which colour do you feel looks best????

Im not voting.

I have nearly reached 3 years of my build and have settled on just about every colour to this point. At present, in order of likelyhood, it might be

1. dark, old fashioned red as seen on some audi tt
2. BRG
3. Yellow.

I have to make a decison sometime by october, as sprayingmlater than this would be under adverse temps and weather conditions, and spring next year would be too late to get thro sva and have a decent summer season.


atb

Steve.


PS in my view ally panels might look fine at the start, but not after a few months.

atb

steve

Self preservation yellow for mine.

I'm sticking with the classic BRG with yellow nosecone.

The Wife wants it an Electric Blue, but not electric (??) go figure.

Some how I think it will end up being BRG and yellow at the front, with a metalic blue ass.

In case you haven't already seen it, there's a colour picker type thing on the westfield site, it's a bit of fun for a few minutes.

Kingr

I'm with Brookie on that, as lary yellow as possible - I want the lorries to see me as I overtake!! So thats what I voted.

However, I've seen one dark metallic burgungy kinda colour that looked really nice, smart instead of in-yer-face yellow.

I've seen a (soapy) pink catering van that didn't look too bad - if you are a girl! (do we have any female builders??!)

The real Ned would never be looking at girls

But then didnt your other half come to a sticky end falling from a stadium?

atb

steve

PS

The museum of british road transport in coventry has barbies pink xjs - and thrust ssc and thrust 2. It really does have a pink xjs - honest

i was gonna paint mine magenta with black arches but tiger has beat me to it with there new demo car

Steve wrote...


1. dark, old fashioned red as seen on some audi tt

Funny enough I love the colour too, it is amulet red, I even took a photo of a TT to which we had just fitted a body kit because I liked it so much!!
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i have seen a wood paneled se7en, from a distance it looked brown, but up close, tho diffrent looking it was quite good..

it had stickers for some hand made furniture company all over it.

only thing was: things like the rear wheel arches had square corners, a good effort none the less

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Steve wrote...


1. dark, old fashioned red as seen on some audi tt

Funny enough I love the colour too, it is amulet red, I even took a photo of a TT to which we had just fitted a body kit because I liked it so much!!

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Steve,

Yes, it is non metallic, but it is clear over base, I will get the code for you if you need it.

I have changed my mind about 124627 times since I started the build, starting off with that really bright orange in which they do the later saxo's, a vivid 2 stage metallic blue used on new VW Beetles, polychromes on the RM site and even plain white after seeing a westy at Exeter show (the one with the red seats!)

Only when all the bodywork is complete will I confirm, I THINK......

Just looked it up, LY3C, it only has 4 tinters so I should be really reliable for matching later


0.15L 0.25L 0.35L 0.5L 1.00L
BC020 88.2 13.2 22.1 30.8 44.0 88.2
BC105 203.1 30.4 50.8 71.0 101.5 203.1
BC816 493.7 74.0 123.4 172.7 246.8 493.7
BC881 937.6 140.6 234.4 328.1 468.8 937.6

Dark blue with a yellow nose and wings of course!

Cheers

Chris

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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Steve,

Yes, it is non metallic, but it is clear over base, I will get the code for you if you need it.

I have changed my mind about 124627 times since I started the build, starting off with that really bright orange in which they do the later saxo's, a vivid 2 stage metallic blue used on new VW Beetles, polychromes on the RM site and even plain white after seeing a westy at Exeter show (the one with the red seats!)

Only when all the bodywork is complete will I confirm, I THINK......

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Clear over base, yes, it is a non gloss colour coat (single pack polyester) followed by a 2 pack clear lacquer, you could use single pack clear, but it degrades over time especially under sunlight, but are you going to leave your car outside all the time? probably not!

oh nope! gonna be molly coddled in the garage and not driven in the wet if I can help it!

Avenue Panel, in Rushden, northants, is my nearest body parts and paint supplier. Think I will have to have a discussion with em when it comes to time.

twin pack seems a great way to paint a car if it wasnt for the deadly bits.

atb

steve


btw - how many coats of each would be normal?