painted my hood.

[CoastieCosta567]

Got my hood painted black, still on my way to start racing, and i'm almost there. I'm starting to go race in the rallycross here in corpus christi, they race every month once a week in the weekends. it's run by SCCA.http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_060.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13055)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_059.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13054)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_058.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13053)

[kodiak]

Wow!! That looks really good! Some how it makes it look more serious. :thumbup:

[nfpgasmask]

Coastie, I have to say, I honestly liked the way it looked before. HOWEVER, maybe you need to paint your insert white now? I just feel like the lack of contrast is slightly off putting now. But don't listen to me if you are liking it!

EDIT: or maybe even red? :rolleyes:

:thumbup: Bart

[CrnCnn]

I was thinking of doing this. I also want to do accross the top of the truck too. I kinda agree with Bart tho. Maybe I will still do it and paint the Rising Sun on the insert.

[pbkid]

damn great minds must think alike....i've been talking to body shops for the last week trying to figure out who i am gonna pay to do mine black...and secondly, i am planning on painting my insert red to black fade....

i hate you all...i thought i was being original :(

that was gonna be my secret project for when i showed up to moab...guess ill have to come up with something else :naughty:

[JoFotoz]

Yup Coastie...that looks GOOD!


jo

[don moore]

WOW thats sweet looking...good job

[tomdietrying]

I like it. I think it goes with the look your going for. It makes it look like a rally car now.
Peace.
Tom

[don moore]

more stickers...hehe

[Triathlete]

I painted mine black way back in 1999!:bwgy:

[CoastieCosta567]

thanx guys, yeah i'm still working on it, i got a project in mind that i'm keeping under my sleve for now, once i finish it, i'll show you guys, it's completly origenal. And now it's kinda hard to do all i want cuz i got another car i'm hooking up aswell so i have to split my mod.. money with 2 cars and the occassional wifey car. Next mod is finish my exhoust.

[WormGod]

Allow me to sound like the party pooper here, but, I don't like it. Probably mostly because of the aura that surrounds that here. Around here, guys paint their hoods black because they can't afford-want that C/F look. And trust me, you see it a LOT. Sorry CC.... I am sure you have your reasons, but I am already brainwashed. :p

[nfpgasmask]

Allow me to sound like the party pooper here, but, I don't like it. Probably mostly because of the aura that surrounds that here. Around here, guys paint their hoods black because they can't afford-want that C/F look. And trust me, you see it a LOT. Sorry CC.... I am sure you have your reasons, but I am already brainwashed. :p

You know, I see this all the time too. I think what Coastie should do at this point is something to his hood insert to offset the tone of the hood now. Either paint the whole thing black, or paint the hood insert another color (like red or white) to bring the contrast back.

And Coastie, let me say after all of this, that your VX is hot looking, I have always liked what you did, and you have the coolest looking rally VX out there, just offering my suggestions is all. It still looks baddddassss in my opinion.

:thumbup: Bart

[kodiak]

As with all mods there’s a right and a wrong way to do just about everything.
Wormgod has a point. It seams like every kid with a Honda and some flat black spray cans is painting there hood. I do thing it look good on your VX but
Bart’s right, it needs a little something extra.:cool:


Good!

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/l.jpg

Bad!

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/3797330008_large.jpg

[pbkid]

agreed....

try photoshopping to paint the insert and see how that feels...

hey, and dont bash white hoods on anything made in japan, ill post some pics of an STI i worked on (white) with a carbon fiber hood (seibon, probably well over $1000)

[kodiak]

;)
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/caro_059-1.jpg

[tjh]

I was thinking of doing this. I also want to do accross the top of the truck too. I kinda agree with Bart tho. Maybe I will still do it and paint the Rising Sun on the insert.

Ok, I tried . I just had to see it for myself .

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_0581.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/13075)

[tjh]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/463/caro060.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caro060.jpg)

Oh so that's how I get a picture to show ! Cool !

[JoFotoz]

Getting a tad "Boy Racer" now!!



http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/463/caro060.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caro060.jpg)

Oh so that's how I get a picture to show ! Cool !



JMHO!


jo

[pbkid]

ya my opinion is it is too much with the yellow fogs and headlights...

[CoastieCosta567]

Well if you look at the tubas racing team, before they changed there look, they had there hood black, same goes for the dba brakes VX from Australia, they had there hood painted black as well. Sorry but i'm not going for the boy ricer look by any means, the only reason the vx looks they way it does now is cuz i want it to resamble and maybe 1 day be a real rally VX, but thats it. if you look at my honda or lancer they are very simple, they don't show any signs of ricer at all. But you all know here that pictures don't show what the eye can really see in person. every 1 that have seen it says it looks amazing. I wish you guys can see it in person, then you can really judge the look. But hay it's all good, cuz we all have diffrent taists here and thats what makes a VX meet or Car show interesting, Right? And it does not hurt me at all, cuz i'm happy with it, and thats what counts, That the owner is happy, Right?

[CoastieCosta567]

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/pelle21.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13078)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_059.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13054)

[kodiak]

Amen Brother!:thumbup:

[tomdietrying]

Costie,
I just noticed you need to take your Christmas lights down. :)
Peace.
Tom

[pbkid]

oh, here is some pics of that STI i worked on that was silver with carbon hood....
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/3210/0228091451-00.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/3210/0228091314-00.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/3210/0228091238-00.jpg
pioneer 2-din ;)

[CrnCnn]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/463/caro060.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caro060.jpg)

Oh so that's how I get a picture to show ! Cool !

Thats what I want to do....not sure about painting the hood yet though.

[CoastieCosta567]

lol, thats not my house, mine is the one with out the lights and the yellow car next to the VX. But i think about that every day when i pull into my driveway, " :eek:why people so lazy :confused:" lol.


