Painting Car

[Bailey87]

hey guys,

I have just started the preparation for my car to get painted. i really finding it hard to decide what colour to paint it. i have thought of a dark rich purple, kinda so it looks black, but i also wanted to find a standard colour of a car so i didnt have to mix a paint. i have looked at most of the colour charts for like ford or mazda but still nothing. i did find one colour that i liked which is off the old fords like a XA gt model its called wild voliet.

What do you guys think? Any suggestions would be nice?

Hayley

[AstinaBoiV6]

its up 2 wat u think is good. but please stay away from snot green (lime) or orange and that really gay fluro yellow that u see alot of skylines and silvias painted.. hey y dont you add some sparkles in the paint and make it shine. like bourbons.. looks good n girls love it.

[project.r.racing]

that purple colour is awesome, go for that, your 1st instinct is normally the best choice also.

ryan

[Bailey87]

but i first thought Black but everyone has a black car, i kinda want to stand out but not really. i was thinking about the pearl under but its also the money

[chicaboo]

The dark purples sound good, Holden had a colour back in the day called Panther, was as greast blend of black and purple. Ford had a colour on the GTs and Tickfords that was more a dark burgandy in colour, but it had a lot of depth, plus doing a Ford colour is keeping it in the family too. Prolly the same colours the other Cuz's meant, but oh well, sound coolies either way if you ask me. Oh, I actually DO like the Mazda colour "spicy orange", but it needs a bit of bling to work it methinks...

[CRA23]

is it the same dark purple that came on the R33 GT-R skyline called Midnight purple?

[CityEnd]

hey bailey when u mentioned dark rich purple, i immediately thought of the holden chicaboo was talking abt, i remember the first time i saw it was about 10 yrs ago when a holden was parked outside our highschool, and it was like a blackcherry colour, it looks black at first but where the sunlight hits the paint it becomes a deep purple colour.

[bourbon]

i reckon the purple CRA23 is on bout would be good...its a deep purple...but not toooo deep...

[Ripper323]

Holden still have a colour similar on their VY SS Commodores. Very dark purplish colour. I'll look it up and get back to you with the name of the colour.

[Bailey87]

i have to say that i am liking the look of the skyline R33 midnight purple colour. i think it is just what i am looking for, also i couldn't fine the holden chicaboo.

[Mad Mat]

man u have got to love the red that is on the new mazda 6's. it has the sparkels in it like bourbs and a touch of the opal to. aslo red makes ur car go faster or in my cast semie faster. :p

[Bailey87]

i have a astina 92 and i want a colour that this model never came out in. and i also have 17" rims which a shadow crome

[Ripper323]

The colour I was thinking of is called cosmo mica or cosmo purple.
Here is one on carsales if you want to take a look.
Commodore (http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle?vehicle_id=2306784&current_rec=9&used_rec=100&total_rec=142&sort_type=&total_rec=142&sort_type=&make_id=10&model_id=19&keyword=SS%20VY&state_id=-1&search_distance=25)

[marcs_sp20]

The dark purples sound good, Holden had a colour back in the day called Panther, was as greast blend of black and purple. Ford had a colour on the GTs and Tickfords that was more a dark burgandy in colour, but it had a lot of depth, plus doing a Ford colour is keeping it in the family too. Prolly the same colours the other Cuz's meant, but oh well, sound coolies either way if you ask me. Oh, I actually DO like the Mazda colour "spicy orange", but it needs a bit of bling to work it methinks...

The colour u were thinking of Gav was called cherry black. Panther mica was black with a silver flake thrown into the blend, which u can only see in the light. U kinda pick up these things when ure old man is a car nut :p

[dfvadr]

i like your thoughts on colour , but i must say dont just do the outside then open the bonnet an see white or something like that , do the whole car properly

[AstinaBoiV6]

haha but then its 2tone

[Cosmo Dude]

i like your thoughts on colour , but i must say dont just do the outside then open the bonnet an see white or something like that , do the whole car properly
He has already started prep work without deciding a colour.......
That's like turning up to a tattoo shop and asking for 'whatever is popular now' :eek:

[Ian]

prehaps he was in a accident or something that requires him to respray it now without having time to decide a colour.

Say bailey, you wouldnt of happened to fly up to brisbane recently and hire out a white commodore from the airport would you?

[chicaboo]

Actually forget Panther Black, I suggest Bogan Leopard or Cheetah grey, it's a blend of flat grey primer with stunning black sanded highlights about the place. It's not obvious at night, but stands out mostly in lower class tenemental daylight. :p

[Bailey87]

Actually i am a chick, and i had a car accident about 2 months ago and i was going to paint is just black and then someone said to me y paint it black and spend a bit more and actually paint it something that no1 else has. so i have decided on midmight purple and i am getting the paint next week sometime. so i started the prep work and yes i already decided on a colour.