black plastic bits????

14th January 2010, 16:27

hi every1 iv got a posi blue vtr and iv been wondring wat to do with the black plastic bits weather to colour code the lot or to do it all in a gloss black (i.e the door bits mirrors but not the blue cap bumper front and rearincluding the spliter) just wanted to get everyones opinion on this as im in a bit of a state over this 1

(also iv been quoted 250-300 to do it in any colour is this a good price)????????

14th January 2010, 16:28

Get a pic up of your car mate

imo, gloss black looks nice

14th January 2010, 16:29

Seems a bit high price (in my opinion) but they may be good at what they do so that may be why. As for the colour it's upto you.. depends on what colour theme you're going with. If you plan on putting white wheels then black gloos bumpstrips all round wont look right

14th January 2010, 16:30

colour coded mate

14th January 2010, 16:44

see i was going to go for the black wheels smoked side repeater and rear and slightly smpked headlights, also thinking i myt black vynal the roof. oh and black wheels (wel its a body repair shop and they take on private jobs such as this they mentiond somethig about haveing to cover all th bits in plastersizer b4 painting aswell.

14th January 2010, 16:44

I think the price sounds about right. I think I paid between £200 and £300.

I'm in two minds about when people colour code because the black does look good as it breaks up the bulk of the main car colour. For example... if you keep the black strips and go for black wheels, then it will look good

The car above does look good... especially as the car has white wheels.

I feel the same about silver Saxo's colour coded. I think they should keep the black strip and go for anthracite/black wheels.

14th January 2010, 16:50

All depends on your colour coding but i'd go with the same colour as my wheels to break up the bulk of the car.

14th January 2010, 16:55

I had my old VTS colour coded but with it being black, it looked good. Well I think so anyway. Haha!

14th January 2010, 17:06

bad pick but i havnt taken anny more i will have to soon so i can start a prog thread (note i only got the car last weekend)

14th January 2010, 17:29

heres one pretty much how i want it to look

14th January 2010, 17:57

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Originally Posted by gaz_vtr_

see i was going to go for the black wheels smoked side repeater and rear and slightly smpked headlights, also thinking i myt black vynal the roof. oh and black wheels (wel its a body repair shop and they take on private jobs such as this they mentiond somethig about haveing to cover all th bits in plastersizer b4 painting aswell.

IMO, if your going to spray certain bits black, i would go for glossblack plastics jsut to stick with the theme, but obviously its your choice. Go for what you think you want

14th January 2010, 18:24

also does anyone no if there is somewere thet does lowering on the cheap in or around southampton?????????

14th January 2010, 18:30

If your going to have black alloys,black roof and smoked lights like myself,i would do glossy black bumpstrips and side strips mate.which im going to have done in the next few months

14th January 2010, 18:41

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Originally Posted by gaz_vtr_

heres one pretty much how i want it to look

Fair play that is mint and looks like it has had a few hours of hard work polishing up that bodywork.

Tom

14th January 2010, 19:03

If you are going to do that then go for it. Looks like alot of polishing has gone into that.

14th January 2010, 19:16

yh gloss black was what i was thinking should look pretty cool, i did origionally think white but then i didnt want to have to clean it every minit ov evry day to keep it looking good

14th January 2010, 19:17

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Originally Posted by Mcinabout

If your going to have black alloys,black roof and smoked lights like myself,i would do glossy black bumpstrips and side strips mate.which im going to have done in the next few months

how much did it cost u for tht lot spraying??

14th January 2010, 19:35

My wheels i bought all powder coated, im going to get a quote from a friend of my dads for the bumstrips etc in glossy black. My roof is in vinyl so it only cost about £80 plus a few other bits vinyled

14th January 2010, 19:45

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Originally Posted by gaz_vtr_

heres one pretty much how i want it to look

Damn that looks amazing! Whose car is that?

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Originally Posted by DevilDamo

I had my old VTS colour coded but with it being black, it looked good. Well I think so anyway. Haha!

Did you do the strips at the top of your bumpers yourself or get a bodyshop to do them? That's how I want mine to look and I don't mind doing the door strips myself but thinking it's going to take a long time to do the bumpers - just wondering what you thought?

14th January 2010, 21:02

That car is nice. The black/blue work very well together and with the black wheels, the rub strips HAD to be left and then painted black

But... it's far too shiny for my liking, but that's just me

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Originally Posted by TomMartin

Did you do the strips at the top of your bumpers yourself or get a bodyshop to do them? That's how I want mine to look and I don't mind doing the door strips myself but thinking it's going to take a long time to do the bumpers - just wondering what you thought?

I went on holiday for 7-10 days and I dropped the car off at a bodyshop who did the front bumper strip, the rear bumper strip, the two side rub strips and the plastic on the wing mirrors all for around £300-£350. I never did anything on my own car... apart from the minor cosmetic modifications, but anything that I thought I'd f*ck up would be taken to a garage

But... I had money to do that then

14th January 2010, 23:42

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Originally Posted by DevilDamo

I had my old VTS colour coded but with it being black, it looked good. Well I think so anyway. Haha!

Very nice, I like that alot!