Paint AC Heater duct
 

I'd like to get opinions on this. Before I put in my orange carpet and orange plaid seats, I need to decide on keeping the AC/heater ducts black or painting them orange.

I looked through google images for ducts painted to match the dash or carpet and didn't see anything? I feel like it would look better than black ducts.

Here's a pick of my black ducts.

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You got a whole lot of orange going on there....
Keep the heater duct black.

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I agree. Black

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I am doing black on my truck and would do the same with your color. That being said. It is your truck and you should make it like you want.

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Original was black.

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Contrast is not usually a bad thing. Leave them black or dark grey.

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Black.

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leave them black. no need to high school civic it up!

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less noticeable in black. If you're dead set on orange down there, I suppose you could fab up a shield and paint/carpet that instead, but it'd look more like a van then.

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Lol, that's a good way to put it. :)

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The civic comment rings true.

What amount of orange is too much for you? Orange portawalls on the tires, orange frame, matching orange exhaust? Orange window tint? Do all of those orange pigments actually match, or is it 13 different orange shades being passed off as matching?

I'm not saying this to be demeaning in any way. Sometimes it helps to visualize too far, too much, etc. so you then have limits.

I think a slick custom build with foresight, planning, and execution could look good

A stocker with a few custom parts and color matched stock items gives off an amateur tuner look

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So this one is probably not your favorite then right? :)

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It doesn't have to be my favorite, but you're also showing a blue stock interior while asking for opinions on custom colored orange vents ;)

However, The original blue defrost vents and blue painted black vents in my truck look hammered and way off color, compared to the rest of my blue/black interior.

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Having contrast is a good thing.
Being that most of your interior color will be orange, having the heater duct black will go with the black instrument panel.
It’s a little bit of black, not a lot.

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Looks great to me. Now if the trim on the doors and under dash vents were blue as well. Add in a blue dash bezel as well. Yuck! Glad you like it, but not for me.

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Nah, I personally don't like the blue but each to their own. I decided to leave the vents black. I am worried I'll have too much orange and plaid though. I think I'll try to do a Photoshop mock-up to imagine it finished before I take another step.

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Orange with black accents will look great.
You have orange carpet with a white/orange plaid seat?
Here is my 72’ interior.
Maybe you can photoshop your orange carpeting/seat combo in to get an idea?
Photos are required later when completed :lol: :metal:

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That look great Sam. :) Yup the plaid is orange, white, and black. Yeah, I'll definitely post pics.

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Get that you do not like blue. Switch the blue to orange there and I would be okay looking at it. I personally do not care for orange, so you would not see it on any of my vehicles. As you said to each their own.

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Yup, I can see that. That's definitely true for me.