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tiburon628
11-10-2007, 12:26 PM
my tiburon is a 2006 and its dark blue. i love the color but just the fact that its dark makes it hard to take care of, on top of the fact that it battles the NY winter/salt/sand, so when spring comes around i gotta do a ton of work to get the car looking brand new again. so im thinking of painting the car a light color.. i owned 2 silver elantras and its a great color and easy to take care of. im also thinking white.. or maybe a 2 tone idea, like the top blue and bottom silver or the other way around.... OR just leave the car the color it is.

discuss....

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/tiburon628/Picture075.jpg

nul7
11-10-2007, 12:49 PM
Gunmetal......

tiburon628
11-10-2007, 04:13 PM
Gunmetal......

i dont want a dark color.

nul7
11-10-2007, 05:32 PM
Get gunmetal anyway... because I said so!

mac11
11-10-2007, 05:58 PM
leave it alone. so many better things to do with that money.

soullesselantra
11-11-2007, 11:07 PM
you should have taken the advice in the other thread you started...why bring up old **** and make it look new because you are too lazy to clean your car...if you dont like taking care of your car, get rid of it...

http://forum.crookedh.com/showthread.php?t=3046

tiburon628
11-11-2007, 11:30 PM
you should have taken the advice in the other thread you started...why bring up old **** and make it look new because you are too lazy to clean your car...if you dont like taking care of your car, get rid of it...

http://forum.crookedh.com/showthread.php?t=3046


who relax there guy, i didnt i realize made that other thread until i made this one.... how are you gonna say im to lazy to clean my car? you dont know me man.... i have taken care of every car iv owned and i take very good care of my tiburon, but when it comes to a dark color its not easy to keep it mint, ask anyone.. no matter how much you clean/wax or polish a dark car it will NEVER stay flawless looking like a light colored car will, and i know this because i do it for a living for my cousins limo company and im around auto body shops alot. PLUS im going to be doing autobody/paint work for a living when im done with school.

i think my car looks pretty good for a 2 year old dark car thats been through the worst weather. but it still have swirls, but from the way i detail my car you would never know it unless i neglect the car for a period of time which i dont do.. ever.

soullesselantra
11-11-2007, 11:47 PM
if you went into buying the moonlit blue knowing that you live in NY, you should have realized that it was gonna be a ***** to clean...you wanted opinions...you got a few...you want to make it easier to take care of, move or sell it for a lighter color or repaint the whole thing...three easy options for something that could have been solved with a little thought on your part at the time of purchase

tiburon628
11-23-2007, 10:05 PM
well heres what i wanna do.. heres a pic of 05XD's tiburon with the same 2 tone idea i wanna do.. where his car is yellow i want to do mine silver and leave the top blue.. 05xd, i hope you dont mind me going with the same idea as you, but your car looks great and its the only 2 tone on the tiburon that i like. im going to a few places tommorow to get some prices.. what do you guys think this is gonna run me?
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/tiburon628/003-2.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/tiburon628/002-1.jpg

mac11
11-24-2007, 03:18 AM
what do you guys think this is gonna run me?

more than its worth.

nul7
11-24-2007, 09:57 AM
For a quality paintjob... $3,000 on the low end. And that's only painting the outside. If you want to redo the interior as well, another $2-3,000+.

tiburon628
11-24-2007, 11:51 AM
well the cars getting dropped off monday, im getting the same two tone as 05XD's car, bottom silver top blue.. i got a hook up from someone..

$800 with tax.

nul7
11-24-2007, 01:33 PM
It's not from Earl Scheib is it? lol

mac11
11-24-2007, 03:08 PM
Dewie Cheatum & Howe Painting Co.?