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Worst color combos

Old 12-12-2015, 08:56 PM
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I'm pretty traditional I guess but really hard to say I have seen anything I wouldn't run? I was a tech for 20 years and worked on a lot of vettes and a guy use to bring in a 95ish vette a lot ) i did a lot performance upgrades and it was a crossfire duel throttle body car and getting the 2 throttle bodies synced was tricky, then after a year the balance would be off from carbon buildup on the throttle plates and I.A.C motor I had to clean up (but that's a whole different thread sorry, lol) and it was red exterior, the interior was also red and when I say red I mean redredredredredredredredredredredredred.

Blinding red really, and of course the issues with leather lighter colored seats is they look pretty shi**y within a couple years and his were pretty worn looking. Heres a pic of kinda what he had, I guess im not a red interior guy at all but some of the red interiors look pretty good if they aren't "overdone" and the suede red I haven't seen before and that looks pretty tight!!!! not hating at all toward red so don't get it twisted, its just not my flavor. And thank goodness green isn't an option color,,,,,,,be safe, paul
Old 12-12-2015, 08:59 PM
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I haven't seen any bad color combos yet, but if it were possible, a yellow colored car with orange stripes would be ...questionable. Someone on these forums has blue with orange stripes and it looks great (so orange is apparently a stripe color option it seems)
Old 12-12-2015, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Iguana1500
I haven't seen any bad color combos yet, but if it were possible


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Old 12-12-2015, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CRABBYJ
How about a '14 Lime Rock Green with a Red interior. I tried to find a picture of this combo but failed. Was there one?
I wanted to order that combo but no Lime Rock in 2015
Old 12-12-2015, 10:25 PM
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Old 12-12-2015, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Zymurgy
Yeah, my Brownstone interior on Laguna Blue is awful (but I get lots of compliments):
Laguna Blue with Brownstone Interior ROCKS !
Old 12-13-2015, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by CRABBYJ
How about a '14 Lime Rock Green with a Red interior. I tried to find a picture of this combo but failed. Was there one?
This will give you an idea.
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Old 12-13-2015, 09:18 AM
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Old 12-13-2015, 09:41 AM
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Our local dealer that sells very few Vettes took a C7 vert. arctic white, adrenaline red int. Black top - OK, everything is good until the factory ordered yellow calipers. They just run ruined the entire car. I was talking with the salesman, and he agreed. He said they looked into swapping the calipers with red ones, but said the cost @3800.00 was too much???

WTF - 3800.00 for a dealer to install red calipers - got to be kidding.
Old 12-13-2015, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 2HD's2vettes
WTF - 3800.00 for a dealer to install red calipers - got to be kidding.


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Old 12-13-2015, 10:12 AM
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Best looking color combo: White with white colored vents

Worst looking color combo: White with black vents, black mirrors, black wheels, black roof, black strips. Looks too much like a panda bear.
Old 12-13-2015, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by USe-car
Best looking color combo: White with white colored vents

Worst looking color combo: White with black vents, black mirrors, black wheels, black roof, black strips. Looks too much like a panda bear.
I could not disagree more (just my opinion) the C7 has such great lines. The carbon Flash contrasts accentuate those lines with much greater detail. All white is just dull and muted, same reason I am not crazy about black C7's. I NEVER thought I would order AW until I saw it in person with the c/f accents. Add in the red int. (2 tone seats in my case) and red calipers. I do agree on the black wheels, that become a little much and distracts from the great lines of the car.



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Old 12-13-2015, 10:43 AM
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I order Laguna blue with Kalahari 3LT and believe its an awesome combo.

Besides, you need a light color interior in Texas' 100+ degree summers. Black interiors are not popular in this area.
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Originally Posted by RussM05
I order Laguna blue with Kalahari 3LT and believe its an awesome combo.

Besides, you need a light color interior in Texas' 100+ degree summers. Black interiors are not popular in this area.
Don't understand the relevancy of interior color to outside temps. I live in central TX and am sensitive to the triple digit heat. Love my black interior and would not have any other (interior) color...

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Originally Posted by 2HD's2vettes
I could not disagree more (just my opinion) the C7 has such great lines. The carbon Flash contrasts accentuate those lines with much greater detail. All white is just dull and muted, same reason I am not crazy about black C7's. I NEVER thought I would order AW until I saw it in person with the c/f accents. Add in the red int. (2 tone seats in my case) and red calipers. I do agree on the black wheels, that become a little much and distracts from the great lines of the car.



Great looking car (and photos)!! How did you enhance the photos to get that effect?
Old 12-13-2015, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by beepster
Great looking car (and photos)!! How did you enhance the photos to get that effect?
I just add some HDR-ish in the effects of the older Picasa 3 version. It's a free download, just google picasa (I like the older version 3 much better than the newer one) you can change the strength of the HDR effect.
Old 12-13-2015, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by USe-car
Best looking color combo: White with white colored vents

Worst looking color combo: White with black vents, black mirrors, black wheels, black roof, black strips. Looks too much like a panda bear.

Man... You have got to be kidding me...

I know opinions are opinions... But as far as the majority goes, AW with black accents and wheels is prob one of the best color combos available and definetly very popular. While on the other hand, I've seen maybe one car (in person and on the interwebz) that is white with body color vents.

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Old 12-13-2015, 12:44 PM
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I hate the body color vent/scoop option. It makes the car look so bland.
Old 12-13-2015, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DCortez
I can't be the only guy on the forum that wore Garanimals
I had to look up what garanimals were. It's a clothing line with cute baby animals that when matched allow for stylistic harmony? I feel like there is a hidden pun here related to iguanas, animals, color combos, but I'm not getting it haha. You sir are too clever.
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Old 12-13-2015, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Black&White
I hate the body color vent/scoop option. It makes the car look so bland.

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