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What to do with a yellow car?
UnknownSaint
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So I've had my little Toyota Camry for a couple years now, and my parents have recently acquired a bright-ass yellow 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, which they want to give me and take back the Camry. (We own a tow company, the Lancer owner didn't want to get her car out so it's mine now.)
Anyhow, after a bit of body work it's going to get new paint (still staying yellow) and I was asked if maybe I wanted to do something a little different with it. Honestly I don't mind the yellow, but I think it could benefit from something a little more, just to break up the canary/sunflower/your eyes are bleeding brightness of it. I'm considering something black, maybe the sideskirts and bottom of the front/rear bumpers, but I don't want anything that obnoxiously screams 'lawlriceburner', but rather something that is subtle and simply makes the car look better.
So if anyone has any ideas or has seen something that works well, kick 'em out here, I definitely need opinions on this.
Anyhow, after a bit of body work it's going to get new paint (still staying yellow) and I was asked if maybe I wanted to do something a little different with it. Honestly I don't mind the yellow, but I think it could benefit from something a little more, just to break up the canary/sunflower/your eyes are bleeding brightness of it. I'm considering something black, maybe the sideskirts and bottom of the front/rear bumpers, but I don't want anything that obnoxiously screams 'lawlriceburner', but rather something that is subtle and simply makes the car look better.
So if anyone has any ideas or has seen something that works well, kick 'em out here, I definitely need opinions on this.
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use black on the yellow you have in the same style as the white on red.
you could also do a black racing stripe down the centerline of the car.
like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/califdreama/1591163375/
Never, ever going to do that, but a carbon fiber hood isn't out of the question in the future, which is part of why I want to do black.
And god no, no flames.
I'm not so sure about anything down the center, I wouldn't mind something down the side, maybe on the lower part of it. Like I said, subtle is better.
Some good ideas right here.
Seriously though, I think you have the right idea. If you really want to paint it, paint the sideskirts and crap, maybe the handles and a mirrors and call it done. Don't paint anything down the middle. Don't paint stripes down the side. Honestly, I would just leave it be. Either way, even if you just paint a small part of it black, the yellow is still going to be there, except now it is going to look like a bumble bee.
CF on 120hp car = no.
Get yourself some forged pistons and boost that fucker, stock bottom end is pretty solid on those and should be able to take 7-8psi easily. Then you can start dressing it up like a baby Evo.
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If its anything like my yellow car I suggest getting as many spare bumpers as possible. Since it sticks out like a sore thumb people become numb to it and then its like they never see it.
I'm not getting it repainted a new color, to avoid this kind of thing. (And the heavier cost in a full new paintjob.)
And honestly I like the looks of a carbon fiber hood and think it goes well with a yellow car, but yeah, definitely a good point PF.
Couple here in the spoiler. Most blind-linked, so hopefully they work.
Different strokes and all, but I'm really not liking that on any level. Maybe something like blacking out the grille and dark wheels?
There really isn't much you can do though, it's still a yellow Lancer. :P
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Maybe just a blacked out grill and smoked headlights - was planning on getting black wheels anyhow because I will need new rims. No crazy paint or stripes involved, though I don't think black trim on the bottom would look bad at all, as the size of bottom portion of the sideskirts and the front/rear bumpers would make it look pretty clean. I really just want something that breaks up the look of 'THISYELLOWISBRIGHTASFUCK' which is all I can think of when I look at it.
Though JDM rear bumper is kind of tempting...I find the rear bumper obnoxiously large and flat as it is normally.
Lancers don't look good in bright colors or in person.
Well like I've said, it's the car I'm getting and it's the color it's staying in, so I'm unsure how this helps.
Oh, I'm just being a jerk. I think black wheels look good with bright colors like yellow.
Also, I can't think of a lot of paint jobs you could do to a yellow car that wouldn't make it look like a show-car or a racer's vehicle. I feel that even painting just the skirts black would make it look sort of like a racers bit. Although now that I'm just thinking about it, what if you got a rubber coat around the skirt instead of just painting it black, it might look a little less flashy and still dull the yellow out a bit. This could also make it look like a bumper car; this might not actually be something you'd want to encourage.
Just own it man. Yellow's a nice color for compacts. Personally I'm not a big fan of paint customization unless it's whole hog (whole custom paint job or artcar), as just stock paint kept in good condition has universal appeal.
Something like the white stripes you see on a AC Cobra or maybe you can do something more fancy kinda like the ALMS Corvette GT1 teams (OT. Go Big Mag. Go).
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vemp_0802w_alms_corvette_paint_scheme/photo_07.html
Also maybe the roof?
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I have to agree as an owner of an insanely yellow car nothing will make it any less yellow. If you try it will just look like a yellow car that some one went all crazy on. Don't waste money on making less of a banana and worry more about its performance. Let no one doubt the power of your banana.
That the car? I'd see about getting the current black parts painted yellow personally. Like where the mirrors attach to the doors and the black trim around the windows. But then, I find a bright colored car with very straight lines looks killer. So I'd accentuate those.
As for the side skirts, if they're painted black it could make the car look a little funny. The bright yellow might end up looking like the bottom of the car so it'll look like its jacked up a bunch.
Also, adding black to the yellow is going to make the yellow stick out more, not tone it down. That's why all those cars above look ricer.
I guess you could look into getting a copy of some racing game that lets you change the appearance of your car too, and experiment with that. Depending how much time you want to spend seeing how different things turn out.
But then I saw this:
And remembered how awesome this is:
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I agree that you just might have to focus on what's inside.
Edit:
Side note, what was Mitsubishi thinking with that model?
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There is nothing you can do with that car. There is probably a reason the owner didn't want it anymore.
i think at this point you might just have to resign yourself to living a quarter mile a time
but at least for those ten seconds (probably about twenty in your case :P) or less you'll be free and nothing else matters
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Used to be you could break up the yellow with chrome, but sadly, those days are long gone.
I don't have much to add in terms of what you *should* do, I just wanted to discourage you from doing anything too crazy like blends from one colour to the other. Extremely difficult to touch up if someone dings a panel, and near impossible to replace a panel and have it look the same. Also, I haven't seen a car made after 1979 with flames painted on it look good, and I don't like carbon fibre bonnets.
I think yellow looks good with red highlights. A nice set of wheels with a big red set of 4 pot calipers sitting behind them, for example. Red seatbelts could look either awesome or gay, and you won't find out until you do it. :P
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That model in the middle of the 3 is an ass ugly car no matter the colour, just deal
It's an excellent prank though. After a school dance once, there were a few boxes of those stupid glowsticks, still unused.
$5 worth of zipties, four guys, and a bit of work later, and our vice-principal was sporting one pimped-out Chevy Impala. :P
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Then I guess I'll kit it out (primered of course, maybe rattlecan those parts) and put a double-decker aluminum spoiler on it, followed by an exhaust tip large enough to fit a basketball.
Seriously though, thanks for all the input!