• Welcome to the Contour Enthusiasts Group, the best resource for the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique.

    You can register to join the community.

Brian Mohorcic's cameleon SVT Contour

^^^^^^^^^ :laugh: hahaha, Ryan - they are one of few companies that makes a decent "glow gauge" to match the main gauges glow.... I have them too so I am a bit partial ;). But, that's probably the reason.
 
you can tell that there was a lot of time put into that car, and if the owner is happy then that's awesome. for me i've seen to many cars with that kameleon style paint. within 50 miles of me there are at least 4 cars, 2 motorcycles, a truck and a rollback all with the same color. for me it's been played out.

however that's a crap load of work you've done there and it doesn't look like it was done in a weekend, you can tell the time that's been put into it and that in itself makes it pretty cool.
 
Antec said:
You guys have officially embarrassed the hell out of me; :nonono: (besides the few on here that can can give constructive criticism) I am lost for words.
Click to expand...

I don't really know what you're complaining about. Responses have been far more subdued than I expected. Members of forums not going to be supportive and nurturing like your parents and teachers. When you post something like this on a car forum with members of all ages from all walks of life, the best you're going to get are honest opinions.

I love the effort and enthusiasm that has gone into this project. I give you an A for effort, but some corners were cut (like painting over the roof trim), some decisions were questionable (like painting the steering wheel) and I don't think the hood and body mods go with the look of the car at all.

I get the feeling you guys are young and learning, and from that POV it's really a great job. However, if you continue to develop your skills, you'll probably look back one day and appreciate what some people here are saying.
 
welll i see alota of people leaving comments on the roof trim, theroof trims i had taking outta the car when i painted it, i painted them off the car, the whole car was taking apart when i painted it, the is no tape lines i paint cars for aliving i dont do nothing the cheap way, and yes im trying to be different from everyone else that had contours, some people like and some people dont and bottom line is i like it, so u guys can have say and thats fine, at the end of the day itsmy car and i like it. and the steering wheel was fiberglassed just like the dash, cause it was all ripped apart and thats a different steering wheel then everyone elses
 
blu_fuz said:
^^^^^^^^^ :laugh: hahaha, Ryan - they are one of few companies that makes a decent "glow gauge" to match the main gauges glow.... I have them too so I am a bit partial ;). But, that's probably the reason.
Click to expand...

I had them in my black car and know what a pos they are too man, I didnt care about the GLOW, cause 99% of car shows were in the daytime and It was about the racing for me, and the GLOW dosent affect my crappy 1/4 mile times,lol or wait......new excuse, I ran a 14.9 cause my guages didnt match the glow hahahahahahaha
 
blu_fuz said:
^^^^^^^^^ :laugh: hahaha, Ryan - they are one of few companies that makes a decent "glow gauge" to match the main gauges glow.... I have them too so I am a bit partial ;). But, that's probably the reason.
Click to expand...

I have them as well... never had any problems with them :shrug:
 
smokeez said:
welll i see alota of people leaving comments on the roof trim, theroof trims i had taking outta the car when i painted it, i painted them off the car, the whole car was taking apart when i painted it, the is no tape lines i paint cars for aliving i dont do nothing the cheap way, and yes im trying to be different from everyone else that had contours, some people like and some people dont and bottom line is i like it, so u guys can have say and thats fine, at the end of the day itsmy car and i like it. and the steering wheel was fiberglassed just like the dash, cause it was all ripped apart and thats a different steering wheel then everyone elses
Click to expand...

like i said i don't care for the color but i really do like the fact that you painted the roof trim. i think that i would have pulled the trim and filled the channel in but at least you're not looking at a black line in the middle of all that color. bu ti do have one question about the paint. you say that the whole car was apart, i was under the impression that kameleon paint the car had to be fully assembled and the full length of the car had to be painted in one step with a something like a 3/4 overlap for the paint to lay right? can you really get a uniform and even paint job if you paint each component individually?
 
It all depends on the type of kameleon. There are all different kinds. The one that Brian used changes 12 different colors and yes you can panel paint it. I have posted pictures of this car in the spray booth...... It was apart.
 
