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Old May 1, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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2 tone paint ideas

Ok I just painted my car and was thinking of two toneing it so looking for ideas. my first is silver as the second color but not sure top / bottom / stripe / half wrap with graphics??????? You can see the full build at my link below




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Old May 2, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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Re: 2 tone paint ideas

The 2-tone project car that Hawks built is about the best one I've seen. Pics here: http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/wa...yfirebird.aspx

I think there was also an orange and black Camaro on here that did 2 tone, but with flames in the middle of the two colors. It was a few years back.
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Old May 2, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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Re: 2 tone paint ideas

here's a whole thread of ideas that I had. I really like them, but I'm hesitant to do them because I don't want to paint my louvers

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...nt-my-two.html
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Old May 2, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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Re: 2 tone paint ideas

Love what you done on your car interior, but a suggestion on paint job is that picture in your car domain of sniper (blue and silver color). change that blue into red? Since obviously you like the color red and want silver, just my
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Ok I just painted my car and was thinking of two toneing it so looking for ideas. my first is silver as the second color but not sure top / bottom / stripe / half wrap with graphics??????? You can see the full build at my link below



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Old May 11, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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Re: 2 tone paint ideas

i'm thinking of painting my 88 trans am blue on top/ white on bottom. i'm also toying with the idea of the numbers on the doors and hood kinda like the big red one camaro or like some vintage scca racecars. any imput would be appreciated. i want a vintage trans am series racecar look.
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