S13 piggy lip, painted or flat black?

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Armstec_S13
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ok well i've been thinking of painting my piggy lip the same color as my car, but i dunno what should do, i just leave it flat black or paint it gold like my car? i think i looks really good in flat or matte black but then i've seen some pics of gold S13's with it paint to match, some look really nice and some look like dollar store hotwheel cars, what do you guys think? im going silvia front end later just tryin to source some good OEM fenders and hood. til then im lovin my piggy front end.

my car as it stands

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kainvamp
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i like a semi gloss black, thats how i had it on my white hatch and i liked it much better than color matching

YoungGun
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dang that low low pignose doesn't look half bad.

I would definitely rock that as a daily.

And for oem aero, you should paint it the same color as the car.

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painted to match FTW

Jadesr20det
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Color match

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Cameron
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holy s***. 2nd pic is my old car, where the hell did you find pics of it at??

hahhahah.

and thanks for the complements on it you guys.

most of you prolly remember it as this.




g20ryder
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i say paint it!

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AZ89two4Tsx
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Paint it unless you know you're going to be scraping all the time.

If it's a darker color like blue, gray, etc... it doesn't really matter though so I'd do black.

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i have always felt that painted lips are better then black ones.

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Armstec_S13
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Cameron wrote:holy s***. 2nd pic is my old car, where the hell did you find pics of it at??

hahhahah.

and thanks for the complements on it you guys.

most of you prolly remember it as this.


i cant remember where i found it, it was awhile back as a matter of fact it may have been googled, i was looking for lowered piggy in gold like mine, anyways those pics you posted are nice, my car doesn't have cool rims like that but that makes me wanna paint my lip gold
AZ89two4Tsx wrote:Paint it unless you know you're going to be scraping all the time.

If it's a darker color like blue, gray, etc... it doesn't really matter though so I'd do black.
yeah i moved to B.S chicago and potholes and speed bumps everywhere, i've got another lip i picked up last year but it needs to be repaired maybe after fixing that i will paint it gold and repaint my current lip flat black cause the sun got to it when i lived in cali and it's gray now....lol

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paint it... then get coils

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imho it only looks good black if the car is black or white, so my vote is for painting it

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paint match ftw

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surfer240sx
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Im going to stray from painting it to match and say go black

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Justin35ll
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color matched looks a lot better, but I know with my pig lip I scrape it at least 5 times a day lol and I don't really care as I got it for 20 bucks.But if I got it professionly painted and then I scraped it that much it would be upsetting

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paint your car to match the lip? new option indeed. haaa jk paint the lip

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TiDOxs
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i always thought lips should be black.. maybe its true s14 wise, but i would go for the gold lip for your pignose

btw your signature wont stop entertaining me illusive240.. im trying to youtube whatever that is now

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i240sx
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paint it gloss black...it shines....

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Cameron wrote:holy s***. 2nd pic is my old car, where the hell did you find pics of it at??

hahhahah.

and thanks for the complements on it you guys.

most of you prolly remember it as this.


i remeber you saying rust ate yor car away....

yamahapsyco
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I was goin through the same dillema, but my cars black. i went with color match the gloss. and happy with it color matched. id say black for yours unless you get side skirts. it looks a lil wierd to me color matched without skirts


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