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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 10:45 AM
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I'm looking at putting a set of the passenger-side airbag letters on my airbag but can't decide which color to go with, white or blue. My car is arctic white, but it has blue GS fender stripes, blue calipers, and blue letters on the rear fascia. The interior is two-tone black and light gray that I plan to extend the gray to include the radio/A-C bezel and center console base, and I plan to eventually redo the seats as black/light gray sport seats with the Corvette lettering in blue stitching.

Which do you think would look better for the airbag letters, white or blue?
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 10:59 AM
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I think the blue would look good, especially if you plan on blue lettering for the seats. White on the interior just seems too loud of a color since everything else is dark
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:00 AM
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I vote for blue!
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:02 AM
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I say blue as well!
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:35 AM
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I vote for blue!
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:40 AM
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Blue to match the blue stitching and existing exterior trim.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Dcollins3208
I think the blue would look good, especially if you plan on blue lettering for the seats. White on the interior just seems too loud of a color since everything else is dark
That was my thinking as well, but most of the pics I've seen have used the body color and being color-blind I tend to trust the judgement of others over my own when it comes to color combinations.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:51 AM
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Blue. White is hard to pull off in an interior.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:57 AM
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It's looking to be completely unanimous so far.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 12:04 PM
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Go with blue.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Oklahoma Adam
Go with blue.
That does appear to be the popular choice. Corvette Central has a nice set that looks like it will match the color of the letters I bought from them for the rear fascia.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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Go with the blue.

My Arctic White has a red theme going for it. I have the red rear fascia letters, red windshield letters, a few red decals, and red airbag letters.

The only exception is my steering wheel C5 logo. I went with black. Gloss black oval and flag poles over flat black steering wheel cover looks a lot better than body colored oval and poles - specially white!

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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 05:58 PM
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 06:12 PM
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Yellow! J/K Blue...
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I'd say go blue.
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Gotta say GO BLUE!

And I aint talking Wolverines!!
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I guess blue it is then. Thanks guys.
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Why don't you go with a blue!
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Originally Posted by EBZ0602
Why don't you go with a blue!
You know....I was thinking about it, but I'm not all that sure. Maybe I should ask for some opinions...
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Originally Posted by Corvette_Ed
You know....I was thinking about it, but I'm not all that sure. Maybe I should ask for some opinions...
Well, if you do, I'd go with blue.

I'm jus' sayin'

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