hey well i was wondering about some changes to my fto.
with not much of a budget, being unemployed and all, i thought of mods i could do with just paint and diy.
i've got a standard stock black fto gpx and am thinking of doing a full black but with red bits and a red interior.
things i was thinking of doing is:
-paint calipers red
-tinting rear taillights
-darkest legal tint
-painting stock rims black :S
-attempt to bake and repaint headlight housing red.
-attempt to trim my seats with whatever material is suitable/ i can find
-changing rego plate colour
-new bonnet, front bumper, further down the track.
thats bout all i can think of, given i dont have my car atm, but i was just wondering what your thoughts about the listed is, before i even attempt anything
cheap diy for black and red fto?
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
Don't paint the stock rims black, it's been done and IMO looks cheap.aznfto wrote: -painting stock rims black :S
-attempt to bake and repaint headlight housing red.
Don't paint the headlight housing red, it'll look
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
A few years ago I saw a red FTO with red light housing, it looked
LED ALL the things.
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
yeah but black with red light housing
Black rims can be ok depending on style they are though
Black rims can be ok depending on style they are though
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
stock cause im cheap lols
just felt like doing sumthing to the light housing.
just felt like doing sumthing to the light housing.
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
Black calipers on a black car look good too...
And for another cheap mod you can replace all the interior white lights with red ones (dash lights) like the air con and dial controls. They look good i reckon.
And for another cheap mod you can replace all the interior white lights with red ones (dash lights) like the air con and dial controls. They look good i reckon.
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
red is more noticable.
my dash is abit funny cos theres no clock but instead a oild temperature thingo or something so i cant take it off to begin with :S
my dash is abit funny cos theres no clock but instead a oild temperature thingo or something so i cant take it off to begin with :S
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
There is a DIY about painting the stock rims black, they actually look nice.
Both my front wheels are black because of all the dirt, lol but they actually look a lot better than the rears which are the default grey. I'm thinking of painting all 4
Both my front wheels are black because of all the dirt, lol but they actually look a lot better than the rears which are the default grey. I'm thinking of painting all 4
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Re: cheap diy for black and red fto?
lol i just did mine there white. Not the best job but im happy with it. Yeah i followed a guide from another forum and watched a youtube clip on it.