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    Default any grabber blue foxes out there? post your pics!

    post your pics! I am thinking about painting my 85 coupe grabber blue

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    Do a Goggle search and you will find some Fox Mustangs in Grabber Blue. Most are Aero cars, but will give you the basic look.

    Obviously your car and you can paint it any color you want. My .02 worth (that you didn't really ask for ) is that the Grabber Blue is a cool color, but just doesn't work as well as hoped on the Fox Body. I can't tell you exactly why, but for me the color just doesn't "Look Right" I like the color on the ole '69/'70 cars and it looks good on the new S197 Mustangs, but something is off on the Fox with that color.

    If you are dead set on the color, then IMHO you need to add plenty of Black or Charcoal Gray (it is an '85 model ) accents to help tone down the Grabber Blue and break it up a bit. Then it can look better. Again all of this is my personal opinion and yours may vary.
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    Have to agree with wraith- it looks kind of - -meh.
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    Much better looking in darker blue
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    This one, 4eye betta

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    The two posted so far look more like '03 Mach 1 Azure Blue than Grabber..

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    I painted mine Eastwood's Royal Blue with black trim.


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    When I think of grabber blue, two cars come to mind before most others. The shortened Supercoupe and the 89 choptop mustang, both built by Autokraft back in the early 90's.

    http://www.autokraftnebraska.com/Cus...Choptopweb.htm

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    this is mine. competition orange. maybe I should keep that color. it needs a repaint. overall its not too bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brian85coupe View Post
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    this is mine. competition orange. maybe I should keep that color. it needs a repaint. overall its not too bad.
    Oh man.....that's a nice color!!!!

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    There just aren't enough orange foxes out there. Grabber blue is cool too, though...

    You could move to Gainesville, FL and paint it BOTH! You'd get some free beers out of that.

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    lol....I may keep the orange. not too sure just yet

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    Solid shade Grabber blue, green, orange, yellow, need a balanced amount of black to break up the brightness.
    A tiny bit of a third accent color or chrome can work.
    White, argent, stripes also work.
    Orange body color with black and argent ok, like the 80's GT emblems.
    Take a ft spoiler in body color. It don't work. Black only.
    Trim- pretty much has to be non-gloss black.

    The coupe in post #4 is almost there
    Needs all the black body side moldings to sport it up.
    Black door trim, molding, mirrors instead of body color.
    Lose the black roof stripe.
    Black pinstripe accent may work.
    Traditional hood blackout has always been matte, flat, satin. Never gloss.
    Chrome rims ok.

    Funny how some items and combos work and dont.
    Like Magnum 500 wheels. Sharp on 60's-70's cars. Not so on newer.
    Vice versa with TRX.

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    if I stay with my competition orange or change the color I will keep the black on the car. totally agree about needing black on the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HurricaneJesus View Post
    There just aren't enough orange foxes out there
    Quote Originally Posted by brian85coupe View Post
    lol....I may keep the orange. not too sure just yet
    Agreed! Nothing wrong with this color.

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    Does NOT work for me. YMMV of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4-barrel Mike View Post
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    Does NOT work for me. YMMV of course.

    Mike
    I honestly like the look and think it looks pretty good. There is enough black to help balance out the Grabber Blue IMHO. The dark tinted windows really help and without that it might now work as well.

    As many have suggested just as I did early on, there needs to be enough black/charcoal grey to offset the Brightness of the Grabber Blue. Balance it out well and it can be a really good look. Too little and Grabber Blue, Competition Orange, Lime Green, Retina Piercing Yellow, etc. all become too over powering on virtually any car and you get a washed out look that IMHO just doesn't do the car justice. Best of Luck!
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    that looks nice. just enough black

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    Love Ford Grabber blue on a fox.

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    1986 Mustang GT, 1989 Mustang GT convertible
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