Mopar lip kit

04_NeonSxt · Post by **04_NeonSxt** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:58 am

Ok so i'm new to this forum, but I do want to know your opinion on this. I have a Solar yellow neon and a mopar lip kit. But the kit is silver, and i am considering just installing it that way for the two tone look. Here are some pics that I have done, there not my neon but I cant remember who's they are. I now this is a popular topic but I would really like your opinion. Thanks

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:10 pm

First off, Welcome to 2GN.

I voted no, as I believe it would look cleaner, all one color. Just my .02

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:06 pm

I 2nd the welcome.
i also voted no. If the car was black it would be different. do it all one color. or just change the color if u dont wana have a donor car on ur hands

SteelBlue · Post by **SteelBlue** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:34 pm

I'm with the above. It looks so much cleaner if its all one color, In my opinion anyway. I'm betting you are going to find a lot of people voting this way but ultimately its your car so you should do what makes you happy.

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:41 pm

I voted no. I've seen it done before and thought: "He bought a lip kit off of someone but couldn't afford to get it painted."

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:46 pm

joseph_hac wrote:I voted no. I've seen it done before and thought: "He bought a lip kit off of someone but couldn't afford to get it painted."

x2 I always think the same thing no matter what... get it painted.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:12 pm

In germany we call that like "hillbillytuning".
Either it says "it is silver so everyone can see what i (the big tuner himself!) have changed" or "look i'm too poor/stingy/lazy/whatever to make it right".

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:16 pm

Welcome!

It's been said before, and I'll say it too....don't do it. It is a hideous color combo IMO. You could pull off black, but that's it.

Enjoy your stay

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:19 pm

silver and yellow doesn't flow but black and yellow you could pull off, if you had black rims and tinted headlights and tails then it could work IMO

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:31 pm

Paint it. Or sell it to me.

04_NeonSxt · Post by **04_NeonSxt** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:31 am

Ok, well does any one know about how much it should cost to get them painted, because if I remember they dont have solar yellow paint for our cars so i'll have to get it painted at a shop. I can instal them myself, though.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:09 pm

No cleaner if it was one color

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:22 pm

04_NeonSxt wrote:Ok, well does any one know about how much it should cost to get them painted, because if I remember they dont have solar yellow paint for our cars so i'll have to get it painted at a shop. I can instal them myself, though.

It varies from shop to shop...

jake_tim · Post by **jake_tim** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:41 pm

The going rate is usually about 2-300 per panel right.?, Lip pieces are a little smaller so I would say around $500 all around, just a guess?. Like Diablo said, it really depends on the shop.

For reference, my friend got his entire body kit painted for $600 at a reputable place around here, so I would expect far less than that for a lip kit.

-Jacob

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:05 am

Welcome, and paint it!

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:38 am

i say no and welcome to 2gn.org

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:25 am

Wow in the first picture it almost looks like there are two foglights side by side. Hm....

I've seen worse colors on a car. Most times it looks terrible, though. Maybe if you added a silver racing stripe it wouldn't look as bad. Don't go for mix and match parts and panels, though, say for instance if you put a silver spoiler on it. Then it just looks thrown together. All yellow is kind of boring though.

Dukk · Post by **Dukk** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:19 pm

I flip-flop on this one. It doesn’t look BAD, and back in the 80s, Mustangs, Z28s, and Z24s all came specifically with silver kits on them so I think it looks alright. I do understand the line of thought that the kit should be body color. I scored a red kit and my car is graphite – I too sometimes think it would look alright to just put it on like it is but I’ll likely paint it first.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:28 pm

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