I am about to change the colour of the upper part of my car but not really sure if it would look strange...your kind opinion would be greatful before I go all the way with this project. This is a rough example of what it might look like.

So a bit like the abarth paint job at Geneva? x

I do not want to go all the way as the Abarth. The black colour will stay at the window line, like the Mini cooper.

revman5 said:

I am about to change the colour of the upper part of my car but not really sure if it would look strange...your kind opinion would be greatful before I go all the way with this project. This is a rough example of what it might look like.

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It looks really good to me - I'd mentioned a similar desire earlier this week. It was pointed out that an alternative to paint could be a vinyl "wrap", which would enable you to peel it off if you changed your mind later. I asked about, but it seems that I could get a guarantee of only 5 years on the materials, so I'd be tempted to stick to my original paintwork idea.

Give it a go!

Funny you mentioned vinyl "wrap". It was one of my options...but my brother has a paint shop which means that it will not cost me much.

Go for it. I wouldn't vinyl it, as if you took if off after 5 years the bottom half of the car wouldn't match the top bit anyway, so would be just as well to paint it. x

I think it makes it look like a mini. I don't like minis.

But…looking at it again, I think it looks okay really the two tone thing suits it - better than stripes anyday. Go for it!

Get the whole thing wrapped in matt black!

How about taking the black down to just below the wing mirrors on the ridge. It will then follow all round the car. You would then also have a back bonnet, if you get my gist.

Then the mirrors go into the lower body colour.

If you want to vinyl wrap the car. Get the whole car done, just get the bottom colour in the white, then you won't get fade issues. Only a thought...

revman5 said:

I am about to change the colour of the upper part of my car but not really sure if it would look strange...your kind opinion would be greatful before I go all the way with this project. This is a rough example of what it might look like.

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I like it. I reckon you need black wheels as well to set it off perfectly.

jnoiles said:

I like it. I reckon you need black wheels as well to set it off perfectly.

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I have black and red 17" Team dynamics Monza RS. Will be on the car in April.

Cscn69 said:

How about taking the black down to just below the wing mirrors on the ridge. It will then follow all round the car. You would then also have a back bonnet, if you get my gist.

Then the mirrors go into the lower body colour.

If you want to vinyl wrap the car. Get the whole car done, just get the bottom colour in the white, then you won't get fade issues. Only a thought...

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It will look like the Abarth C from Geneva. Did not like it that much, very hard contrast.

revman5 said:

It will look like the Abarth C from Geneva. Did not like it that much, very hard contrast.

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Thats what your original looks like anyway!

just vinyl wrap it as a bag of 'all sorts'! that would be different...

IMO it is will be very difficult indeed to pull of a modification like this without getting that "muppet mobile" type of look.

Quite like it. I wonder if there's another colour that would work as well as black, or perhaps even better.

I loved the two tone cars of the fifties.

A project for you photoshop boys - some examples of tasteful two tone paint jobs for the 500. ???

Actually a company called Castanga had already done some two-tone 500's when the 500 first came out

From what I can gather they are (were?) tres expensive

One word................. gorgeous

The concept pictures for the Fiat 500c Abarth include this paint feature:

http://www.netcarshow.com/fiat/2011-500c_abarth/