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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 01:47 PM
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Mesh lower grille

although the pic I posted is a lorinser body kit I was wanted to get an opinion of having a black car with the silver mesh down below? Too Japanese import looking?
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 01:57 PM
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I would say so.
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 01:59 PM
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i don't htink you wanna do that on a black car... on a silver car is doesn't look bad because it goes with the body... maybe if you painted it black as well.. that would work better.....just my 2 cents...
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 02:05 PM
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i like the brabus stuff and they're relatively reasonably priced for brabus



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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 02:17 PM
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I think the Brabus kit has a grill too, mine does its just painted black so you really cant see it. As long as the bottom grill is painted black I think its ok and wont stand out too much. Most kits including the C32, C class sports package all have grills and it looks fine. Just my $.02.
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 02:19 PM
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Silver mesh Black car

Here is an photoshop effort at the combo. I think red would be nice.

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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 03:15 PM
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not with blacked-out grill...
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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I think that the white/silver looks good on your car Randy. As far as the red goes I'm not good at picturing things in my head, i would have to see a picture. crazy me.
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 03:51 PM
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The elegant simplicity of black, tends to lend itself towards minimalizm. "Less is more" when you are working with black, we don't want your rig looking like a hopped up Nissan. But that's only my opinion. Best of luck to you.
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 03:53 PM
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The only problem I see is there are little pieces in the lower grill that are open, so the silver accentuates those areas.
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 04:17 PM
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In terms of taste...
I often find useful advice in that consumate Icon of fictional propriety, Ian Fleming's "James Bond," who once said, "As long as the collars and cuffs match..." Of course, he was referencing how to tell a real Blonde from a fake Blonde, but I think the analogy has some transfer here.

"As long as the colors of the lower and upper grills match..."
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Old Feb 13, 2002 | 09:32 PM
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Well there is one reason I like my Magma Red, the stock black looks great, no additons neccessary.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:25 PM
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here's a c32 w/ the mesh... note the c7 wheels on it
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:28 PM
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here it is from the side... i think the c7 wheels look very good on the car.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:55 PM
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slightly resembles:
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:56 PM
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i do like those wheels... just out of curiousity..how much are those wheels....
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