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Need help on choosing cage paint color

So I need help deciding. My first instinct is black. Here's a shot of the inside of the car, for reference, since the car is a sickly canary yellow inside.

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View Poll Results: Which color to paint the cage?
Wrinkle Black 7 35.00%
Wrinkle Red 1 5.00%
Epoxy Black 4 20.00%
Epoxy White 5 25.00%
Some shade of yellow 3 15.00%
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Old 07-12-2013, 10:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So I need help deciding. My first instinct is black.

Here's a shot of the inside of the car, for reference, since the car is a sickly canary yellow inside.

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Wrinkle black or color matched
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Orange! *just kidding*
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Silver/white/yellow
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Actually what I was thinking as well.
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Wrinkle black. I like the texture of wrinkle and the black will give great contrast to the already yellow car.

Just repainted mine today along with the floor plan with bed liner.
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Light colors reflect more at you when looking out of the front windshield.
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Mmmmmm gonna go ahead and veto that.

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I'm looking at a satin black epoxy finish. Otherwise it's lookin like more wrinkle black lol. Everything inside the car is gonna be wrinkle black at this rate.
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