Costie,
I just noticed you need to take your Christmas lights down. :)
Peace.
Tom

[WormGod]

oh, here is some pics of that STI i worked on that was silver with carbon hood....
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/3210/0228091451-00.jpg


Rice. :p

That hood looks like it came off of the chasis of some Japanese anime teenage schoolgirl robot.:bgwo:

[samneil2000]

Rice. :p

That hood looks like it came off of the chasis of some Japanese anime teenage schoolgirl robot.:bgwo:

I love Japanese anime teenage schoolgirl robots! :eek:

[pbkid]

Rice. :p

That hood looks like it came off of the chasis of some Japanese anime teenage schoolgirl robot.:bgwo:

i love it lol...i think it looks so mean!

and a lot of people would say the VX looks like a japanese girls robot ;)

[WormGod]

Huh, in that case....

http://heiseidemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gallyani.gif

I got to thinking about this yesterday and because of that, I took notice of every painted hood I saw while on my way home last night. I didn;t see a single C/F hood, but I did count 3 painted hoods (though one looked it was probably just off of a parted out car, heh). The one that took the cake was the Prelude that had a black hood with, not one, but TWO PepBoys stick on scoops. It was tEh SecKs!

[pbkid]

wow, gotta love the rice!

i have a teg, but its not ricey, legit VIS carbon hood with cowl, lowered 1.25 in the rear, and 2 in the front, 17" blacked out rims, blacked out windows...that it on the outside...

[tom4bren]

"HOWEVER, maybe you need to paint your insert white now"

Who was that strange man that said that. We KNOW it wasn't Mr. (if it ain't black ... I ain't drivin it) Bart.

[nfpgasmask]

"HOWEVER, maybe you need to paint your insert white now"

Who was that strange man that said that. We KNOW it wasn't Mr. (if it ain't black ... I ain't drivin it) Bart.

LOL, yup, it was me. I have always been very fond of contrast, and this goes for the VX as well. Even though my VX is all black, it still maintains that 2-tone look, or Black on Black. In the case of the lighter colored VXes, I think that contrast is even more important. I think he either needs to bring back that contrast and paint the hood insert white to match, or paint it black to blend in with the rest of the hood. Having the black hood, gray insert, white body, yellow lights, red vinyls, things are getting to 'busy'. There has to be a uniformity that brings it all together and keeps it looking pro.


Huh, in that case....

http://heiseidemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gallyani.gif


Is that Battle Angel?


ya my opinion is it is too much with the yellow fogs and headlights...

See, I like the yellow up there. It looks good and rally-ish to me. And I love the red vinyls on the side, but now, Coastie has the hood to finish and I am confident he will succeed!! ;)

Part of doing good mods to me is keeping it simple. You don't want to overload your vehicle with every possible mod available just because you can. When you do that, you start going down the tacky path from which there is usually no return. But as always, this is just my opinion. To each his own!

:D Bart

[tom4bren]

Yup - I've always liked the contrast of black on black:rolleyes:

[nfpgasmask]

Yup - I've always liked the contrast of black on black:rolleyes:

con⋅trast –noun: opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines, or colors in a work of art to intensify each element's properties and produce a more dynamic expressiveness.

So therefore good sir, contrast can be "black on black" as in gloss black on flat black, or in the case of my VX, the gloss black compared to the almost black cladding. It does need to be "light and dark" as you may be thinking, although, that is likewise considered "contrast". :)

Bart

[99VC]

Less is more, this is what I believe in on all mods........................

[kodiak]

Less is more, this is what I believe in on all mods........................


Very true!:thumbup: I always try to make my Mods look like they could have came that way from the factory. I think I’m the only one on the forum with a $1500 sound system attached to an OEM head unit.:p

[CoastieCosta567]

But the hood insert is black, it's flat black, and the hood itself is flat black with a clear coat, making it a little glossy but still flat if compared to a factory black painted car. you can't tell the diffrence really in person, other then the insert, it has no shine at all, thats it. I want to get the cladding around the whole VX painted with some rhino liner stuff but not bumpy. And thats the only thing on my VX thats really not black anymore, but grayish. Then it will look better when painted with black rhino stuff, i think.http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/caro_060.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13055)

[Ldub]

Well if you look at the tubas racing team, before they changed there look, they had there hood black, same goes for the dba brakes VX from Australia, they had there hood painted black as well. Sorry but i'm not going for the boy ricer look by any means, the only reason the vx looks they way it does now is cuz i want it to resamble and maybe 1 day be a real rally VX, but thats it. if you look at my honda or lancer they are very simple, they don't show any signs of ricer at all. But you all know here that pictures don't show what the eye can really see in person. every 1 that have seen it says it looks amazing. I wish you guys can see it in person, then you can really judge the look. But hay it's all good, cuz we all have diffrent taists here and thats what makes a VX meet or Car show interesting, Right? And it does not hurt me at all, cuz i'm happy with it, and thats what counts, That the owner is happy, Right?

Coastie, you know my stance on mods...:yes:

If YOU like it, that's all that matters!...Damn what the rest of the herd is doing!...:thumbup:

Until you get to about this point, then you might want to step back & re-evaluate...:laughgray

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/2570870824_0300ae8cda_o.jpg

[CoastieCosta567]

True that Ldub, your right. Yeah i never will cross that line. Just trying to do the best i can with the limited none excisting VX mods, :p.


Coastie, you know my stance on mods...:yes:

If YOU like it, that's all that matters!...Damn what the rest of the herd is doing!...:thumbup:

Until you get to about this point, then you might want to step back & re-evaluate...:laughgray

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/2570870824_0300ae8cda_o.jpg