Things I like- the fender inlets, the chameleon (a misnomer, if you ask me) paint on the exterior, the splitter, the engine accents, the sub box.
Things I don't like- the vents in the hood (they do not flow with the car at all), the chameleon paint inside.

The interior should be lightly detailed. Mute out the color if you like (though it's hard to get quieter than MNB), and add a few accents- trim pieces in the color change or chrome. But painting the interior to match the exterior (unless you're gunning for a blacked out look) just doesn't work for me. Though, again, YMMV. I give you a lot of credit for trying something different. But I think you might have gone 6 or 7 steps over the line by bringing that color all over the inside. I really, really think a more muted, flat black theme to the interior would have served you well.
 
no when i painted the car, the entire car was taking apart i painted all the jams door jams trunk jams inside the door inside the trunk then hung the panals back on the car, then i took the car and painted the whole outside of the car, so that the paint would 100 percent match and yes u can not panal paint kameleon, it will not have the same over lay and color flop, and like u said the black roof trim in the middle of a beautiful paint job doesnt work for me, but thanks for the compilments the car is nice and its how i like it, and everyone has there thoughts.
 
Desiato said:
I don't really know what you're complaining about. Responses have been far more subdued than I expected. Members of forums not going to be supportive and nurturing like your parents and teachers. When you post something like this on a car forum with members of all ages from all walks of life, the best you're going to get are honest opinions.

I love the effort and enthusiasm that has gone into this project. I give you an A for effort, but some corners were cut (like painting over the roof trim), some decisions were questionable (like painting the steering wheel) and I don't think the hood and body mods go with the look of the car at all.

I get the feeling you guys are young and learning, and from that POV it's really a great job. However, if you continue to develop your skills, you'll probably look back one day and appreciate what some people here are saying.
Click to expand...

Very well said, true, true and true, all the way through!
 
smokeez said:
no when i painted the car, the entire car was taking apart i painted all the jams door jams trunk jams inside the door inside the trunk then hung the panals back on the car, then i took the car and painted the whole outside of the car, so that the paint would 100 percent match and yes u can not panal paint kameleon, it will not have the same over lay and color flop, and like u said the black roof trim in the middle of a beautiful paint job doesnt work for me, but thanks for the compilments the car is nice and its how i like it, and everyone has there thoughts.
Click to expand...


that's how i was think the paint was done. and all that matters is that you like your car. it's your car and you are the one driving and paying for it, who cares what others think.
 
The higher the post count the directly inversely proportional the people know about cars on this website, doesn't go for all members but definitely the vast majority. My advice is don't waste your time on here all you will find is resistance and people telling you your a hack...not trying to be a douche..
 
I don't think the guy's a hack at all, but painting over things and painting EVERYTHING the same color can be a bit much. Now honestly, not since the small truck craze of the early 90's when people were jammin' Vanilla Ice and cutting lines into the side of their heads was the re-located license plate thing cool and its even angled too, come on now. Alot of people here are enthusists and hate seeing an SVT get done this way. It was like that back in the day with that guy Rob who put the twin fishtanks in the trunk of his CSVT and did that wild ass jungle type paint job. Quality work for sure, but noone here really liked it and thought he should've used a Taurus, same effect w/o ruining a perf car, especially now that they're even more rare. That car also had some huge, ugly chrome rims on it. Maybe someone can dig up those pics. Last time I saw it at Cobo Hall it had orange on it and 7 series tailights incorporated into it....nuff said!

That being said, keep pluggin' away pefecting your craft!
 
Klasse Act said:
I don't think the guy's a hack at all, but painting over things and painting EVERYTHING the same color can be a bit much. Now honestly, not since the small truck craze of the early 90's when people were jammin' Vanilla Ice and cutting lines into the side of their heads was the re-located license plate thing cool and its even angled too, come on now. Alot of people here are enthusists and hate seeing an SVT get done this way. It was like that back in the day with that guy Rob who put the twin fishtanks in the trunk of his CSVT and did that wild ass jungle type paint job. Quality work for sure, but noone here really liked it and thought he should've used a Taurus, same effect w/o ruining a perf car, especially now that they're even more rare. That car also had some huge, ugly chrome rims on it. Maybe someone can dig up those pics. Last time I saw it at Cobo Hall it had orange on it and 7 series tailights incorporated into it....nuff said!

