Art475

So I was thinking about painting VR's suicide doors black, kinda like how the Audi R8 does it. I'll probably leave the area above the window red though, just to line up better with the rest of the car. Does it look too... "I replaced my door because of an accident" or would that not even matter since most people don't even know that's a door to begin with

Couldnt find any pictures of anyone who has done this before soooo here my quick photoshop


I dont know. What do you guys think?



EDIT: More photoshopping around



I found myself with access to a paint shop, sooo I really want to try something, suggestions?

mavictb

looks like doo doo. its a 10k mazda not a 150k audi.

jesse rx8

I think it actually looks pretty good. Something different. Get black wheels and drop it and it will look better imo

bse50

Ugly! It almost looks like somebody went to a junkyard and bought the first rear door available...

Grace_Excel

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godesshunter

Please don't.

Grace_Excel

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I think these are the reactions you are looking for?

Art475

Woah jeez, if that's the only person who's done this, no wonder i couldn't find anything. Well I'm looking to try something dual toned, just not the usual top / bottom thing, not too big a fan of that. I just remember seeing an R8 and wondering if i could do something like that. Any ideas on how I could do that without looking like i parted out my doors (dont think the unpainted top shows that well enough). Oh and I would tint the rear windows should be tinted, it's still very clear in the picture.

FoxeyL8y

Yes.

LifeAfterRx8

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Guys don't worry, it's just a joke... It's April Fool's remember?

willnordacgreen1211

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^ im gonna lol really hard if you are wrong!

i dont like it too much. MAYBE another color could pull it off. but red... no.

godesshunter

Absolutely awful.

willnordacgreen1211

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^that

Bamsterman

The fact that your car is stock otherwise does make it look strange. I've seen the rear doors in carbon fiber and I, personally, think it looks bad ***! BUT, painting the doors black just makes me think "I like that carbon fiber look, but I can't afford it. Lemme just paint it!!" No...not the same.

Rotr8

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^^^ +500

and this HAS been done before as well, depends on the color of the car and how wildly modded it was that determined the level of success in pulling off the look

monchie

I'll say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! End of discussion. lol

Art475

Looks like you guys really dont dig vertical line set ups all together, wide line or not

Do you have any pictures from those cars, cause this is kinda just step one, not sure what I'm aiming for as a whole quite yet though

fyrstormer

Get people's attention by driving well, not by tarting up your car.

Art475

Yupyup, my autocross skills are still awful, and I haven't even tried track days yet. So there's still plenty to learn before I really benefit from any sort of performance mods. In the mean time, I figure I can do appearance things first.