Black spoiler, yay or nay

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  1. Gcoop

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    did the spoiler in black plastidip

    opinions?

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    #1 Gcoop, May 7, 2013
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    Personally, I don't think it looks bad at all. The pics are a bit dark so it's hard to tell what it looks like in bright daylight, but all-in-all, I have no knee-jerk negative reactions.
     
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    My opinion.
    You need better light and a better camera.

    I can't really tell from those photo's.
    It looks okay on a white vehicle.

    As with any "Modification" the ultimate result is "Do you like it?".

    As far as I can tell from those photo's it looks fine. I'd need a better look to determine whether I really liked it.
     
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    Looks really odd...

    maybe if your roof was black it would match better.
     
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    I like it. :)
     
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    I like it
     
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    i was thinking of blacking out the roof. it would look hot!
     
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    It looks out of place being the only black thing in that area. It makes it look like you found a piece at a junkyard that fit so you stuck it on there and it is the wrong colour. Modifying cars is something that needs to be done so that the final appearance looks like it was supposed to be like that.

    For instance if you change your wheels to 18inch rims but don't lower the car you have huge wheel gap. That looks silly too even though the wheels may look great. So your spoiler may look great if you have a more overall plan to incorporate it into the car. For now it is just a hideous boil that makes you look like a junk yard mechanic pasting bits that don't belong onto your car because you are too poor to afford a real fix.
     
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    yeah that was with my iphone as sun was setting lol

    I'll take some more later today after work with my $5000.00 camera setup :p lol

    next is the front to black out. ( first time i did it it looked great, but i bumped the bumper with the plastidip can when it was still wet and put a big mark in it.. so i tore it all off)

    also have been thinking about the platidip blaze orange for the wheels...
    but not 100% sure on that one yet lol
     
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    Do the rear bumper lip in black as well.
     
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    i was thinking that too
    almost did that yesterday as i did the spoiler
    but have to wash the car first
     
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    Might want to think about doing the chrome on the side of tail lights as well. That would pull the spoiler and rear bumper lip together. I was going to use matt black vinyle to do the same pieces on mine.
     
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    Looks good so far man.
     
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    yes to the spoiler, no to orange wheels
     
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    I like it. Its something different. I also like the contrast of the third brake light lens against the black.
     
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    hmm.. it looks a bit odd... i'd say do the entire upper half of the car and two-tone the whole thing.
     
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    I'm just now noticing the rear bumper protector. Did you do that yourself? That's on my list as well. Maybe to add a little more symmetry you could black out the plastic above the license plate.
     
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    OMG you are addicted to plastidip!
     
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    It's a wonderful material.
     
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