Few quick pics of my new 'cuda stripes!

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:31 pm

Flat black on black FTMFW

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:46 pm

Hmmm... it kind of looks like you removed stripes and didn't clean the goop off...

Other than that, your car looks amazing!

[DJ]Tomski · Post by **[DJ]Tomski** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:12 pm

i like it. i think u should take off the r/t and molding strips from the doors and it'll look tits.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:14 pm

looks good! i like it a lot. what part of Ontario are you from

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:25 pm

[DJ]Tomski wrote:i like it. i think u should take off the r/t and molding strips from the doors and it'll look tits.

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:35 pm

dodge_girl wrote:looks good! i like it a lot. what part of Ontario are you from

I am in Mississauga, which is a part of the GTA.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:36 pm

That's my favorite theme on the AAR 'Cudas...tuxedo black with the flat black hood/stripes! Looks great dude! I agree with [DJ]Tomski thought about the "R/T" badge and the door mouldings...take 'em off and it will look a million times better!

Keep it up dude, looks great!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:57 pm

Looks awesome!!!! Reminds me of the tuxedos just like Brodie said:

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:11 pm

it looks preety damn good yo.i agree get rid of the RT badge and side moldings and it would look a millon trillon billon times better

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:08 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Looks awesome!!!! Reminds me of the tuxedos just like Brodie said:

That 'Cuda look sexy as hell!

Flat black hood, eh? I wonder what it would cost me to wrap my hood in flat black vinyl...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:28 pm

Yup hood and wing. And it shouldn't cost you too much. FB vinyl is very cheap. My friend that has a vinyl shop has it in 6foot wide pieces (more than enough to do something like that)

01rtgurl · Post by **01rtgurl** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:48 pm

oooooh I like it.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:53 pm

Black 'Cudas on black cars are very subtle. Looks great but keep the R/T badges (yeah, no one else agrees with me but I know what I like)!

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:07 am

cudas are sooooooooooo 12 months ago.....

looks good. please get different wheels though.

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:42 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Yup hood and wing. And it shouldn't cost you too much. FB vinyl is very cheap. My friend that has a vinyl shop has it in 6foot wide pieces (more than enough to do something like that)

I tossed around the idea with a few of my co-workers, and they don't think its a good idea. They all agree that a flat black hood, like what is seen on many ricers, looks like the driver was going for the carbon fiber look on the cheap.

What do you guys think?

[DJ]Tomski · Post by **[DJ]Tomski** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:24 pm

idk about flat black hoods being rice but i do i agree that it won't look good on your car.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:26 pm

it wouldnt look bad, but yes, it looks like you couldnt afford aCF hood and just painted it.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:29 pm

joseph_hac wrote:
LilSparkPlug wrote:Yup hood and wing. And it shouldn't cost you too much. FB vinyl is very cheap. My friend that has a vinyl shop has it in 6foot wide pieces (more than enough to do something like that)
I tossed around the idea with a few of my co-workers, and they don't think its a good idea. They all agree that a flat black hood, like what is seen on many ricers, looks like the driver was going for the carbon fiber look on the cheap.

What do you guys think?

Tell your co-workers their morons. I have flat black on my car and I can ASSURE them it doesn't look like I wanted CF and couldn't afford it. A 10k paint job > CF any day. Brodie's (supertrick05) car doesn't look cheap either. Its old school from the 70s. When you see a honda with a ghetto ass hood they couldn't afford to paint its different, that doesn't look like the flat black either he or I have.

Again....they have no idea what they are talking about. Flat black accents look amazing when done properly.

And tell them my other hood is a Carbon Fiber hood, an $800 CBD hood....and I painted over the CF. So there. LOL

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:36 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Tell your co-workers their morons. I have flat black on my car and I can ASSURE them it doesn't look like I wanted CF and couldn't afford it. A 10k paint job > CF any day. Brodie's (supertrick05) car doesn't look cheap either. Its old school from the 70s. When you see a honda with a ghetto ass hood they couldn't afford to paint its different, that doesn't look like the flat black either he or I have.

Again....they have no idea what they are talking about. Flat black accents look amazing when done properly.

Tell 'em hun! I agree 100% with you...flat black accents, when done right, look absolutely stunning! I think it would look fantastic on your car, joseph_hac. The only way it looks "rice" is when you spray shit flat black with a rattle can. Then it just looks ghetto as all hell...but when you use an automotive product sprayed out of professional equipment, the results are just fantastic! I know the flat/semi-gloss black thing isn't for everyone, but I can assure you...it's NOT rice and it's NOT meant to be a cheap replacement for carbon fiber. If I would have gotten a carbon fiber hood, I would have painted it with the same paint that is on my SRT hood because that's the look I'm going for.

Oh yeah, and I would suggest NOT wrapping your hood with vinyl...that may be more expensive than to paint it. If you brought your hood to a good body shop, they could paint your hood with the same black as mine (DuPont Hot Hues "HotRod" black) for around $300, which isn't bad at all.

bombtrack07 · Post by **bombtrack07** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:11 am

lower you car!

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:07 am

TNK wrote:it wouldnt look bad, but yes, it looks like you couldnt afford aCF hood and just painted it.

Coming from the guy who had "the skunk."

Flat black cudas look great!

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:22 am

stripes look great on there. as already suggested, a flat black hood will tie it in even better. don't wrap you hood in vinyl, though. do it right and paint it if you want that look.

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:40 am

hul kogan wrote:stripes look great on there. as already suggested, a flat black hood will tie it in even better. don't wrap you hood in vinyl, though. do it right and paint it if you want that look.

What are the cons of wrapping it in vinyl? It would be cheaper and I could always remove it and still have the original paint underneath if I wanted to sell the car.

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:54 am

joseph_hac wrote:What are the cons of wrapping it in vinyl? It would be cheaper and I could always remove it and still have the original paint underneath if I wanted to sell the car.

well, i personally think it looks cheap and tacky. you will probably have a difficult time getting the vinyl to lay down on the hood perfectly. although if you spent some time with a heat gun you might be able to get OK results. still it isn't going to be easy.

i definitely see where you are coming from about the original paint, but i'm not sure wrapping an entire hood in vinyl is the answer either.