ljmushock

So yeah, both my cars in the past have been red, and I think the first gen would look absolutely bad ass in red... I'm thinking Milano Red (Legend Red). What do you guys think? Waste of Money, or classy investment? My current color is Pacific Blue

ljmushock

Basically, think of your TL painted this color:

JLintheTL

i wouldn't do it on a 4 door family car.

longeye23s

family car my ass! i say go for it. mmmm, in second thought i not sure about red. i cant picture it..

KADAW

umm naw i dont think it would look good..

Edit:I've always wanted the IS300 Graphite Gray Pearl ..

ljmushock

What was I thinking!

Stupid ME!

Stupid Acura-no taste in paint colors!!!!

Just my opinion, I had a Jeep, Truck, and a Oldsmobile in RED... Any Car looks good in red, and I think it would look better than usual cus its a 1st gen... just playing around though

wackjum

If I have time, I'll photoshop my car in red.

But give me a bit. I'm going to be busy until Sunday.

KADAW

i half/ass adobo someones car [hope ya dont mind] n its more like candyapple red?

ljmushock

Thanks, that would be the ultimate deciding factor... I'm not dead set on it, just sitting there looking at all my little dings and dents and thought about getting it painted...then started thinking about Legends...Red Legends...the My car red!

ljmushock

Thanks!! That looks good, real good, IMO... what does everybody else think?

longeye23s

looks good, i like. that would look good on a black wheel with polish lip or chrome. ljmushock if u r like me, custom and whats to be diffrenet than go for it.

longeye23s

hey kadaw can u do the same with the inspire lip kit on? that would look hot with the kit on.

KADAW

yeah if u have a pic of the car with the inspire lip then yeah.. or ill try to find it .. give me time

HQuakers

I think that will actually look good. If you go darker, it will be like the accord color reds, which I don't like. A lighter shade like the legend will look good. That pic of the legend you posted doesn't show the red that great. Think of it like this:

Sorry for using your pic Mark, if you are looking

ljmushock

Yeah, that looks so good. Im contemplating it, I would be very interested to see how much Acura would charge for A milano red paint job

JLintheTL

i said '"I" wouldn't do it' You posted pics of maroon cars which is not even close to the 1st legend picture you posted. you're comparing family car size our TL and the TSX?? stfu

you make a thread asking for opinions and your being a sarcastic b*tch about others comment. end yourself now

Mike_McCready

You seriously don't like that RL red? I think it is gorgeous, I'm trying to talk my dad into it. All I see is grey RLs, he needs something more outstanding imo

JLintheTL

I like the maroon RL. It is a subtle color and works well with the car but not cherry red. Are you talking about the cherry red coupe legend?

longeye23s

i ready, ready, ready, ready like those wheels on that red legend. thats it! im getting those wheels..

KaMLuNg

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i love milano red

982.5TL

Thats my car, lol. and I dont mind. I think that our cars are too big/long to be painted red. the legend coupe is shorter and looks sportier in red. if you wanna do it i say go for it and fuck what anyone else thinks, lol. im not entirely sure if it would look good in the bright red.

I really like the redondo red pearl color. If i got a new TL i would get redondo red. I really like the maroon color on the first gens too.

longeye23s

this is the red u should go for..imo. it would look ready good.
for some people the tl is a family car, leave it as is. but to others "like us" the tl is a luxuary/sporty car that thinks it looks good with wheel and that is drop and lets say diffrenet, we express our self with our cars.
i guess that all i have to say.. :wink:

spooky3ce

Here are my

My opinion for the color red is ugly... especially on a 4 door...

but in pursuit to be different... and since you have a strong positive opinion about the color red on a car and you like it like that... i say go for it... why not... It is your car... you can do whatever you want to it...

Me personally wouldn't even think of painting my car red... for some weird reason... can't really picture it unless its a burgendy/dark red... I would leave the sports car look to the sport cars... but like I said above... its your car... and if you really like it... GO FOR IT!!!

Besides... there aren't many red 1st Gens... or should I say... there aren't any...

ljmushock

Cry some more please.

ljmushock

Mixed reviews is what I wanted, but to make a rash statement that Red looks ugly on a four door family car is quite absurd... Look at how many red cars you see on the road... true there are more 2 doors in red than 4 doors, and it is a sportier look, but probably every auto manufacturer makes a 4 door red sedan... But anywho I'm not in the arguing mood. Thanks for all comments, for and against red.

ljmushock

Oh... no I like the maroon color Acura makes, I was just being sarcastic

Ysidro

Hi folks.
To me red is kind of outdated. Its not in style anymore. Nowadays its black for classy-ness and silver.
Painting the TL red is so turn off regardless of any shades.
However, if you were to put new front, read, and side body kits, witheye brows then painting it the legend color would be bad-ass. Somebody in my neigborhood put a skyline bodykit on his Vigor with the legend red with aftermarket rims looks so bad-ass. Thats just my opinion.

wackjum

As promised, here's a red TL. Kind of a shitty job. I should have started on a dark colored car. But anyway, special thanks to the person this car belongs too. I can't remember which thread I stole it from.

KADAW

i belive thats 982.5tl's car, the same car i did my adobo too. lol thats funny

spooky3ce

Nice photoshop skills... Can you make it a bit darker??? maybe a burgendy... red needs to be dark to make it look classy IMHO... a bright red would be more NSX type...


Sporty


Classy

There's the differance that i'm talking about... just my though...

Also depends on what you are into... our cars are semi-sporty... so if you are going for the whole sporty look with the racing rims etc... the NSX red would look cool... if you are looking to keeping it luxurious... burgendy would look cool...

You will be differant though... unique... I say go for it...

longeye23s

now that im looking at that red im not feeling it but that red on that soooo good looking rl might work..dame that rl looks good

longeye23s

any has a smoke?lol , that rl looks fu@%ing goood.

wackjum

Ok well I've started with a black car. This is Kaoman's to be exact.

This color is something that I a lot of Caddy's come in so it looks pretty luxurious to me.



The next picture is more of a red. I was trying to emulate the RL's color in the previous post.



And this one just came back from frontline combat.

KADAW

i got bored, n i had time...

lol

KADAW

wackjum, ur skills are crazy. good job

wackjum

Hehe, thanks for the props Kadaw.

I have a WACOM tablet so that makes things easier. If you're seriously into graphics design, its almost required.

KADAW

ha cool, eventho iono what that is refering to, i am very into graphics design, but i have my own way arounds things, hah

HQuakers

The RL red looks great in the pic posted. That red might go a little better, IMHO.

spooky3ce

If i were in the military i wouldn't mind that color scheme for my TL... would be pimp... especially if it looks like that...

mblackmarr

When I graduate from college this winter and get my first real Job I am going to do every thing in my power to get that red RL. Of course I will keep my 96 TL. I say go for the red that is on that RL mabey add some pearl to it and put a candy layer on the top of it.