That being said, keep pluggin' away pefecting your craft!
Click to expand...

who are you to suggest that this guy isn't an enthusiast? yeah the color all over is a bit much. but who cares what he does with his car? i think the fact that he has put as much time and money into the car as he has and the body mods that are "his style" shows that he is an enthusiast. the fact that it was done with a contour just makes it more unique. just because it's doesn't have a mirko and stazi mesh with a 3L turbo doesn't make it any more or less a contour SVT. i don't understand why people get so much crap for being outside the box on this forum.
 
welllll since vanillla ice is back out from the 90s everyone can see that hes not just a rapper, he has some car enthusiast in him, all because this car isnt what u guys want it to be and isnt the way u guys think csvt should be done, well thats ur style this is mine and if u dont like it i reallly dont care too much, im not 10 imnot gonna go cry to my mom about it, i could care less what u guys say, and for the books it has a built 3 liter if u must know, i putting npg forged pistons and rings and there rods and bearing in it, so no its not stock at all if u guys must know, i dont do just body and paint i do it alllll
 
smokeez said:
welllll since vanillla ice is back out from the 90s everyone can see that hes not just a rapper, he has some car enthusiast in him, all because this car isnt what u guys want it to be and isnt the way u guys think csvt should be done, well thats ur style this is mine and if u dont like it i reallly dont care too much, im not 10 imnot gonna go cry to my mom about it, i could care less what u guys say, and for the books it has a built liter if u must know, i outting npg forged pistons and rings and there rods and bearing in it, so no its not stock at all if u guys must know, i dont do just body and paint i do it alllll
Click to expand...

HA!!! Awesome!! I love it...

Good job......
 
He makes a very good point that somehow manages to get glossed over on this forum all too much. He's not ruining an SVT. He's making the SVT his own. I for one greatly enjoy this car because he took his SVT and went his own direction, rather than follow with the high count of mirrored SVT's on here. Yes, you are all entitled to your opinions. With the overzealous elitism of the general SVT owners on here though...your opinions are highly skewed in one general direction. While I am a CDW27 enthusiast, I know the SVT is a little bit more special than your average Contour/Mystique...but at the end of the day it's still just a Contour. So to claim he ruined a perfectly good car is just asinine, especially if he's personally enjoying the car and all the work building up to the finished product. I consider him more of an enthusiast than most just for that fact.
 
PEN² said:
He makes a very good point that somehow manages to get glossed over on this forum all too much. He's not ruining an SVT. He's making the SVT his own. I for one greatly enjoy this car because he took his SVT and went his own direction, rather than follow with the high count of mirrored SVT's on here. Yes, you are all entitled to your opinions. With the overzealous elitism of the general SVT owners on here though...your opinions are highly skewed in one general direction. While I am a CDW27 enthusiast, I know the SVT is a little bit more special than your average Contour/Mystique...but at the end of the day it's still just a Contour. So to claim he ruined a perfectly good car is just asinine, especially if he's personally enjoying the car and all the work building up to the finished product. I consider him more of an enthusiast than most just for that fact.
Click to expand...

Where's the "thumbs up" button?
 
PEN² said:
He makes a very good point that somehow manages to get glossed over on this forum all too much. He's not ruining an SVT. He's making the SVT his own. I for one greatly enjoy this car because he took his SVT and went his own direction, rather than follow with the high count of mirrored SVT's on here. Yes, you are all entitled to your opinions. With the overzealous elitism of the general SVT owners on here though...your opinions are highly skewed in one general direction. While I am a CDW27 enthusiast, I know the SVT is a little bit more special than your average Contour/Mystique...but at the end of the day it's still just a Contour. So to claim he ruined a perfectly good car is just asinine, especially if he's personally enjoying the car and all the work building up to the finished product. I consider him more of an enthusiast than most just for that fact.
Click to expand...

thank you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top