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Old 01-10-2022, 09:27 PM
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Here is my Amplify Orange parked next to a friends Sebring Orange!




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Old 01-10-2022, 10:09 PM
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Thanks for sharing. Both look great to me!
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Sebring looks more like red then orange.
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All the vents being body color looks horrible. Looks spray painted.

Amplify > Sebring both are nice colors
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Both are nice
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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak
All the vents being body color looks horrible. Looks spray painted.

Amplify > Sebring both are nice colors
If I had to do it all over again, I DEFINITELY would have got my car SOLID BODY COLOR including all the accents. (except maybe the rear heat vents)
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.

Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
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Originally Posted by dohabandit
If I had to do it all over again, I DEFINITELY would have got my car SOLID BODY COLOR including all the accents. (except maybe the rear heat vents)
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.

Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
but you can’t wrap the rear grilles and really that’s the only part that I think looks bad on the body colored accents. Of course they are pretty easy to swap out, I’m happy with the carbon flash accents on my car though. Just glad that GM gave us the option.
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Originally Posted by dohabandit
If I had to do it all over again, I DEFINITELY would have got my car SOLID BODY COLOR including all the accents. (except maybe the rear heat vents)
Why? Because it is super easy to just apply some 3M film over those areas and make them look 100% like the carbon flash metallic version if desired. It is not so easy to try to cover the carbon flash parts to match the SBO or AO paint though.
Doing it all in body color makes it easy to go back and forth later should you desire to.

Removing the boomerang on the door also requires pulling the door panel apart from the inside, peeling back the seal over the window track area, etc. It's a mess. Really kicking myself for getting the carbon flash accents.
IMO having body color accents takes away all the "pop" factor that the car has. One reason why I didn't go with black as an exterior color...all the accents disappeared into the car.

Also, the amplify orange in this pic looks almost pastel compared to sebring.
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Old 01-11-2022, 03:04 AM
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Amplify looks washed out compared to Sebring in these photos. And that sebring needs a carbon flash top to go with the nacelles.
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I like both Oranges; my 2023 Vert which AO is in the running will have carbon flashed rims or black rims because my 2020 sure produces lots of brake dust and it is noticeable on my carbon flash rims and would be a nightmare on the silver painted one's. I will get the carbon flash top and nacelles, high wing and mirrors to break up all the Orange. i really don't like the rear grills or top tonneau grill painted body color. But I do like the front bar in front of the radiator painted body color.
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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak
All the vents being body color looks horrible. Looks spray painted.

Amplify > Sebring both are nice colors
How funny...I thought complete opposite, that the body color looked awesome. Both look great to me! I was voted out of Orange by the wife...LOL. Love the colors!
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I agree in that Amplify always looks washed out, but Sebring didn't exactly pop when it was cloudy. Body color accents look terrible. GM should allow body color boomerangs but keep the grills carbon flash.
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Old 01-11-2022, 09:30 AM
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Body-color accents look great. C8's busy external design already has many sharp angles and surface lines that are exaggerated by too many standard black plastic pieces. Body-colored trim calms the look a bit and improves the overall appearance of C8.
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I think the amplify with body colored accents looks GREAT! I'm not really a fan of body colored accents but this looks really unique, in a good way. Nice cars!
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What'd you guys get at Ross?
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What'd you guys get at Ross?
Orange hunting vest.
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My Amplify 22' doesn't look washed out like the OP pics. Both cars look great. My wife gave me the thumbs up on Amplify.



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Old 01-11-2022, 10:21 AM
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What'd you guys get at Ross?
Jean shorts, tube socks and New Balance tennis shoes!
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Sebring gang checking in. Added another pic for references' sake.
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Originally Posted by WHPLASH
My Amplify 22' doesn't look washed out like the OP pics. Both cars look great. My wife gave me the thumbs up on Amplify.

Looks awesome but you do need to change that license plate frame.


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