Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Posted ImageWelcome to the all new Geo Metro Forum. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are features you can't use and images you can't see. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Join our community!




Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Hello, new member! 1992 Geo metro.
Topic Started: Jul 17 2012, 08:31 PM (2,414 Views)
econoboxer
Member Avatar
I am the one on the left.

I have a boat battery in my pick-up. Truck only gets driven once or twice a year. I have two boat batteries in my boat, and two boat batteries in my camper. I love boat batteries. :)
I've seen worse. Need an exterior door handle?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
bogs
Member Avatar
Duct tape heals all wounds

Welcome here :)
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
econboxxxer
Jul 18 2012, 07:46 PM
I have a boat battery in my pick-up. Truck only gets driven once or twice a year. I have two boat batteries in my boat, and two boat batteries in my camper. I love boat batteries. :)
I've seen worse. Need an exterior door handle?
Hey there, yeah it seems to work alright but my dad said he could use an extra boat battery for his boats and he'll buy me the proper battery for the car in exchange. ha works for me.

And yes, I haven't had a chance to go to any junk yards to look for a new door handle but that
is my first thing to fix because it's super annoying opening it the shade tree way haha.
Was told by P/O that a new one is like 25 dollars at autozone or something. Haven't checked this out to be the case yet but surely I could find a cheaper one at a junk yard.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
Playing around with ideas of how I want it to look.
I'm not crazy good at photoshop but managed to do a few things to a car that looked like mine if mine was taken care of lol.

added: rims, slight window tint, shaved doorhandles (debating this), some trim work, and paint. oh and also those side lights front and back.

silver(current color)
Posted Image

for some reason this color attracted me. kinda gross color ha.
Posted Image

burnt orange, more orange than red.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Bad Bent
Member Avatar
Facetious Educated Donkey

I'm partial to the orange. B-)

Anything bright will be seen better on the road, think fire truck. :) Less likely to be run into :dunno
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
haha that's funny because I've already been thinking about if people can even see me in this little car lol. I might have to paint it bright safety yellow to detour dingus drivers!

I'm digging the weird burnt orange too, I've seen it on some old 90s cars but I couldn't reproduce it in photoshop. It's a great color though.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
Posted Image

this would be the color orange I'm talking about or close to it anyway, maybe more bright.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Bad Bent
Member Avatar
Facetious Educated Donkey

Maybe...

Posted Image

This was done with a roller... Paint your car for $100

Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
Oh yes I just found out about roller painting cars! I was surprised at first but the results look nice. I will probably maybe research it some more or just do it with spray paint. If you do it right and the proper prep work it turns out good. I've seen some results on youtube.
Or if I can find a paint gun for cheap at the flea market or garage sell I'll just do it the right way :]
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
flitter296
Member Avatar
Galactic Citizen
[ *  *  *  *  * ]
Hello and welcome to the GMF forum :)
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
econoboxer
Member Avatar
I am the one on the left.

New battery for you?
SCORE
:boink
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
econboxxxer
Jul 22 2012, 03:04 AM
New battery for you?
SCORE
:boink
Ha yeah I know! w00t!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
t3ragtop
Member Avatar
Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker

i've seen a metro painted a copper color, and a several orange paint jobs. both colors looked okay of a metro.

yellow cars, especially the really bright (vs. pastel) yellow cars, look sharp. when i do a yellow vert i'll use red stripes and red wheels to get away from the yellow and black bumblebee look.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
pete the fly
Member
[ *  *  * ]
here is a picture of more of that orange of the other cars that you posted.... mind you, it just looks a shade off from yours....
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
foxygrandpa
Member Avatar
Member
[ *  *  * ]
yeah that's a good color too. I like that one also. Painting will probably be one of the latter things I do. I still have some body work to do and then gotta find a decent place to spray it. I'm thinking if I sand it down and get it all ready to paint then it should be cheaper for them just to spray it.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Introductions · Next Topic »
Add Reply