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Two-tone paint - how did it go out of fashion?


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In the 1980s and 1990s, having a two-tone paint somehow made a car look more luxurious...

 

Wonder how people suddenly stopped doing it.

 

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Last week i saw a Camry,bonnet,roof & boot,in Silver,side of car Midnight blue,like some Rolls Royce.


The W-126 still looked nice,despite it's design is already over 35 years old.

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Now also got what. Just different style...

 

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I like mini, always can see diff paint works on the roads

 

This blue n white combi is pretty

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Turbocharged

Maybe it's the extra work/cost involved in making two-tone paint... and must coordinate some more

 

On another note, it might also be because cars don't have as obvious bulges/seams/etc. between the 'bumper' and 'side skirt' portions as they used to, so it's not so easy to highlight bodywork with two-tone nicely now as compared to say the mercs in your post

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So those people I see with different bumper colours did it on purpose? I thought they had an accident and went to the scrap yard and got another bumper of different colour to fit it as their colour not available.

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probably due to change of fashion/perceived tastes.

 

I had a MY2001 two-tone Subaru forester for a couple of years (not in SG). Looks something like this.

 

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when I changed the interior from the original fabric to leather, I opted for two tone (black/ light grey) seats to match.

 

The silver lower body cladding was nice, as going over wet roads didn't leave much of a stain.

The black painted surfaces acted much like a heat magnet. Also, I occasionally found cat paw prints on the bonnet after parking overnight in the basement carpark lol.

 

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Maybe it's the extra work/cost involved in making two-tone paint... and must coordinate some more

 

On another note, it might also be because cars don't have as obvious bulges/seams/etc. between the 'bumper' and 'side skirt' portions as they used to, so it's not so easy to highlight bodywork with two-tone nicely now as compared to say the mercs in your post

 

true... i can't imagine my current mazda 3 having two-tone.

 

even going as far back as 2003, we could see the BMW E60 moving towards a "flame" profile.

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