i jus got my jdm front installed and painted. i noticed that they painted the ends, the "vent" looking part where its usually painted black. its painted satin silver metallic and i was wondering if you guys think i should have them repaint those vents black. most jdm fronts have those painted black but imo it doesnt look all that bad painted silver also, it looks a bit more aggressive. so im not sure if i wanna keep it like that or paint them black. what do you guys think? i hope you guys know what im talking about with the "vents" (there not actually vents but kinda look like it) thanks guys

 

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come on this is h-t, home of many opinions

 

ttt wow for once no opinions/comments/questions/concerns/insight?

 

how about you post some pictures?

 

in my opinion take the bumper back and have them paint it back to black. imo it looks tacky and just shows the body shop was lazy to tape it up.


Carlo

 

thats wha im talking about

One Bad GeeSeeR has a good point about the shop being lazy on taping it up. i kinda want it black but then again it does look a bit more agressive in silver. any other opinions?

would it be easier to do it myself? im gettin the car out soon so i could still have them repaint the part but its been hard gettin to work w/o my car

 

Leave those areas black. Looks WAYYYY better not painted.

 

yikes !! paint them back to black ! my firned bought an EK and the grill and the side vents were painted , looked so tacky . went out and bought some black trim paint , masked everything off and painted them back to black . looked 100% better

 

do what u like best..

personally id have them repaint it but defintley its totaly up to you..

try to get some pics for us so we can better judge

 

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Did you do the jdm conversion to make us happy or to make yourself happy?

Why dont you figure out what you want intead of asking what others think. If you like the vents color matched, keep it.

 

Yo judson its milos whats up i havent seen you in a long time. You better go tom the meet on the 20th give me a call so we could go together. Yeah i would eather have them paint it black or repaint it my self up to you.

 

thanks fo the replies everyone.
milos i'll hit you up

and yes the conversion is to make myself happy , i jus wanted to know what you guys would do if you were in my situation. would you paint it jus cuz "everyone" paints that part or would you keep it cuz its starting to actually look "decent" color matched

 

Don't paint them. Leave them black...

 

forget the paint, replace it with intake ducts from j's

 

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leave it black or get those inducts from j's (it might make you more happy)

 

yeah get the air duct from J's its so nice. http://www.gruppemeurope.com/ thats who makes them i think .

 

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whoa momma

 

^^ thats only cool if you actually use it like a ram-air.

 

yeh its pretty cool but i dont think i'd rok it

 

i dunno bro that shyt would be better for ur car as well as bad for ur car (debris and rocks)