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View Poll Results: What colour bonnet stickers best suit mercury silver?
Black 24 40.00%
Blue 1 1.67%
Silver 3 5.00%
White 2 3.33%
Orange 30 50.00%
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:03 PM   #1
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I've got a mercury silver XR8 and was thinking of buying some "BOSS 260" bonnet stickers from Mick Webb SVO on ebay (unless someone knows where to get these in Sydney). I was looking at black until a couple of my mates made some suggestions. One thought orange and the other said silver would give a nice subtle look. I'm leaning more towards black or orange, but what do you reckon?
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:15 PM   #2
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Black...

If u go for anything else its going to stand out too much and look a little overdone..
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:16 PM   #3
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[free plug] www.awcinfo.com sell the boss 260 decals [/free plug]

I vote orange, it looks the best on the silvers.
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:20 PM   #4
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I think black would look the best whilst looking the most subtle.
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:24 PM   #5
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Black is the only way!
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:26 PM   #6
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Ugh I think they look much better with no decals. But I'll vote silver with black as a close second.
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Old 27-04-2005, 06:35 PM   #7
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The stickers tend to detract from the buldge IMO. Looks must better without.
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Old 27-04-2005, 08:08 PM   #8
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Ideally i would choose none, but if youre gonna get them put white ones on, or orange. Black would look like youve dented it or damaged the paint.
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Old 27-04-2005, 08:24 PM   #9
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After seeing the Mercury GT-P with orange stripes on the FPV website, I must say that it trully does look good. I would never of thought so either.
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Old 27-04-2005, 11:54 PM   #10
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If you have to have them on...then black. Also you can 'pm' Pursuit Ute from Newy about the stickers
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Old 27-04-2005, 11:56 PM   #11
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I'd Go Black . But I Bet You Blue Would Look Good To.
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Old 28-04-2005, 12:15 AM   #12
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Orange because if your going to the trouble of putting on a sticker you want people to see it or your just wasting your money.
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Old 28-04-2005, 12:52 AM   #13
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We have a Phantom xr8 in our club with Orange Boss stickers on the bulge...looks rather schmick...
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Old 28-04-2005, 06:37 PM   #14
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If you're going to get stickers for the bulge then go white or orange. No point buying them if you can't see them!
I also recommend the AWC decals. They are first rate quality at a reasonable price.

Link here --> http://www.awcinfo.com/secureshop/ca...php?cat_id=293
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I vote Black followed by orange, it has to be out of these two, lol.
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I voted Orange as it would stand out more and is alittle different.
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go black orange will stand out too much while black will look a lot better
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I've got a mercury silver XR8 and was thinking of buying some "BOSS 260" bonnet stickers from Mick Webb SVO on ebay (unless someone knows where to get these in Sydney). I was looking at black until a couple of my mates made some suggestions. One thought orange and the other said silver would give a nice subtle look. I'm leaning more towards black or orange, but what do you reckon?
P.S I'll list all the colours and see what happens.
Mate I have black ones on my car they look awsome (well i think so)
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Either black or orange, both look great on silver and just depends on the whole co ordination thing. I have black on citric acid and it looks very cool. I got mine custom made by a sign writer which was a lot cheaper ($200 with the GT stripes) and the quality is excellent. I also did not go for the Boss 260 as it puts out more than that now so I went for Boss 5.4L (bit different)
The sign writer also put "The Gecko" in the stripes for me which looks great.
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Ring Grant from Angel Signs on 0418284701

He is a professional sign writer in Smithfield, Sydney and creates the decals for the bonnet.

You will get them at a better price than most other places and in any colour you want.

He did the stripes on my car.
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Old 04-05-2005, 10:53 AM   #21
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I wouldnt put stickers on it at all, but thats just my preference. I like a cleaner, stripe/sticker free look, especially with the bulge.

However, I voted black. I thought the orange was okay on Lightening Strike, but I think perhaps Mercury Silver might be a bit dark for bright orange stickers. Cant go wrong with black.
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Ring Graig from Angel Signs on 0418284701

He is a professional sign writer in Smithfield, Sydney and creates the decals for the bonnet.

You will get them at a better price than most other places and in any colour you want.

He did the stripes on my car.
It's actually Grant Jamie.
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It's actually Grant Jamie.
LOL thanks for that, I couldn't remember!
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Old 06-05-2005, 10:38 PM   #24
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go the orange as it looks alot better plus not many poeple have it as they go white or black and the other thing is that it looks hot at night time
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go the orange as it looks alot better plus not many poeple have it as they go white or black and the other thing is that it looks hot at night time

Good point... I have the same problem (if you can call it that), and couldn't decide what colour to get the decals.

I have the mercury and was worried that it was a little to tame for me so the orange should brighten it up nicely.. just depends on personal choice I guess.
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