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What color for respray?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:19 pm
by GPXXX
I got a friend who can do complete resrays for a really good price. I have seen examples of his work and it looks top notch so lately I've been contemplating a color respray for my car but i can't decide which of the 3 options I should go for: Monaro Yellow, WRX 555 blue, classic polar White, or just repsray my car in original red (but slightly darker)
Your thoughts?

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:33 pm
by SilentBob
go the darker red option, like ferarri red....
SilentBob
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:43 pm
by FTO338
I was going to do Acid Green like the Monaro, until my missy said
NO
But yellow would be my choice out of the three.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:53 pm
by EURO
im a big sucker for white FTOS and white skylines Mikey....
I know some people think white is boring, but on those two cars its by far my favourite. I made sure when I imported mine that "it had to be white"!
having said that, it is very hard to keep clean! every little possum sh*t, or small stain turns yellow, and tar stands out (can be a nightmare to get off) But when its clean it looks great. depends if you can garage it etc
yellow- can look cool, but over time might get sick of it?
red - a good red always looks nice...
at least a darker car hides blemishes a bit more?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:59 pm
by HEK-71Q
i reckon u should respray it to...BLACK! lol
me n my buddies have black cars....theres 24 of us so far! its mad when u go cruising seeing all black....but nothing beats the fto cruise though!!
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:03 pm
by GPXXX
mate.... where we live, getting a black car is not a good idea, unless you wanna clean it 3-4 times a week...!!

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:18 pm
by Hellsmurf
lol definately the blue...or maybe something like metallic orange, something REALLY unusual and bright...
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:07 am
by Boris
I think the colour that you get should be what you really want it to be, i know you wanted a yellow fto, so maybe you should get yellow.
I think the colour that you get has to reflect the jap racing culture etc. So it has to be a racy colour. If you spray your car orange, with sparkly sh*t then that wouldn't be cool... That's more show... and i don't think your that kind of guy... and that's clearly why you have picked decent colours in the poll
Think, what colour would look best with your fetish with carbon fibre? I personally like the yellow option, or maybe the white that looks different from the white colour of the standard fto. But that's just me....
I like the lighter colours because if you get a carbon fibre bonnet it would look sweet
I don't know about the blue colour though, i'm personally having great difficulties imagining what that would look like

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:25 am
by GPXXX
damn, yellow FTO with exposed carbonfibre parts.... mmmm...!! oh look, i've creamed my pants again LoL...

:lol:
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:31 am
by NimZ
why even bother respraying, just cover the whole car with carbonfibre.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:32 am
by Adriano
knowing you love CF, i'd suggest either yellow or white

looks good with CF.....
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:59 am
by GPXXX
NimZ wrote:why even bother respraying, just cover the whole car with carbonfibre.

DON'T TEMPT ME...

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:15 pm
by aLLsTocK6
I reckon go the WRX Blue. Ive been contemplating sprayin my car in "Tiger Mica" so im just waiting to see how a few parts come out in the colour and the reaction i get.....

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:32 pm
by Leigh
my brothers starion is in tiger mica gold, and it suits it so well, so much better then the commadores. I think its the straight lines of the car that does it.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:48 pm
by jetlee
BA XRB purple, is pretty lush,
hey GPXXX, what does your mate charge, i am considering it getting a change
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:32 pm
by d_stroy_r
The better the colour, the mor ethe cost

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:52 pm
by ruchi
As you know Mikey, I hate the look of carbon fibre

, but having said that, I think white is the best colour as it provides the greatest contrast and really shows off the carbon fibre.
As for passion red, I find this colour too orange. You can particularly notice this when taking photos with a flash. If they had made the FTO in a deeper, richer red rather than the organgy-red, I probably would've got a red one.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:44 pm
by EURO
ive already put my 2 bobs in, but......
i think if you choose a colour too loud....like some of the comodore colours etc, you will end up getting bored of it?
some of those wild colours date very quickly, and considering the lengths your going to on your car, i would make sure that you are VERY keen on the colour....
cars like porshe, ferrari etc, always look good in red / yellow / black / white... and dont need to get colours that are too loud.... i would just choose one of those (of course in your favourite variation of those colours...).... thats just my opinion anyway
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:54 pm
by lal
pink
it worked for 2fast2furious..
if ppl give you a hard time... once you have your turbo installed... let the car do the talking...
imagine the buzz around VIC even OZ.... "have you seen that PINK FTO, with lots of carbon fibre

... oh and it's turboed"
us guys, wear pink shirts now... why not car colours
hey, i'm not making fun ok... just thinking outside the box... need something OUTRAGEOUS!
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:36 pm
by DZYRME
lal wrote:
us guys, wear pink shirts now... why not car colours
Speak for yourself!!
Id go fluro green, like the Eclipse in FandF. Im also considering changing the color of my car when I come back from overseas..