Blue or silver?
- Thread starter Fen
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With the blue wheels imo ones eye is drawn to the silver 'line' along the side of the car & it's imbalanced because of the clear front indicator being part of that line but nothing behind the rear wheel to complement it. I think if you went with the blue wheels (with siver rims as you've done) you'd need to either put something to continue the silver line at the back or separate the clear front indicator (can't think how you'd do this), or remove the (good looking) silver door strip.
With the silver wheels ones eye is drawn to the wheels & the silver door strip connects them so the clear front indicator isn't so visually dominant.
Stay with the silver wheels if you're keeping with the silver door strip, or remove the strip if you want the blue wheels imo.
With the silver wheels ones eye is drawn to the wheels & the silver door strip connects them so the clear front indicator isn't so visually dominant.
Stay with the silver wheels if you're keeping with the silver door strip, or remove the strip if you want the blue wheels imo.
That's interesting observation. I had already spotted the lack of continuity between the sliver of the clear indicators and the stripe. Orange would look worse though as to me 2 colours is right on a car and orange usually grates.
My preference was blue however from the pictures, even allowing for the lack of something silver at the back. I actually thought the silver rims were enough to "include" the stripe rather than going with full blue wheels.
What about this? Not sure it wouldn't look pants in reality, but I could paint the orange ones to try it and go back to clear if it was rubbish:
My preference was blue however from the pictures, even allowing for the lack of something silver at the back. I actually thought the silver rims were enough to "include" the stripe rather than going with full blue wheels.
What about this? Not sure it wouldn't look pants in reality, but I could paint the orange ones to try it and go back to clear if it was rubbish:
Peter Empson
PCGB Member
Blue every time
andymorris
New member
Definately blue Fen.
Coincidentally I was chatting to a Kiwi plumber the other day and asked him about the car import laws to NZ.
It seems they brought in a law that doesnt allow pre '95 cars in , this was apparently due to the fact that so many cars are imported second hand from Japan and in 95 Jpan had huge floods that caused major damage to so many cars they stopped the import from that time.
Not sure how relevant this is to you ?
Coincidentally I was chatting to a Kiwi plumber the other day and asked him about the car import laws to NZ.
It seems they brought in a law that doesnt allow pre '95 cars in , this was apparently due to the fact that so many cars are imported second hand from Japan and in 95 Jpan had huge floods that caused major damage to so many cars they stopped the import from that time.
Not sure how relevant this is to you ?
I'd go for the blue centres and leave the silver graphic stripe as it is. To me it's not a big deal that it doesn't exactly line up with the front indicator - it's actually meant to be aligned with the back bumper of the car anyway...
When you look at your 964 in profile and run a straight edge from the rear bumper and across the top of the stripe you'll see they are aligned. If you continue the straight line to the front of the car you'll notice the line is a lot lower than the front bumper. This gives the car an agressive 'forward leaning' stance. If you move the stripe up to align with the front bumper or front indicator the aesthetic balance will be upset. It's the oldest 'styling illusion' in the car design textbook (look at the body slashes on any modern Fiat or Alfa Romeo).
Come to think of it, how many people even look closely at a car in profile with an eye level about 2.5ft above the tarmac as was your camera position? Not many probably.
I think blue centres with silver rims would look the dog's dangly bits. [
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When you look at your 964 in profile and run a straight edge from the rear bumper and across the top of the stripe you'll see they are aligned. If you continue the straight line to the front of the car you'll notice the line is a lot lower than the front bumper. This gives the car an agressive 'forward leaning' stance. If you move the stripe up to align with the front bumper or front indicator the aesthetic balance will be upset. It's the oldest 'styling illusion' in the car design textbook (look at the body slashes on any modern Fiat or Alfa Romeo).
Come to think of it, how many people even look closely at a car in profile with an eye level about 2.5ft above the tarmac as was your camera position? Not many probably.
I think blue centres with silver rims would look the dog's dangly bits. [
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That's interesting. I have had a look very recently at the guidelines as published on the 'net. I haven't seen any reference to '95 being a cutoff, though it does matter where the car is coming from, so perhaps that's a Japan-only rule. Most of the cars in NZ come from Japan, hence it could easily be taken to be a general rule, but I think if it was it would be mentioned prominently on the site. Also I checked out the classic car mags when I was there and it seems quite common to go to the US to pick up 70's muscle cars for example, which have the added complication of being LHD.
I had some ideas about buying something to take that would be worth selling for a profit, but the rules on GST mean unless I have had it for a year before going and keep it for two years after it is not really viable. I'll check the '95 ruling out though as it would cause me a problem if it is the case.
Fred Hindle
New member
SILVER - and get them powder coated whilst you are at it.
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