contemplating a small change

[Katie:)]

so i'm looking for opinions here, i saw on chevy's website you can order the door handles that have the chrome strips, in any color the car comes in obviously.. i think i wanna do that but get a different color than my car (I have black, thinking a little accent of maybe orange or the red, maybe wait for blue to come out in spring.) opinions people?

 

[AndrewGS]

It's just my opinion, but I don't think it would look right unless you painted some other accents to match, say, the rearview mirror caps and hatch applique.

If you decide to do it though I posted a DIY article on changing the door handles.

 

[Katie:)]

hmm, I'll have to talk to a friend of mine see if he's interested in helping (if i do it alone it will most definitely turn out terrible) wonder how hard it would be to just get my hands on some paint to match the red or blue

 

[AndrewGS]

hmm, I'll have to talk to a friend of mine see if he's interested in helping (if i do it alone it will most definitely turn out terrible) wonder how hard it would be to just get my hands on some paint to match the red or blue

I'd take it to a good body shop and get a quote. The door handles you can do yourself, but the painting of parts should be done by a pro. It shouldn't cost that much just to have a few trim pieces painted and they can match the paint easier than you having to try to match with Dupli-Color or something.

 

[Katie:)]

thats a good idea, plus if i ordered the handles in white i could pick any darn color i wanted to and just have them paint the new handles too hmm, i'm pretty positive this is on my to do list now i'll have to ask around to find a decent body shop.

 

[Katie:)]

i'm thinking: door handles, side mirrors, the spoiler, and strip above the licence plate (where the hatch release is)

 

[AndrewGS]

That might look cool. You might also consider having the parts wrapped in vinyl instead of painted so that you could go back to the original color when it comes time to sell or if you ever want to change the color.

 

[Katie:)]

that thought JUST crossed my mind before i looked at this. i could just order the black to match my car then have it vinyl'd, probably cheaper that way or is that more expensive?

 

[AndrewGS]

that thought JUST crossed my mind before i looked at this. i could just order the black to match my car then have it vinyl'd, probably cheaper that way or is that more expensive?

It would probably be cheaper.

 

[Ferdie]

Do you know the Citroën DS3 ??

That car is availible in Black orange!

But i think it will look verry good!

Door handels Orange mirror cap orange and the spoiler
Black rimps with orange pin stripes!

So beautifull car

 

[Katie:)]

sort of in a daze with the shiny factor there, I found that 3m has about 30ish colors available..and i'm a sucker for pink and black.. especially sense it will not be permanent i'm 21, i'm sure when i get closer to 30 or go to sell it i'll be like WTF was i thinking if i had it painted partially pink BUT, vinyl-ing some of it seems more convenient for the long run. also, the kind that has itty bitty holes it in to prevent air bubbles, in magenta is $80 for the amount i'd need (excited)

 

[wingman]

Sounds like a plan! Im also interested in vinyl and whatnot, just to be different

 

[Ferdie]

here you can see how it looks black and Pink


When you go to the site of citroen. you can make your car in almost every color!

 

[doreo]

that is kinda cool actually, i would almost drive that if the pink was closer to red less of a purple color in it. im going to do this slowly as well but my car is red and going to accent black. just need to photoshop my car to see what works best lol.

 

[Katie:)]

i didn't even think of photo shopping it to see what it'd look like. sounds like a plan to mee

 

[laborsmith]

The black and pink motif was done on a Camaro with striking results.

The PINK Camaro!(Updated with pics) - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com

Laborsmith

 

[wingman]

Do you know the Citroën DS3 ??

That car is availible in Black orange!

But i think it will look verry good!

Door handels Orange mirror cap orange and the spoiler
Black rimps with orange pin stripes!

So beautifull car

I want this car!!!

 

[Maxamillion11]

I think as long as you color coordinate enough of the surrounding pieces it will look sick. Do some head light accents like you see a lot of the guys doing. I might also suggest just leaving the door handles alone and get creative everywhere else. What you thinking bout for RIMS?

 

[Ferdie]

I want this car!!!

that car comes with a 220 horsepower engine

and cost a lot of money here in Netherlands € 37000 euro

but i like it to!

you have also that car started at € 17000 but not that fast!

 

[AndrewGS]

that car comes with a 220 horsepower engine

and cost a lot of money here in Netherlands € 37000 euro

but i like it to!

That equates to over US$47,000.