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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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I'm getting my m-tech kit, splitter, and rear diffuser from EuroRev. They will be painting all of the pieces Platinum Metallic Gray, to include the splitter and rear diffuser. I was going to go for a carbon fiber splitter and rear diffuser, but we couldn't find one that fit nicely. With that, I prefer the diffuser to have a little character. Please take a look at John's diffuser picture. This will be the diffuser that I will be going with. If the diffuser was painted body color first, and then tinted a little darker, either with a darker tinted clear coat, or a paint shade darker, do you think it would look good?
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by jusdoit' post='775182' date='Jan 23 2009, 01:29 AM
I'm getting my m-tech kit, splitter, and rear diffuser from EuroRev. They will be painting all of the pieces Platinum Metallic Gray, to include the splitter and rear diffuser. I was going to go for a carbon fiber splitter and rear diffuser, but we couldn't find one that fit nicely. With that, I prefer the diffuser to have a little character. Please take a look at John's diffuser picture. This will be the diffuser that I will be going with. If the diffuser was painted body color first, and then tinted a little darker, either with a darker tinted clear coat, or a paint shade darker, do you think it would look good?
Personally i really like the carbon fiber splitter and diffuser on non-black cars. If thats what you really want just keep searching, alot of people have already done it so aftermarket parts with good fitting are out there. Or you could buy the M-tech and then send it to a carbon fiber coating company, and they send the same original part back to you coated in carbon fiber.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 08:06 AM
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If you do that it will likely look like a bad paint match, either go with the body color or a real contrast like charcoal or black..........peronally I like the understated look of the body color ..........Good luck
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