This is a pic of my Buick Electra that I am currently working on. I was going to re-paint it the same blue with maybe a black or white roof, but now I'm wondering how it would look "HAMB'd". Can someone with Photoshop skills give me some ideas? Flat black with a metalic roof? Scallops? Bellflower pipes? Widewhites? Slammed? Have some fun with it.... I'm open to all ideas!
The two-door looks cool, but probably... no... definitely, beyond my abilities. Slammed with Whites looks excellent. Keep 'em coming.
Dude...do not flat black it. Just don't. Go for a flat metallic or a shiny metallic...but it's gotta be color. I repeat...do not flat black it. Wide whites are fine on that fucker though. Too new my ass. They look good on it...so what if it ain't period. Drop it. Paint it. Put SOMETHING on it for wheels and tires...but do not flat black it. (did I mention that ya shouldn't flat black it yet?) Olson
Ok... so flat black it isn't. I do like the look of the wide whites, but have never liked the narrow whites. To me the narrow whites look too 'family car-ish'.......... I know, I know... so is a 4 door. So far I like the light blue and light green colors. Maybe a nice gloss light blue with lots of metallic.......... I forgot to mention.... I've got the fender skirts and do plan on using them.... just don't have a good picture with them on. What do guys think about lake or bellflower pipes on this car?
A nice light blue would be great, plus your interior would still match. Maybe if you're on a super budget, you could put some uncleared blue basecoat on the body and some shiney enamel white on the roof for a two tone. Would be cheap enough. Skirts would be good too. Gotta have some kind of whitewall, you can make your own with Krylon Fusion or by tire grinding (do a search) I'd like to see some two striped whites on there, 60's style, or make your own Redlines, they were popular at the time. Some kind of chrome wheels would be a plus, but the hubcaps are't bad for the time being. I'm not into lake pipes, especially on a car this big, but I could see bellflowers with the right paint and wheels. You could do a hell of a lot to make this car look nice with just some creative paint work and about $200 in materials.
This car needs a dark blue satin body, abalone or silver flaked roof with either webbed, laced, or scaled panels done in a nice candy. Oh, and chrome reverses, astros, or tri-ribs.
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