Hello All,
Its official - i HATE the colour of my car. Oxford blue is just too dark and dull. When clean and shiny it looks dull, after 5 mins on the road it
looks pitted. To cut a long story / whinge short - its got to go.
OK so onto my problem. Iam not artistic and colour creative. I do fancy some form of motorsport livery replica. I like the Gulf colour schemes a lot
but there is a few about so before going down that road does anyone have some great pics of race car colour schemes that will look great on a
se7en?
A few rules for me:
1. Red is out as the principle colour (bad news colour for me).
2. Im not keen on yellow.
3. I dont like bright greens.
4. I love blue.
5. Needs to be quite simple so it wont cost too much for the paint job (budgets etc).
Many thanks in advance for your suggestions and pics,
Darren.
Cover it in stripes and stickers
Now theres an idea.......... The stripes have helped to lift the colour but after living with it for a few weeks it looks like a dull car covered in
stickers! Not really what i want to end up with. A saying about silk purses comes to mind - hence colour inspiration question.
Bung on some Cobra stripes, put roundals on the sides, bonnet and rear panel and get loads of racing stickers and make it look like a racing car?
Can't beat Gulf oils colours though...
gulf mini
Darren
I would have thought your best bet would be to go F1 style. The dark blue of your car would make a perfect background for a Williams colour scheme
or Red Bull
Chris_R works for Signs Express in Gateshead, and once offered to wrap my car for me. They do taxis and vans all the time.
Cheers
Mike
Renault F1 - job done!
What about Bugatti racing colours?
Or Halfords touring car
If you come up to the MetroCenter at all try ModelZone (opposite Starbucks) they have display cases full of models in just about every livery you
could think of.
turquoise rizla suzuki as done on one of the mk's/caterhams
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2004/2004-Caterham-Superlight-R500-Evolution-Rizla-Suzuki-Track-1280x960.jpg
or one of my favourites - mustard yellow with Camel sponsoring a la the old benetton colours when schuey first drove with them.
http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/20car_img/20036m.jpg
also what andy north (?) has on his gt1 with dark blue a la hill/mansell/senna williams f1.
http://www.foxtoys.cz/nrb04/1-18%20Williams%20F1%20Exoto%202.jpg
silk cut jag purple/white?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/IMG_0985.jpg
scooby/555 colours?
ligier elf/gitannes colours
http://b.f1-facts.com/ul/a/498
michelen pilot escort cosworth blue/yellow
http://freespace.virgin.net/iain.holt/image/ndecosmp2.jpg
williams/mk2 escort/lemans rothmans colours
http://www.carcrazymodels.com/images/product/4702.jpg
http://www.groundwaters.de/Fotos/sennawilliams.jpg
http://rcma.free.fr/escort/victoirerothmans.jpg
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spray it black like andy's car (ash3) i think it looks wonderfull
id say go for the rizzla colour as it looks fantastic and it is no where near dull!
Pink it up, you know you wanna!!
I have to say i really do like the orange on the Halfords BTCC car with the black and silver. Whole car in warm orange metallic with nose cone and
broad cobra style stripe in dark graphite or diamond black finished off with a narrower silver stripe inside the black one........ Wings painted in
the dark graphite. Roll cage and chasis remaining in silver. Seats re-painted etc.
The Rizla blue is very nice. Ive also been thinking along the lines of the benetton F1 colour schemes.
Some great ideas coming through here. I can also see how some of the ideas can be put down in paint and then jazzed up with Vinyl later (good for
spreading cost and also allowing future changes)
I know you said not red but how about the original Lotus 49 Gold Leaf Team Lotus? Red over white with gold band and nose like my Avatar?
Firstly it is a Lotus scheme second it was the first product liveried car after the ban on advertising was lifted. Thead was limited to something like
11"X 7" so as to be not visible on the BBC TV coverage Colin Chapman blootered that by using the colour scheme over the entire car with the
small add on the side by the cockpit!
Failing that Lotus British Racing Green with yellow noseband and single broad stripe.
Caber
or JPS, say no more 
....when I go for the colour change on the Viento, I'm thinking of doing this - with the stripe in the middle matching the ali side panels.
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if you just want to change the colour, you could vinyl wrap it, or soemthing like these......
Ray
Hello Darren,
I did some search on the net. What do you think about: Blue all over!!!
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Ore some sort of Hod Rod Style
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Greets Roy
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muttleyboy on the wscc forum has done the red bull thing, its turned out quite nice
slapping some orange onto it would be the most cost effective way, assuming you don;t wantto repaint all of it.
I always toyed of painting my MGB, when I had it, half white, half black right down the middle so spending on whcih side you look at, it is too
different cars!
I was thinking of doing mine in the Foggy Petronas Colours Bit of black and that lovely blue/green colour nice
How about this?
Shark 7
I reckon it would look good in Silver Arrow colours, with the orange/red stripe down the centre. Old McLaren Mercedes style.
Steve
get some stickers on it¬!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Big graphics like this Dax
quote:
with the stripe in the middle matching the ali side panels.
I've never been a fan of yellow either, but I reckon it goes well with a lightish blue. This is my latest acquisition:
dark blue, white stripes? perfect 
apologies for the size, its from an external site
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wow - thanks for the great response everyone.
GT40 in smoke silver looks awesome. Viper in shiny Royal blue also magnificent. I still keep getting drawn to the Halfords BTCC car in that warm
metallic burnt orange type colour. A mate of mine is working on a rendering of one of my photos in that colour with broad stripe and nosecone in
silver and black stripe in centre. Strange i like the orange seeing as im not a red / yellow fan.
The graphics on the Dax are great - similar to what i have had a go at already.
Seeing those pics certainly re-inforces that whilst dark blue is to my liking the gel coat Oxford just isnt a good se7en colour. i defo need something
that shines more and has that metallic sheen.
There is a Megabusa near me that is done in bright blue / green flip paint. It is stunning but i have reservations about flip paints.
Here is an example of the render. I would probs do the silver in vinyl and have it one width to front of nosecone. Whole bodywork in orange of course
(nosecone done to get the idea). Stripes over the whole car. Probs get the wings done in dark graphite and put same silver stripe over centre.
Cant decide what colour seats and roll bar should be???
Sorry about the size - i tried to resize it but result didnt look good.
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Ive done some more investigation on the orange. I really like the colour of the Range Rover concept vehicle (Range Stormer). I have been led to believe this colour was on the first 250 or so first edition Range Rover Sports. Any one know exactly what it is? I have been told Tangiers or Vesuvious orange. Dont know if it is a special metallic / pearl version. I have seen Tangiers Orange on the G4 Discoveries and it doesnt seem to look the same.
did u think in white wit Martini racing lines,
maybe the color of Peter Solberg car's Subaru Impresa World Rally Car, that is a nice blue.
cheers
Maradona
I do not want to speak of fotbal