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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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Question silver cobalt looks bland

Well ive liked silver but now that im looking at it, ive seemed to think it looks bland. and im not sure what im gonna do to it to make it looks well nice" to me.

any suggestions that are not that hard to do? cause ive wanted to do silver with black accents, ive wanted it with Red accents, and ive wanted it with Blue accents. but im not sure what would look nice and what would look trashy and rif raf. i know its what i like about it but im outa ideas of what to do.

like heres a list of things i would do if i was going to black out the car
-tinted windows
-painted emblems black
-avs headlight covers
-tinted tailights
-some sort of black graphics
-(maybe an LT bumper switch for the black lower grill and fogs)
-painted silver or black accents on interior (like painted trim)

heres what i would do for red
-painted calipers red
-paint emblems red with black
-some sortof red graphics
-red accents on interior (like painted trim)

heres for blue
-blue emblems
-blue calipers
-some sort of blue graphics
-blue accents on interior (like painted trim)


any suggestions? cause ive looked at these options and i cant say im satisfied. what would you do? add things to the list. please help lol.

any graphics or vinyls for the side do you think look good?
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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do the interior trim... it looks nice, and is easy... just take your time and do it right, don't get pissed that it didn't come out the way you wanted and stab it repeatedly with a screwdriver... because that will **** up your trim... o, and i've never done that
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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do the interior trim... it looks nice, and is easy... just take your time and do it right, don't get pissed that it didn't come out the way you wanted and stab it repeatedly with a screwdriver... because that will **** up your trim... o, and i've never done that
ya what color though. thats the main issue
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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black...... i have a silver car and silver and black go really good ......do like black rims or something
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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i have a silver ss/sc (obviously) with the red inserts on the interior. I think the red sets off the silver very well and have based everything around the red theme throughout the car. what color interior do you have to start? the black and red look great inside the silver. I love it and i'm constantly getting compliments on it from everyone who sees it
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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i like the idea of black rims. there is a how to on making your stock rims black and it looks great. if you were to do that on yours it would look sweet.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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ya well the interior is stock with seat covers for now. i got cloth seats. i got the basic interior. i dont got any rims, i have hubcaps.

the red seems like a good theme but i dont know if the red is a good way to go. because of my interior being grey i dont have anything really that i can do a red and black theme with. see? my cardomain is in my sig. take a look at my car and you can see.

BTW those blue neons are out. i dont got any blue anymore.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by D4u2s0t
do the interior trim... it looks nice, and is easy... just take your time and do it right, don't get pissed that it didn't come out the way you wanted and stab it repeatedly with a screwdriver... because that will **** up your trim... o, and i've never done that


This happened in my old cavy.

Frustration + screwdriver + interior =
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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ya well if i go red, im just gonna get the ones from the GM dealer. cause that way i dont go wrong and the look perfect. if i go blue, well i gotta take my time. and if i go black idk what i would do cause half my interior is grey
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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yea, the grey does throw things off a bit, I don't know which way to go...I'm thinking probably blue would look better with the grey, the blue lights didn't look too bad...if you want to go all out get rid of the black/grey interior and go all black with red accents
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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i have a silver SS and im going with red/silver/black theme....silver car...red calipers...red/black emblems....projector halos....and im going to be getting my seats reupolsterd (sp?)(red/black)....as well as doing the side inserts red come summer
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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well the red is nice, but idk what it would cost to convert my interior to red and do all this red stuff.

can u make a list of what ur gonna do and how much est. cost?
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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Ok so....

Calipers Red- $20 CDN
Red/Blk Emblems- Depends on how much the paint is $10-20 CDN This will also give you enough baint to paint your headlights too possibly
Seats Covered- Not sure yet, havent looked into it...im guessing a couple hundred
Door inserts covered in red- Depends on fabric/place...im installing myself so free...theres a how to on the fourm...looks easy
Halos cost me 150 with a trade of my stock headlamps
Also bought once of those LED cupholder kits in red - $16 CDN

Also gonna be doing a custom mesh grille myself once summer comes around....so add another $20 Max for that....

For minor mods they change the look of the vehicle a lot...
Also i was really suprised how much of a difference a shorty antenna makes
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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hey u got any pics of ur car? can u put them up
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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ill get pics up tomorrow.....
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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hey have u painted ur dash trim yet? SS_Ry???

cause if u have the silver trim i may want it lol.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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nah im leaving the dash trim stock....i think it makes the interior look cheap....(no offence to anyone that has it done)
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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u do know GM offers a direct replacement RED interior trim package avaible right? its high quality and is gurenteed to be good. just thought id let u know that you dont have to paint it if ur skeptical. cause GM has a kit already.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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if u paint the dash board trim..make it black. do a ss/sc interior swap with red inserts. black rims...tint your back lights. black the chevy bowtie. remove cobalt off back...and go with different lights...those projectors...that wud look sick.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by iLLmaTic3s
if u paint the dash board trim..make it black. do a ss/sc interior swap with red inserts. black rims...tint your back lights. black the chevy bowtie. remove cobalt off back...and go with different lights...those projectors...that wud look sick.
ya i dont think im gonna be doing anything to the interior as far as a swap unless its free lol. i agree with everything else though, thanks for the input.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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def lower the car too.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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ya lowering it after i get the rims
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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id say silver trim, and paint the lower half of the dash black, thats bhat i did and it looked really nice, but now im laying some carbon fiber on it. if youd like pm me for pics
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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i dont think that the dash when u paint it black looks good cause it doesnt match the other black trim from the factory
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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i didnt do like gloss black or flat its the perfect match to whats on the top part of the dash
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