 AM
You do realize that in order to have a good color change, you have to paint everything, right?? Engine out and engine bay painted. All interior and all harnesses out, in other words just bare body and then painted. That will run you around 7K to do at a cheap shop. Unless you do it all yourself. Or you can cut corners and just paint what you can see but that's not the route I would take.

seth98esT
09-16-2008, 09:52 AM
Best I could do.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/Automobiles/airborneblue.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/Automobiles/airborneyellow.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/Automobiles/airborneyellowtaxi.jpg

airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 10:07 AM
You do realize that in order to have a good color change, you have to paint everything, right?? Engine out and engine bay painted. All interior and all harnesses out, in other words just bare body and then painted. That will run you around 7K to do at a cheap shop. Unless you do it all yourself. Or you can cut corners and just paint what you can see but that's not the route I would take.

yeah I realize that, and my plan is to paint it myself. i'm going to go the route Galante went. The engine bay will probably be the last I do, but yes I do plan on taking apart the car and doing it ALL. By the time I'm ready to slap on all the parts and re-paint, the G will no longer be my DD, and at that point its going to be a project car.

airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 10:08 AM
Best I could do.


thanks seth, I do like the yellow, but I think the blue will still be better. appreciate it!

RAZ_76
09-16-2008, 10:17 AM
Black and yellow is the way I would go. The blue on the G eww.

99 galant
09-16-2008, 11:07 AM
that yellow is sick. go for it! the black yellow (Even with the altezzas) is nice!

eros8201
09-16-2008, 03:18 PM
I stand corrected about the G not being able to pull it off. I think it looks good in yellow.

fatal1
09-16-2008, 03:36 PM
yellow belongs on cabs and school busses imho... lol

9G
09-16-2008, 03:39 PM
^^ indeed. go with dark blue and lotsss of clear coat! bling bling!

99 galant
09-16-2008, 03:50 PM
nah the yellow looks good righ there.

Fishboy55
09-16-2008, 04:52 PM
I think the yellow is a mistake. Besides looking like a giant bumblebee, it's going to draw a lot of unnecessary attention to you mostly from ricers and cops. I also think you'll get tired of the yellow in a very short amount of time. However, Sarge, it's your car, so you should go with what you like best.

2002BlackDragon
09-16-2008, 05:28 PM
If you end up going to the blue, i would make it darker. Almost like a midnight blue.

airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 06:00 PM
well I've got lots of time to think about it, so guess we will see when the day comes! :) thanks for all the input guys!

airborneparainf82
09-16-2008, 06:09 PM
I think the yellow is a mistake. Besides looking like a giant bumblebee, it's going to draw a lot of unnecessary attention to you mostly from ricers and cops. I also think you'll get tired of the yellow in a very short amount of time. However, Sarge, it's your car, so you should go with what you like best.

lmao @ giant bumblebee!!

Stewi
09-24-2008, 10:13 PM
The blue posted above is nearly a dead match to EVO "Blue By You" so looks for some pics of that to get an idea

Darker blue's like midnight blue come on newer corvette's and Pedro (Kalamidad) has painted his car a dark blue as well. I entertained yellow for a while, but my better judgement told me not to. As Chip stated above, you will be a cop MAGNET.

SleekGTZ
09-24-2008, 10:27 PM
I never intended to change my 8g's color but I remember doing some color change in photoshop to see how my g would look like. I did that yeeeeeeeears ago.

Let me find them....

Oh here they are:

I call this Audi yellow:
http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/6062/8gyellow5im.jpg

Orange baby!:
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/778/8g_orange.jpg

PMS
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/5246/8g_red.jpg

Stealth black:
http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/3894/8ggray1vh.jpg

Gay Blue: Haha
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1862/8g_blue.jpg




It's your car dude, good luck with the color change if ever you decide to. :)


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Reelax
09-25-2008, 01:46 AM
either of those colors would require a well executed kit.

airborneparainf82
09-25-2008, 02:17 AM
agreed... next weekend I'll be picking up my dolphin bumper and liberal grill from cali in san diego. And next month I should be picking up a moster hood. Then I just gotta buy my VR4 sideskirts. The only part I'm not sure still is what I want to do with the end. I actually like the rear MrJ has and Im thinking that would look good with the diffuser idea I wanted to do. But I'm not going to paint until I have all the parts and ready to do it right.

Kalamidad
09-25-2008, 09:09 PM
yeah, i would go with a dark blue so the black accents are not an eye sore like the black accents on the yellow.
I wouldn't do yellow at all!


I changed the color of my car and yellow was considered. But look at my sig.

G-spot
09-25-2008, 11:38 PM
Yellow FTW!!1!
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/clubtgc/mitsubishi_galanta.jpg

keta11
10-17-2008, 04:29 PM
im gald im getting my car painted pearl white still. so i dont have to worry about engine bay.. bro yellow looks better!!
whats the best white out there other than pearl?