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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Hi need some opinions here... should I paint my lips to match my car color or just leave it as is (not painted) I am planning on doing the front, sides, and rear. Heres a pic of my 95 del sol vtec.

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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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unpainted
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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If you're going to paint the car, I'd paint the lips and skirts.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by brand0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">unpainted </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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Leave it.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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looks fine because your paint is dark so it blends in well. if it was on a bright color that made it more apparent, then i would say yea, but in this case it looks fine.

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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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I am not gonna paint the whole car (not needed) but I was thinking about just painting the lips guess not. But I am prob gonna shave off my rear emblem since its a red one (last owner did this) plus I kinda messed up the paint trying to remove the del sol and vtec sticker...

ps: do you guys think these rims look much better than my last ? my last ones were 15" rota slips heres a pic

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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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Do you guys think the back of my car needs to be lowered more ? or is it just me...
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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paint it a fresh coat of flat black, they are looking a bit faded.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Paint what black ? if your talking about the lips they are not even painted lol..
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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I didn't want to start a new thread but I need some opinions.. Should I paint my front,side, rear lip black or leave it as is (Not painted)
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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Leave it unpainted, looks good IMO

I like the wheels in the first pic, keep those and slam it
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jit01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't want to start a new thread but I need some opinions.. Should I paint my front,side, rear lip black or leave it as is (Not painted) </TD></TR></TABLE>

I think you are trippin people out [myself included] by saying that something that is black is not actually black, but is actually unpainted. Because your front lip, side skirt, and rear back section [im assuming you are talking about the black insert at bottom center of rear bumper?] are indeed the color black. A fresh coat of flat black bumper touch up paint would look good, and a gloss black could be really effective as well, tho it would be straying away from the coveted clean OEM look :rollseyes:

In the end, do what you want, and if you need chops of anything for a visual, feel free to PM me
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by soccerwuedo5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think you are trippin people out [myself included] by saying that something that is black is not actually black, but is actually unpainted. Because your front lip, side skirt, and rear back section [im assuming you are talking about the black insert at bottom center of rear bumper?] are indeed the color black. A fresh coat of flat black bumper touch up paint would look good, and a gloss black could be really effective as well, tho it would be straying away from the coveted clean OEM look :rollseyes:

In the end, do what you want, and if you need chops of anything for a visual, feel free to PM me </TD></TR></TABLE>

yep this is what i meant, after a while the lips start to turn a faded black color, re-spray with flat black to make them look good again.
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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Thanks guys soccerwuedo5 can you plz photoshop my car with the lips painted flat black ? Use the pic with my new rims (not the rotas)

integra da9 this is as low as I am gonna go lol..
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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i would leave them black
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jit01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
integra da9 this is as low as I am gonna go lol.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

looks good either way
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