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Old Dec 5, 2016 | 04:42 PM
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^^ kickintheglass (Where are you located - I would like to see if I can drive to you to get my car wrapped in future) I have seen your work and you've done an amazing job
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Old Dec 5, 2016 | 05:31 PM
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I'm in NJ. You'd need a lot of determination (and a major shortage of wrap shops) to drive all the way from Houston lol...
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 04:39 PM
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Wrap it!! Cheap and you can change colors almost overnight if wanted!
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 05:51 PM
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A well crafted paint job, done right, will run you $3-4k.. If that's not what you're after than yeah, wrap it for sure.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kris9884
A well crafted paint job, done right, will run you $3-4k.. If that's not what you're after than yeah, wrap it for sure.
I agree, material alone is quite alot. I have learned though, through the years "good" is a relative term. I'm not putting down anybodies tech but I know I'm such a pickie ba***** there's not a $1500 panit job that would suit me. 3-4 grand would be, if all was straight and substrate in good shape.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 10:55 PM
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I'm biased towards Lexus white colors - my car was originally Obsidian Black and was repainted Lexus Crystal White. If you do choose to go with paint and white - I would say Lexus Ultra White.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 12:24 AM
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what about yellow paint? I have never seen a yellow variation color on a G37 before.

here's an example

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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 12:25 AM
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I'm biased towards Lexus white colors - my car was originally Obsidian Black and was repainted Lexus Crystal White. If you do choose to go with paint and white - I would say Lexus Ultra White.
Oh i thought your car was the Infiniti moonlight white or something, but yeah your car looks really good in that white color, it just looks nice and smooth like cream.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by kickintheglass
that is a very metallic looking midnight purple.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by gill1606
Oh i thought your car was the Infiniti moonlight white or something, but yeah your car looks really good in that white color, it just looks nice and smooth like cream.
Yeah it's a difficult to tell in pictures of the car by itself, but in person you can really tell it isn't an Infiniti color. Here's a comparison picture against Moonlight White:

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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by gill1606
that is a very metallic looking midnight purple.
It's probably not an original (I believe only 300 were produced?) but I think that this example with more pronounced colorshift looks dope!
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 11:43 AM
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That yellow is crazy man, I'd say if you're going to go bold with that color, you should be able to back it up with some power too. idk
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ttv36
Yeah it's a difficult to tell in pictures of the car by itself, but in person you can really tell it isn't an Infiniti color. Here's a comparison picture against Moonlight White:

yea its harder to tell in pictures, but the paint job on your car is excellent, it looks as though factory installed, very well done, probably like 3 coats or something.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kickintheglass
It's probably not an original (I believe only 300 were produced?) but I think that this example with more pronounced colorshift looks dope!
i actually like the metallic flare to the paint, i think it brings out the midnight purple much more.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Kris9884
That yellow is crazy man, I'd say if you're going to go bold with that color, you should be able to back it up with some power too. idk
yea its definitely a bold color, but more power just to justify it, i dont know. i think the G37 is pretty good from factory. 330HP is decent. maybe just working on the suspension and weight can still make it competitive on the track. a nice naturaly aspirated track spec GT
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