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From: South Korea where u car from fool
Vehicle: 2008/Hyundai/Tiburon gt
heres the link guys
http://kookcustom.com/
hell maybe even the red of the supra also
god dam that is paint is hot
http://kookcustom.com/
hell maybe even the red of the supra also
god dam that is paint is hot
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the tibby on there is hot too... I'd like to see the darkened edges and a design put over a CF hood, and the rest of the car done like the blue tib. not a fan of tribal/flames in general, but everything else looks incredible!
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Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai tiburon
sad.gif uck...i am getting tired of seeing all of the marbelized/ "bowling ball" paint jobs. It seems just so played out. The kandy red supra on the other hand is awesome. Please stay away for the bowling ball look unless its for graphics only...non of that whole or half car crap.
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yeah, there's this tiburon with something like that done all over it.
problem? it looked hideous. it may not even depend on the car. if you ask me, it's like tattoo'ing your car. and i really really hate tattoo's.
problem? it looked hideous. it may not even depend on the car. if you ask me, it's like tattoo'ing your car. and i really really hate tattoo's.
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Flames got their start after world war two when hot rodders started to emulate the flames seen on fighter planes.. as painted on the P51 and P38s as a way of making the car look fast even when sitting still. This is especially atttributed to the guys in the 40s and 50s who ran on the dry lakes after the high speed records.
At first they started with straight lines that became known as Scallops:
Then a more wavey line that was said to better emulate real flame
Both are consider old school these days.. scallops being much easier to find than the more Linear wavey flames. Purests for the latter will say they look more like real flames.
Next up is the more common "Crab claw" style as original designed by legendary Rodder Van Dutch
This is also known as the "seaweed" style.
From this.. almost any kind of flame style can be produced, simply by mixing and matching the above to achieve the look you are after.
Of course.. no discorse on flames could be complete without realistic style flames. These are all the rage right now in the custom hot rod scene.
At first they started with straight lines that became known as Scallops:
Then a more wavey line that was said to better emulate real flame
Both are consider old school these days.. scallops being much easier to find than the more Linear wavey flames. Purests for the latter will say they look more like real flames.
Next up is the more common "Crab claw" style as original designed by legendary Rodder Van Dutch
This is also known as the "seaweed" style.
From this.. almost any kind of flame style can be produced, simply by mixing and matching the above to achieve the look you are after.
Of course.. no discorse on flames could be complete without realistic style flames. These are all the rage right now in the custom hot rod scene.
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is it just me or does anyone else feel like they just watched "A look into the history of flames" on the BBC.
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good stuff Mad, wink1.gif
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good stuff Mad, wink1.gif