'01 RT before/after

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:53 pm

idk im just getting used to photoshop but here goes.... comments/suggestions?

BEFORE

AFTER (removed side moldings/emblems, drop, powdercoat rims)

this came out better than i thought..... hmm i like, maybe i should do it for real though

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:30 pm

Looks good.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:23 pm

looks like louies in that photoshop

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:28 pm

very nice, make it a reality and you'll be all set.

CU_rob · Post by **CU_rob** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:35 pm

DO IT!~ DO IT! ~ DO IT!

01RTsilver · Post by **01RTsilver** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:11 pm

clean look.... now do it

lower it at the least

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:06 pm

money wise it shouldnt be an issue. no offense but im what you might call "jewish" when it comes to spending money - in other words, im extremelly frugal and i feel that i just cant justify $500 for springs/shocks, another $200 for labor, and whatever amount it is to get the body repainted where the moldings/emblems get removed which brings up a good point.... i might as well remove all of the "dodge" , "neon" , "dodge r/t" , and "2.0 magnum" emblems while im at it. my front bumper needs to get repainted too cuz by the looks of it the previous owner mustve taken it off roading cuz i have rock chips and scratches all over my front end but especially the lower half of the front bumper. how much, do you estimate this will cost to powdercoat the rims, remove the emblems/moldings, get the paint matched to the rest of the car AND get my entire front bumper repainted.. thanks

sorry but i need something to validate my spending and the support so far has been very helpful

maybe ill be lookin into an srt-4 once im into college so i dont know if i can justify $1k+..... ahh i want it, i dont want it, i want it, i dont want it, i can never make up my mind! (i just looked again and my first pic looks so innocent compared to the 2nd one). sorry for the long post

JustANeon · Post by **JustANeon** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:21 pm

Umm when you remove the badging and embelms and the like you shouldnt have to get it repainted, just some goo be gone or something like that and a good wax, and your good to go.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:23 pm

i thought that the paint underneath where emblems used to be still has the shiny finish like the day it drove off the lot.... or maybe if i do a wax job right afterward... mmm..... smooooth.

the side moldings.... glue/adhesive or bolted in?

JustANeon · Post by **JustANeon** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:25 pm

glue/adhesive, just pry a little part up and rip it off

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:30 am

at one point in time. ...that was my exact car

minus the grillcraft.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:20 am

i cant decide whether or not i like the grill. the previous owner installed it but i dont know how to remove it??????? heres the same pic as above only silver (factory) finish instead of powdercoat rims, still has no side moldings or emblems and its dropped. still lookin pretty

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:21 pm

Hey, photoshop the wheels bronze. I wanna see how that looks.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:23 pm

the grill looks nice. now you need the upper one to match.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:38 pm

as for the grille it would have to be custom because grille craft does not make an upper grille for the 2g neon. :gag: heres the wheels you requested... i either did a horrible job or this color is just way off....

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:53 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:as for the grille it would have to be custom because grille craft does not make an upper grille for the 2g neon. :gag: heres the wheels you requested... i either did a horrible job or this color is just way off....

both

color is off. .but that can be easily corrected.

where you messed up is you selected that area as a whole. you need to de-select the area in between the spokes, the lugs, etc...

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:34 am

Yeah, those look gold. If you make them darker I think it will look pretty cool.

JustANeon · Post by **JustANeon** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:14 pm

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:55 pm

ahh much better

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:33 pm

whats with people and bronze rims all of a sudden? IMO bronze rims only look good on the cars that came stock with them, like WRX's

I even like the black over the bronze, but hey i think some nice spoked chome rims would set that red off nice...oh well

JustANeon · Post by **JustANeon** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:09 pm

When you want to change thiings like that, just select them and press Ctrl + U and that will bring up the hue saturation control panel. from there select colorize and mess with the three settings to reproduce what I did there

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:00 am

I've like bronze rims for a long time. Before they became all popular. I think the bronze would look bad ass with the red.