I was at the body shop today getting my lip put back on , and was thinking about paint schemes. What do you think about painting the middle part of the hood black and have it come down to a section of the lip? I was also thinking of having the sides painted, having the green fade to black.

 

^ it might take away from the upscale look of the car ... you ever consider going two-tone? maybe the whole top black might not look as ricey as just the hood

 

Just paint the car NBP. Don't half ass it. Come to the dark side...

 

I agree that it might ruin the upscale look. Don't do it.
-Cozmo

 

not into the fade idea...i think fading looks tacky...two tone might look good

 

Go ahead and do it if its on your civic! If you do it on your TL i'll kill you.

 

Black and Green, maybe?

 

Ray keep it green homie

 

green and black is a good combo....ONLY if its done right.

 

your NGP looks dope, don't change it.

 

Yes, because I want to see something really different on a really nice and different car!

 

It would look terrible for a luxury car, run a search there are a couple of people with the hood painted down the middle so you can get a feel for how it looks.

 

Why mess with a good thing...

IMO...don't do it...

 

yea i think your car looks freakin hot the way it is with that lip on it. Green is a rare color as it is. Just an idea I thought I'd throw out. Have you thought of painting the headlights? I wonder what it'd look like if you painted them to match the color of the car....like ferrari's or the new corvette's do.

 

I'd stay with the green bro. Maybe some one can do a p/s to see what it looks like though.

 

if you want to change the color paint the entire car that color.... do something different if you want a change, but dont do two colors, imo it doesnt sit right on a TL.

 

Black Hood

 

is that hood cf? if not, it just adds to the factor of that car. that car looks like shit with that bumper.

 

yeah that bumper is part of the hideous Sarona kit. It's not carbon fiber it's just painted with blue metallic flakes

 

god that sarona kit is disgusting

 

I'm REALLY thinking about painting my hood and grill like that in the spring. I found a guy who can paint CF...looks perfect....but need to see how much coin it will cost..

 

Well here is somewhat of an idea with a CF Hood that I got photoshopped

 

^^^^, Hell no!

 

Yeah i'm kinda not feeling that..

 

don't know if you meant to keep the side skirts black, but that looks god awful. i could do without the CF hood, but to each their own. pretty good PS of wut it'd actually look like.

 

nah man no carbon fiber hood, just doesnt look right on our cars, to luxury for that, i think you should get the OEM front lip, and finish out the rest of the kit, and your set.

 

I think it would look better with just the center of the hood done CF...oh yea, and the grill also...at least that's what I was thinking about having done...photoshop anyone..I don't have the progran, nor the skills...

 

u should make the WHOLE car CF, that'll be different, im not good with photoshop so, someone give it a try. a CF TL with oem body kit and dropped with black housing headlights. =D

 

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different isn't always better

 

I now do not want a CF hood. don't like the look at all. I'm glad someone PS'd it. I agree the TL is too classy to have a CF hood tossed on it, it's not a wrx or se-r or eclipse or anything.

 

Yeah after that PS, I don't want one no more. Maybe to have a spare hood for shows or something but I wouldnt want it on all the time.

 

I think your PS has too big a weave of CF. A smaller weave would look better. I also think it would look better on black or anthracite.

 

i dont think it looks GOD AWFUL
its not bad to me actually..
dont know if were looking at the same pic... but as someone mentioned, from that distance u def wont be able to see teh weaves that big...

 

^I second that... it's both good and bad... I guess it depends

 

i do agree that a full cf hood in untouched form won't really go well with the upscale style of the TL...but how about a cf hood, candy cleared with green...not a bad idea IMO...you can still see the cf through the clear green, but its obviously greenish instead of all out black...a pal of mine recently candy cleared a carbon hood and trunk on an e46 m3 at his shop...just a thought...

-Andy

 

I put CF Hood on my green Integra an i can say it didn't really look of it.(Hunter Green)
If you wanted to stand out try just middle of hood an center where grille is, it may look good.

I like what ACCURATEin did to his TL ,but i havn't seen one done on 2Gen TL

 

Zero did his Naples Gold like Accurate check the photo thread and here is a CF hood on a 2nd Gen TL ,

 

could we get a side shot?! nice rims