Red or Gray?
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Not to muddy the waters but .... I have an 03 MSG with Grey interior, Sandy at VE sent me a swatch of light grey and carbon fiber black, there was a thread on here with a car done in the carbon fiber and I liked it except it was a bit too much carbon fiber for me, hence the grey to offset it. You can also get the leather in MSG, which is darker but almost a perfect match to the outer color. Sandy said they don't have that but ask Matt, he sent me some a while back.
I already have the red and black leather swatches.We talked about a darker MSG gray as well, however both agreed that the OEM lighter gray would probably look better in contrast to the black leather.
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I think the RED or GREY would look good in your car as an accent. I considered getting the GREY lower doors, GREY knee bolster, and GREY glove box for quite a while.
I ended up finding a GREAT deal on a MOD RED set from a wrecked Z06 with very little miles. I am very happy with the look.
What ever color you do go with, try to keep it tasteful, and try NOT to purchase every color accent piece you can from Mid America. Going from tasteful, to tasteless can happen quickly when doing that. Just my opinion of course...
I ended up finding a GREAT deal on a MOD RED set from a wrecked Z06 with very little miles. I am very happy with the look.
What ever color you do go with, try to keep it tasteful, and try NOT to purchase every color accent piece you can from Mid America. Going from tasteful, to tasteless can happen quickly when doing that. Just my opinion of course...
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The mod gray looks great but my first choice would be a mod red interior. Look at the interior done by forum member Tomboy - spiral gray with mod red.
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It was her car that originally gave me the mod red idea. I have a different seat design in mind and a couple other different mods. I agree with Toque that it needs to be tasteful and I think gray will allow me a little more room than red.
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