Amplify next to Sebring Orange
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2021
Posts: 2,562
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Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.
Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,229
Likes: 1,147
From: FL & TX
If I had to do it all over again, I DEFINITELY would have got my car SOLID BODY COLOR including all the accents. (except maybe the rear heat vents)
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.
Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.
Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 526
Likes: 118
From: Morristown TN
If I had to do it all over again, I DEFINITELY would have got my car SOLID BODY COLOR including all the accents. (except maybe the rear heat vents)
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.
Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.
Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
Also, the amplify orange in this pic looks almost pastel compared to sebring.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,600
Likes: 784
From: Scottsdale Arizona
I like both Oranges; my 2023 Vert which AO is in the running will have carbon flashed rims or black rims because my 2020 sure produces lots of brake dust and it is noticeable on my carbon flash rims and would be a nightmare on the silver painted one's. I will get the carbon flash top and nacelles, high wing and mirrors to break up all the Orange. i really don't like the rear grills or top tonneau grill painted body color. But I do like the front bar in front of the radiator painted body color.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 295
Likes: 211
From: Cape Coral, Freedom USA
How funny...I thought complete opposite, that the body color looked awesome. Both look great to me! I was voted out of Orange by the wife...LOL. Love the colors!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,091
Likes: 702
I agree in that Amplify always looks washed out, but Sebring didn't exactly pop when it was cloudy. Body color accents look terrible. GM should allow body color boomerangs but keep the grills carbon flash.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 427
Likes: 116
From: Coral Gables Florida
Body-color accents look great. C8's busy external design already has many sharp angles and surface lines that are exaggerated by too many standard black plastic pieces. Body-colored trim calms the look a bit and improves the overall appearance of C8.
Team Owner
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 45,247
Likes: 8,509
From: Rochester, NY