DAMN that looks good! That trim has been bothering me since the day I first saw it. gdmjoe, PLEASE SELL ME SOME OF YOUR TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Leave the chrome window trim just the way it is... I prefer it chrome!
Black out the window trim... It adds to the badness of the Marauder!!
DAMN that looks good! That trim has been bothering me since the day I first saw it. gdmjoe, PLEASE SELL ME SOME OF YOUR TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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B&M transmission/Precision Industries TC; Eibach-lowered; Addco rear anti-sway; Metco rear control arms; Steeda UDP; 180° 'stat.
gdmjoe, I like the clear side marker light lens. They look real good with the blacked out trim. Dave, I like it both ways. The chrome helps out the wheels. The black out looks more sleath. It all depends on what you like.
I think Slowpoke's comment regarding aesthetic "balance" is right on the mark. Since the eye is sensitive to light, one's "Line-of-sight" view encompasses the prominence of the total car, whereas, blacked-out, only the wheels are prominent.
However, prominence lies in the eyes of the beholder !
hmmmm,.. I'm undecided. I like the trim black out idea, I asked about this a few months ago, I don't think any one had done it yet.
Having seen it now, it looks good..... but,... yeah,.. maybe a bit too much black. I wonder how Cruztaker's car would look with blacked out trim?... hmm,. might go nicely with his black wheels.
yup, still undecided.
Tom
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That just shows how much some of you, martyo, etc., pay attention to detail. I did mine before Ennis, and it was that way at Hershey.....so obviously this is an un-noticed mod.
My answer to you 2quick....it's great! I like yours, I like mine, and anyone else s that does it. DOWN WITH CHROME! My pics are in the gallery in my personal section, that would be the Ennis pics.
I used the blackout tape specically made for this purpose, and found it at autozone. It takes two rolls. Total cost $9, total time 40 minutes. Secret...dont use an exacto knife, use your finger nail around the rubber window trim.
-Barry
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Does this mean I can't wear my chrome pants with a black turttleneck anymore?Originally posted by GarageMahal
Clothes are supposed to match?
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-Tenn. Custom plate: MARAUDR
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- Mac 'n Marty "Retro" Fender Badges
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I think the idea if bringing out the wheels by setting the chrome trim to black is a *good* idea.
But what do I know? I'm only a musician and not a visual artist.
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Originally posted by CRUZTAKER
You are all
That just shows how much some of you, martyo, etc., pay attention to detail. I did mine before Ennis, and it was that way at Hershey.....so obviously this is an un-noticed mod.
Well, I'll be a primate's relative! I went back and checked the pics from Hershey... hot dang, there it is, clear as daylight.
I certainly didn't notice, but I think it's due to your car having so many visual deviations from stock that one is too busy studying the others and therefore miss the little things. I know I was mesmerized by the wing and the look with the CB antennae...
I think Murader03 suspected something, though...
Yup, that's why I NEED the black wheels, 'Poke!!! Actually, I'm gonna go with a dark, dark, dark gray powdercoat on the wheels so that the tires still look "blacker" than the wheels. Thanks for the tip, Cruz . . . OH NO!!! WHAT TIME DOES AUTOZONE CLOSE!Originally posted by Slowpoke
. . . the chrome window trim 'balances' the chrome wheels from an aesthetic point of view. with blacked out trim, the wheels seem out of place against a black car.
Can't wait to do all my black-out mods . . . blacked-out trim. Black-chromed badge. Tint, tint, tint. Black, black, black. Can ya tell, I like black?
2003 Mercury Marauder 300B, matte-black, S55 taillights.
B&M transmission/Precision Industries TC; Eibach-lowered; Addco rear anti-sway; Metco rear control arms; Steeda UDP; 180° 'stat.
NBC Shooter,
Sounds like you've designed the special Johnny Cash edition, "MM in Black". Should be awesome in daylight.
IS there any other color ( BLAC BLACK BLACK and more BLACK)
looks great !!
Hey Barry? you pointed the trim out to me at Ennis didn't you? Wow... I need to lay off the tequila maybe? I must've killed that brain cell!
I also want to add that the first test wheel was done in grey. IT SUCKED!!!
I beg of you to do your spare as a sample FIRST when choosing any color other than black. The original plan was to use a color called "GUNMETAL", but the company needed a paint code that I could not provide. OZ wheels has several gunmetal wheels, but their corporate offices won't un-ass the paint codes.
See my old thread on 'powder coating wheels' for more info.
See my gallery pics for more wheel pics.
-Barry
2017 Niro
I don't care if my car is blacked out like Lidio's, I just wish it RAN like his!
2003 MM 300A
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I have decided that I will go ahead and black out the trim, I think it looks great on Lidio's Marauder, and a few guys here in Michigan are looking at it too....
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