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Old 09-15-2016, 02:49 PM
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Black Out window trim or leave it chrome?

Debating if black out window trim will look best or leave the chrome as a contrast. A photoshop would help if anyone can do a quick one.
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Old 09-15-2016, 02:59 PM
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black trim
Old 09-15-2016, 03:09 PM
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white trim. #allcolorsmatter
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Old 09-15-2016, 03:27 PM
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Black trim. But do all of it. This is mine before I ripped off the awful vinyl wrap, and redid with PlastiDip.
Old 09-15-2016, 03:39 PM
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Gloss Black. It's not so much the color of the car... although red and black G's certainly lend themselves well to blacked out window trim. It's that your windows are tinted dark. So between the windows and the car, that chrome outline is too intense.
Old 09-15-2016, 04:47 PM
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I went with a graphite personally. matched my rims and a bit of contrast from the darker windows and grey of the car. :-) https://www.instagram.com/p/BHckvIQh...n-by=gaving37x
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Black it out - It will look more mean
Old 09-15-2016, 05:31 PM
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Looks like I will be searching for a shop to do a black vinyl wrap lol..
Old 09-15-2016, 06:22 PM
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Just wrap it black!
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Wrap it for sure!
Old 09-15-2016, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Overboard
Black trim. But do all of it. This is mine before I ripped off the awful vinyl wrap, and redid with PlastiDip.
Must have had a bad install, I've had my gloss black wrap on for almost 5 years and still looks factory fresh. And the vinyl will match the center pillars much better than dip (they are vinyl wrapped from the factory).
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Looks like I will be searching for a shop to do a black vinyl wrap lol..
It's not a tough DIY and only costs about $25, here's the link~ https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...-g-sedans.html
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I vote chrome. GM did a study and found that the average buyer perceived an $800 difference in a value of a car based on chrome window trim. Black trim looks cheap to the layman.
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Originally Posted by limequat
I vote chrome. GM did a study and found that the average buyer perceived an $800 difference in a value of a car based on chrome window trim. Black trim looks cheap to the layman.
Lol its the aesthetic looks for the owner not an estimate on a resale value of the car lol

He can always take it off when trying to sell the car
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Black it out, but wrap it, don't do dip. Like Newt said the wrap will hold up well if done correctly and look the best.

<a href="http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/sheetsje/media/IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj561/sheetsje/IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png"/></a>
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Originally Posted by jsheets
Black it out, but wrap it, don't do dip. Like Newt said the wrap will hold up well if done correctly and look the best.

<a href="http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/sheetsje/media/IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj561/sheetsje/IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_1121_zpszunyfskm.png"/></a>
Looks good! Clean set-up..
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