Ferrariferg Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I've decided that I want to start getting my car ready for paint. I've decided to use red and/or black. But I don't know if I want it to be a solid color or do a Chevelle type racing stripe. What does everyone think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauisnow13 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Personally I've never really liked a stripe on a Z. There are a couple cars I have seen pull it off, but for the most part it doesn't suit me. It is, of course, personal opinion, so whatever you think would look good. You can always do some photoshopping beforehand to see if you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 I don't have photo shop and I wouldn't know the first thing about it. lol. I would love to learn how to use it though. I have seen some really cool things done with photo shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauisnow13 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I like using photoshop to see if I like how paint or body parts will look on a car. This is a Hybridz member's that I played with. The first is normal, the second is when I was done. I was just kinda having fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauisnow13 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Oh, and I know I'm not the best at paintshop, but it's still fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 It looks really kool. I'm trying to get my dad to buy it and a couple of my friends to teach me how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpuga Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 well what im going to do is a 2 tone dark tan on top and lighter tan on the bottom. i still havent seen any z like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Id reconsider doing tans... Maybe go with a two tone of silver/grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauisnow13 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Silver and Grey always looks nice. Super Clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 what exactly do you want, I can shop it for you when I can find a spare moment??? Just put down what you want on the car, color, flares CF hood etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO-Z Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Personally I like stripes, but I am OLD SCHOOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 what exactly do you want, I can shop it for you when I can find a spare moment??? Just put down what you want on the car, color, flares CF hood etc.... I would really appreciate that. My current ideas are: Candy Red, Gloss Black, Red with Black stripes, Or Blue with White or Silver stripes. Here is a picture of the kind of stripes I want. But I want them spaced out to match the lines of the hood. I also like the small accenting line on the sides of the stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 What about this with black stripes? (along with black trim, wheels, and dark tint) As I get on more black trim it looks better and better. Cant wait to get wheels and tint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 What about this with black stripes? (along with black trim, wheels, and dark tint) As I get on more black trim it looks better and better. Cant wait to get wheels and tint. Very nice. But not my style. I'm an old school kind of guy. I love gobs of chrome and bright colored paint jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauisnow13 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Challenger, your car is looking awesome! Now I definitely love that color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_furious Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 A little bit on racing stripes: They were popularized in part by the Gordon Bennet Cup, Grand Prix, and FIA rules in the early 20th century and came on strong in the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the color schemes and stripes / patterns denoted the country of origin of the car's owner or racing team. The late '60s and early '70s saw sponsorship colors take hold and push out national colors in most racing disciplines. That's why there are so many red Ferraris, Alfas, and Maseratis. Ditto green and yellow Jaguars, Aston Martins, Lotus(Lotii?), and BRMs. Same for silver BMWs, Mercedes, and Porsches(actually, they're supposed to be white, but to reduce weight in the '30s, some cars were left in bare aluminum, and it stuck). U.S. colors at the time were blue over white...which you see on Cunningham C4-Rs, Shelby Cobras, GT40s, Mustang GT 350s and a number of other '60s era U.S. cars. There's a bit of folklore about the direction and placement of stripes and their origin. Tread with caution on this next part. Supposedly an offset stripe would help track workers (especially on a track hosting a race in the LeMans series, with many cars and teams coming from all over the world, in a variety of configurations) locate the driver in event of a rollover. Another benefit of an offset stripe supposedly is that being down the driver's line of sight, it will give them a subconscious reference of the vehicle's orientation on the track, especially in a spinout or when transitioning quickly across the surface. Supposedly Briggs Cunningham was the first to apply a longitudinal stripe to a racing vehicle, with the Cunningham C2 in 1951. Japanese national colors are an off-white with a red 'meatball' and black numbers. I wasn't about to slap a giant hinomaru on my Z, so I took a little license and did this instead: I stopped the stripe short on the hatch, since I'll get a spoiler on there eventually and I didn't want a stripe sticking out underneath it, and the stripe doesn't go all the way down the front, either. Purely my personal opinion, but the Z doesn't lend itself to full length stripes the way other cars do. Datsun had a factory longitudinal stripe on the Z in the form of the ZZZap! package: In the end, it's your car and the colors & style of stripe should suit your taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 lol. Thanks for that little tid bit. I didn't know that stripes really had any meaning. I love learning little facts about random things. Very nice car by the way. Red and White are always a winning combination in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Here are some quick photoshops of the car as requested. Sorry that I don't have a lot more free time on my hands, but you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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junglist Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 As I get on more black trim it looks better and better. Cant wait to get wheels and tint. What did you paint your trim with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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