Should I keep my parts painted or go back to black?

[honestabe]

All the parts that have been painted blue are a very close shade to my body paint. These are the strut tower rings, the cam gear cover, and the spark plug valley cover.

 

[northwestsupra]

first vote was you lol, cheater.

 

[upgradedsupra]

As I stated before, not only because the paint does not match, you have no contrast. It looks like shit the way it is. You wanted my honest opinion before, you still have it. Like I said and I will reiterate, the black gave your bay some contrast. It looked much better before. Change the couplers to black and you start to have a theme going.

I suggest to change it back and add my last portion to it.

Duane

 

[honestabe]

hey now, I'm just showing what my opinion is. And the voters are known to all

 

[northwestsupra]

i voted to keep it, but i honestly would have to agree with duane though, it really does need "contrast" or an offset. it seems to be missing anything of opposite color and or a heavy dark color. like im rolling the blue and black. and you do have alot of blue/blue only black things are on the FPR hoses and raditator hose idk what to tell ya lol.

 

[upgradedsupra]

i voted to keep it, but i honestly would have to agree with duane though, it really does need "contrast" or an offset. it seems to be missing anything of opposite color and or a heavy dark color. like im rolling the blue and black. and you do have alot of blue/blue only black things are on the FPR hoses and raditator hose idk what to tell ya lol.

Your vote should be put it black then. You need it changed?

I should also add that it looks purple. If you do decide to keep it, (which you shouldn't) add a Barney sticker to it also. lol

Duane

 

[northwestsupra]

lol idk, i mainly put it at that because i know i've seen color matched painted valve cover panel things can look good lol, but i personally haven't stood and looked at one long enough to tell him what to do lol

oh and btw duane you never replied back to my pm

supra hero pulled it off lol, but it was just the top vented part not the front timing cover

 

[whitemike]

I vote black.

 

[northwestsupra]

i know they are 2jz's lol but gives the idea of contrast

 

[JonnyZ(Socal)]

I like the first pic!

 

[whitemike]

Let me get this straight.

You went black, then you went back? But, now you want to go back again (to black)?

Hmm.. I don't think there's a saying for this.

Mike

 

[honestabe]

LOL. The only things I painted black were the strut tower rings and the radiator tie downs. The spark plug valley cover and the cam gear cover were never painted until I painted them with my color matching paint.

I just put back together 99% of my interior (still need to put on the glove box and bolt in the passenger seat). I fired it up since I wasn't 100% sure I did everything correctly with my wiring (relocated the fuse box to be inside the dash behind the glove blox). It fired up on the 2nd try (it's been 2 1/2 months since it last ran). This means that tomorrow I'll pull off the hood and pull it out of the garage for a few pics in the day light so ya'll can see what it really looks like, especially compared to the body. I'll do that first thing in the morning.

 

[northwestsupra]

thats awesome man, now go drive it around the block and put some boost through it and make sure you blow up that crank pulley before the new ati comes im working on the gauge panel still coming out really good, i filled in the outter edges and sanding it down to blend it then im going to repaint it black maybe gloss idk yet but then i have that aluminum cover that will cover it anyways but it will look good at least. and look stock.

 

[honestabe]

LOL. I don't have my radiator installed right now. I only fired it up for a few seconds. I was moreso thinking of spray painting the old crank pulley gold and then doing the same to a chain and hanging it around my neck for halloween If it looks like it belongs, then you've done your job well.

 

[northwestsupra]

haha only the people of supramania will tell me how i did, my girlfriend's opinion goes pretty far but to have 20 others tell you the same only makes it better

 

[whitemike]

Just buy one of these..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cust...rQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_500wt_1182

 

[benchwarmer]

I voted for painting them black again but you could probably keep them the same color if you added something for contrast. Maybe paint the highlighted lettering black or some other detail.

 

[honestabe]

I voted for painting them black again but you could probably keep them the same color if you added something for contrast. Maybe paint the highlighted lettering black or some other detail.

I'm starting to really like that idea.

Trevor, those won't work. I need my cover to be raised. Besides, Gord promised he'd make me one

 

[honestabe]

The pics have been replaced with fresh ones of the engine bay in direct sunlight. Look close and think and make suggestions please.

 

[GrimJack]

That's not close enough to the body color to keep, IMO. The fashion police will hassle you mercilessly if you keep that.