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marvin5087
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ok guys so the first pic is of how my car was a couple months ago before the winter...decided to change the wheels because of the attention and paint the entire front end red to give it a more clean look ..but i got in a minor accident and had to order the stillen front fascia so those pics will be coming up next week once its painted. ..my friend matt took this pics from his iphone ..before

after

painted streetscenes front grille

rear end with g35 wing


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rjdmmfl1
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not feeling the front red out...

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Rob.Vegan
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Ya me neither.I like the before pics a lot better.

I think your lip should have been painted black.

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looks good but i wouldnt of painted the grill red it looks better the way it was imo

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Rob.Vegan wrote:Ya me neither.I like the before pics a lot better.

I think your lip should have been painted black.
I really like the before pictures, that was a damn good (contrasting) look.

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paint it black again
Modified by DAAN. at 2:29 AM 2/9/2009

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I think he said that he was getting the still front fasia because of a minor accident.

but i agree the contrast was much better when the grill/lip were black.

What grill is that? And what happen to the stash, did you remove it?

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Nice car!

The black grill looked better...IMO

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well the stach got removed because you have to with the streetscenes grille..easy fit too and i had painted it black myself for someone looking to get rid of the stock one..my body shop guy recommended it so i was like ok whatever just paint it...but the accident cracked my front bumper and my grille got f**ked...but i finally got to order what i wanted (stillen fascia)

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Have to agree with everyone, the black grilled looked 100 times better...

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The first picture look decent. The rest .. well.. not feeling it at all sorry.

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I have to agree that the coupe would have looked better if you left the grill black. What are you doing with the other set of wheels?

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paint those wheels gunmetal

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2 new pics with my phone

side pic to show the wing also

finally got my fascia

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Marvin, looks much better!

I say, get someone to open up your headlights, remove the amber, black it out, and your setup will look even better. The amber looks bad with most colors on the A/C, but looks especially bad on red A/C's IMO.. but I like your paint scheme on the Stillen front fascia!

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:Marvin, looks much better!

I say, get someone to open up your headlights, remove the amber, black it out, and your setup will look even better. The amber looks bad with most colors on the A/C, but looks especially bad on red A/C's IMO.. but I like your paint scheme on the Stillen front fascia!
I'm with Doc on this one. Looks a ton better!

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curious ....how much did you have to pay to get the front of your car painted red?.....also can you tell any difference in the texture of where it was once black and now its red. Just wondering 'cause I was thinking about painting the black part by the fog lights on my 08 altima. I have the chrome e&g front grill. So I'm more looking for the luxury look than the racing look.

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:Marvin, looks much better!

I say, get someone to open up your headlights, remove the amber, black it out, and your setup will look even better. The amber looks bad with most colors on the A/C, but looks especially bad on red A/C's IMO.. but I like your paint scheme on the Stillen front fascia!
which color does it look the less bad on?

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Looks great with the fascia.

And I think getting rid of the amber just isn't worth the effort.

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mcheddadi wrote:
which color does it look the less bad on?
well, this isn't a fact, its just my opinion.. the amber on red is just such an eyesore.... its like when someone tries to match different shades of blues, and fails... the amber, to me, looks as if it is somehow trying to match the red, but fails... IDK, I just hate the amber... I'd rather get tickets (which I haven't gotten yet) than ride around with that amber showing in my headlights... IMO, the amber looks the best(least bad) on azure blue coupes.. again, just my opinion.

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black out the upper grill and ur all set...

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:
well, this isn't a fact, its just my opinion.. the amber on red is just such an eyesore.... its like when someone tries to match different shades of blues, and fails... the amber, to me, looks as if it is somehow trying to match the red, but fails... IDK, I just hate the amber... I'd rather get tickets (which I haven't gotten yet) than ride around with that amber showing in my headlights... IMO, the amber looks the best(least bad) on azure blue coupes.. again, just my opinion.
I like your opinion (cuz I got blue, ha! )

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where did you get the street scene grill and about how much did you have to pay for it. thanks

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i like the before pics better... the after looks too, idk... the blk n red combo looked clean... too much red

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As its been said before, the red and black combo is such a sweet color scheme. 2nd pics are a huge improvement

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losenone wrote:As its been said before, the red and black combo is such a sweet color scheme.
Red and black is too easy to over do.

Too much red/black contrast = epilepsy.

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the 1st couple a pics i wasnt really to fond of... but the full fascia pics look much better than what you had b4... big improvement bro...

i agree with doc about the amber as well... i want to black out the amber in my heads but im hesitant on baking...

and i think you should paint your grill black again also... but then again most people have that with a red coupe... i guess its good to be different sometimes...

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too muche red. needs a lil more black but nice stuffz u gotz thurr

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the latest versions kinda. but i agree wit most on the 1st set. . I used to see the "Before" on the road driving around 495. it always caught my attention.

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marvin5087 wrote:ok guys so the first pic is of how my car was a couple months ago before the winter...decided to change the wheels because of the attention and paint the entire front end red to give it a more clean look ..but i got in a minor accident and had to order the stillen front fascia so those pics will be coming up next week once its painted. ..my friend matt took this pics from his iphone ..before
What is this lip on the origional picture?? Is it a Stillen lip?

Hey mcheddadi, can you make the car white?? I wanna see the black lip on a white bod, think it might look good...


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