blacking out chrome trims...

[sniper27]

Thanks to Apexi957 and Evilpanda for their ideas. Here's a quick photoshop of blacking out the window trim, grill, trunk piece, and the bottom portion of the rear bumper. What does everyone think? Too drastic on the white? Do I need to get dark wheels now? Here are my issues/questions:

Does the white look weird with a big black piece on the trunk?
I like the black grill, but I wish the headlights were darker also. I think it looks odd with the chrome headlights and black grill. Opinions?

[tfree32]

I like the chrome personally, but that's obviously a matter of taste.

[tollboothwilley]

I think it looks pretty good around the windows. I Like the black grill with Chrome mt. fuji emblem though. I wouldn't do the trunk.

[spacy9]

My humble suggestion would be to go with blacking out the window trim and front grill (except for the Mt. Fuji). For the trunk I would paint the chrome there white to blend in with the rest of the car and then get a vinyl black overlay for your roof. Probably black out the wheels at some point as well. You could also get some smoke tint for the front headlights to darken them a bit. I don't think I'd do the bottom back bumper black either, leave it white. Here is a pic of a coupe with the black roof and white trunk piece and there are a lot more of them on images.google.com.

[pippen99]

Good on the grill and window trim. Bad on the trunk and wheels!

[sniper27]

I'm thinking window trim and the bottom bumper for sure. I came from German cars and I'm used to the black bottom valences/diffusers in their sport models (i.e. Audi Sline, BMW Msport, AMG, etc...) and given the updated lines of the bumper, I really like that part black. I agree though, the black on the trunk would look a little odd. I like the black grill, however, I still wish the chrome inside the headlights were dark. The headlights on my Audi were dark gray inside, so the black grill blended better.
I do like the black roof, as I had the panaromic roof in my Audi, however, I think I'll leave that one out for now. Not really going that route.

[g's up ho's down]

looks good on the window trim and love the grill, but the trunk doesn't look right. I would paint it white if not leave it chrome.

[EvilPanda]

edit: i didn't realize it was PS'd until i read the whole post.. that actually looks good. imo you should do it..

i actually did Photoshop my car before painting my valence, but on mine the tails are also tinted.