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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2009, 04:40:09 PM »
Chris, Nancy suggests that you do the car in chartreuse and magenta with a background of cocoa.

Yes, she's had a glass of wine...maybe two.

Now she's telling me that the colors are like the Coneheads on the Old Saturday Night Live shows.  Ah, what a memory she's got.  I spelled that correctly -- Memory.


And after I posted this in the first iteration -- she tells me that no, she didn't mean the Coneheads.  Let's just drop it for now, okay?
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2009, 05:23:01 PM »
I think the flames are going the right direction - I mean, that's the end that the flames usually come out of an X1/9, right? :-D
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2009, 07:20:01 PM »
Front fenderwells?
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2009, 09:22:03 PM »
Looks weird.  A drag racer friend of mine, Eddie Potter, said that the way to get famous in racing was to win all the time, which is difficult, or look or do something so different that everyone remembers you.  You may have found it.   :cheers:

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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2009, 12:53:52 PM »
Blue and Green are too close together to look "right".
Green and Red, or Blue and Orange, would be better.


Flames also need to be outlined in a contrasting color.
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2009, 02:16:35 PM »
I would say flip the numbers around too if you are going to go with bassakwards flames. Then glue a matching Afro wig to your helmet.

Otherwise, I would spare my car and myself the anguish and go with a solid green and maybe some off-green flames (Pointing the right direction, of course). Silver flames would be cool too. The colors you have clash a bit. This link may help you with finding the root cause of the issue:

http://colorvisiontesting.com/online%20test.htm


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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2009, 02:37:13 PM »
BB, I'll ask the question for Chris (JH):  Where in Oregoon are you?  He's in that state, too, you know.

And speaking of Oregon -- are you planning on attending Freud's Bonneville Reunion in Portland on the 21st of February?  Do consider it -- it's a fine way to meet new folks and re-furbish old acquaintances.
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2009, 03:30:49 PM »
BB, I'll ask the question for Chris (JH):  Where in Oregoon are you?  He's in that state, too, you know.

And speaking of Oregon -- are you planning on attending Freud's Bonneville Reunion in Portland on the 21st of February?  Do consider it -- it's a fine way to meet new folks and re-furbish old acquaintances.


Awesome! I'm there!
I'm southwest of Portland about 45 min.

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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2009, 04:50:50 PM »
Here is a small but necessary update to the paint idea   :wink:


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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2009, 06:25:00 PM »
Mo betta, I kept thinking that black patch in the hood was a hole. :?
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2009, 06:43:02 PM »


That black patch was a hole! (the car in the "flame" pic is on the hook and we have the cover off to charge the batts between runs)

(the hole missing is not exactly what I was talkin' about)  :-D
« Last Edit: January 27, 2009, 06:45:13 PM by Jonny Hotnuts »
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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2009, 06:59:27 PM »
You've got a new pet monkey??  :-D

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Re: new paint idea....love it or hate it?
« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2009, 07:31:51 PM »
Team APE..nice going.. :-D