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black (it'd have to be acrylic) keep all the chrome except the bonnet letters, 13 inch fronts 14 inch rears and high profile tires (maybe not BFG's im sure they're quite expensive )
shit quality edit but you get the idea



Jimmy

I like it. Sort of reminds me of the Bob Falfas 55 Chev in American Grafitti.
Dave.

yeah, i suppose that sums up the look im after. although it'll be a sheep in wolfs clothing with a grey motor LOL.
just want it to look tough, but not look out of place cruising thru city or beaches
Jimmy

You are going to cook in that during the summer !!!

Black is one of the most unforgiving colours for body issues and yes, of course you can use my compressor, lol !

Guess who

its already hot in summer so its a lose lose situation. point is it looks good!

BLACK!! bloody hell, who would want to paint their car BLACK!!

Sounds great, why not leave the bonnet letters as well? Black and Chrome is

there we go dad, 3 against 1 black it is.
ill gladly sacrifice being uncomfortable for a good looking car
gaz, i'll see how it goes with chrome-deciding what bits to keep etc. i just think it would look neater without the bonnet ones, but leaving the boot ones and maybe get rid of the boot lock and do something about the filler
Jimmy

well its hard to not choose black when you haven't given any other options can't half tell you want it black

Go with the black. Looks great

looks like its either black or black. hopefully it will look good in acrylic anyway. anyone got ideas on wheels & tires to get the look i want? 13's on front and 14's on rear i THINK, but what profile tires (and what fits under the guards without too much modification

if you want black do it black after all it is yor car and you ARE the only person that has to like it
they do look good in black
i think they also look good in
white
silver
purple (darker shades like phantom)
the blue it already is (unless it's the gray one )
and quite a few original colours

EKjimmy wrote:anyone got ideas on wheels & tires to get the look i want? 13's on front and 14's on rear i THINK, but what profile tires (and what fits under the guards without too much modification

Check this link out Jimmy. http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8846

You can play around with rim sizes, tyre sizes and profiles etc..... it shows the diference in rolling diameter, profiles etc, very handy. For example my car runs 15" 60 profile on the front and 15" 50 profile on the rear, but because the 50 profile rear tyres are so much wider they are actually still larger in diameter than the 60 profile on the front.

Hope it helps.

cheers garry, i actually found an earlier post where you gave that link and its a fantastic tool! although ill need to research what offset i can use etc to allow for clearance.
Cheers mate, Jimmy

EKjimmy wrote:looks like its either black or black. hopefully it will look good in acrylic anyway. anyone got ideas on wheels & tires to get the look i want? 13's on front and 14's on rear i THINK, but what profile tires (and what fits under the guards without too much modification

Stock wheels with dress rims and hubcaps

oh yeh RB, its the grey one (grey paint HAS to go!) lol.
cal, i just thought i'd go for something different instead of the lowered whitewalls etc thing-seems far too common these days and im not one to conform lol
cheers guys, jimmy