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Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:43 pm
by talev788
I've been thinking of getting the radiator induction area of my front bar painted black..
I did a quick dodgy photoshop to see a rough idea of how it would look, I havent seen any Gen 3's with this and was wondering what you guys think.
I'm getting this done for free by my uncle who is a spray painter so im not exactly going to be splurging any cash over it.

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Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:21 pm
by jdm rsk
looks like my focus....imo no dont suit it

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:24 pm
by Kekotic
Shane is right.
It does make your Subie look like a girls car.

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:42 pm
by Jimmy S
I've seen it before... Pretty sure on a B4... I don't mind it! :)

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:56 pm
by talev788
thats ok everyone is entitled to an opinion.

main reason why i wanna do it is cos i hav a lot of scratchs in the area and i thought i may as well do it black to hide future scratches if they occur

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:11 am
by liberty_dc
Perhaps show side by side pics of before and after... Just to get a better idea.

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:19 am
by garbo41610
I reckon it actually looks pretty good. Do it in a matt black if you can. Also, you might want to match the angle of the grill where it leads towards the top of the bumper if you know what I mean.

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:53 pm
by hamish_023
might look good with the sti style lip underneath from ULTREX

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:03 pm
by Robbks
i say paint the mouth of it black, but leave a while lip underneath it (Like the Focus bar)
it mirrors the grille that way and also helps define the shape of the bar better

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:12 pm
by talev788
hamish_023 wrote:might look good with the sti style lip underneath from ULTREX



i thought doing that but i dont have enough cash lol, plus my car is non turbo i feel as if im being a bit too try hardish by doing those sorts of things on an N/A car

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:32 pm
by Kekotic
talev788 wrote:thats ok everyone is entitled to an opinion.


What I said was just poking fun at Shane.
You need to post a side by side pic of what it looks like currently/with the black for us to give you a proper opinion.

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:31 pm
by talev788
ok here you go

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Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:56 am
by garbo41610
AAAAHHHH!!!! Forget what I said about trying to match up with the angle of the grill, I didn't realise it was an insert of sorts. Still think it would look great though.

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:56 am
by talev788
garbo41610 wrote:AAAAHHHH!!!! Forget what I said about trying to match up with the angle of the grill, I didn't realise it was an insert of sorts. Still think it would look great though.



hhahahaha yeah i was gunna say something about that :P

i'm thinking of getting the grill and foggy covers painted with the same matching paint aswell. they are only painted with supercrap auto paint at the moment

Re: Your opinions plz (front bar mod)

PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:10 pm
by liberty_dc
I reckon it looks good. Matches both the black grille and the driving lights surrounds and gives the car a unique look.