What Colour

[Savage]

hey guys and gals,

 

I'm faced with a dilema, well 2 actually

 

the first: what colour should i paint my ke70?

 

my thinking

 

black gloss

yellow (canaryish)

new ford green (Envi)

new ford blue (Blueprint)

bright orange

silver

gun metal grey

a mediumish purple

navy blue

 

can i have hands or suggestions pls people....

 

 

and my other dilema is wether or not to try and put on the chrome bumpers from a T-18

 

is that a wise move?

 

 

thanks in advance for you input

 

 

later.

Edited August 30, 2004 by Savage

[andrew]

it's really up to your preference, but i saw one the other day in matt black and it looked sweet!

 

chrome bumpers, not on a ke70 :)

[Redwarf]

This is a genuine DX. Doesn't look too bad with chrome bumpers.....

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Edited August 29, 2004 by Redwarf

[Felix]

i would go for a factory paint colour, and make it so whatever you do to the car can be undone.

 

this is so if and when you ever want to sell the car, you can return it to standard looking to give yourself a larger selling market. then you can keep or sell your good bits separately. you get alot more money back this way.

 

this is just my opinion, you do as you please.

[Teddy]

just make it look cool; personally i would go for a really nice darkish perl Red, with black hi-lights & Black tint.

 

:)

[Redwarf]

There is but one colour....

[Savage]

LOL

 

i must admit that has crossed my mind. after all red cars go faster :)

 

but what about longevity.

 

red cars seem the get the ar$e whipped by father time pretty quickly in my experience

[Redwarf]

I'd almost agree with that. My wifes AE101 is eight years old, and had an almost complete respray at 11 months old, courtesy of a barbed wire fence, and the paints now well trashed.

 

Alternately, the Dwarf's paint is coming up 4 years old, and is, within reason, as good as the day it went on. *shrugs*

 

Dwarf is painted in PPG Omni Bright Red, I'm looking to do Bluey in it, too.

Edited August 29, 2004 by Redwarf

[Teddy]

Alternately, the Dwarf's paint is coming up 4 years old, and is, within reason, as good as the day it went on. *shrugs*

 

Dwarf is painted in PPG Omni Bright Red, I'm looking to do Bluey in it, too.

*big grin*

 

Ahh yeah - thats gona be nice !!!

[Medicine_Man]

hey guys and gals,

 

I'm faced with a dilema, well 2 actually

 

the first: what colour should i paint my ke70?

 

my thinking

 

black gloss

yellow (canaryish)

new ford green

new ford blue (Blueprint)

bright orange

silver

gun metal grey

a mediumish purple

navy blue

 

can i have hands or suggestions pls people....

 

 

and my other dilema is wether or not to try and put on the chrome bumpers from a T-18

 

is that a wise move?

 

 

thanks in advance for you input

 

 

later.

Go the ford Blueprint Blue I recon, also, stick with the standard black bars, chrome doesn't really suit a KE70..

[ae71neo]

umm i reckon the new ford green colour, would look tuff :)

[99]

There is but ONE colour....

 

I vote for red (but I am just as biased as Redwarf)

[Ruts]

I reckon gunmetal looks great on any beast but the darker colours show dirt way too much - so if ya want a cleaner look go for the lighter colours like canary or good old arctic white with black detailing

[irokin]

That ford green had better not be that baby shit colour. Who in their RIGHT minds would buy a car that colour. Your never gonna be able to sell it. It looks like shit.

 

I'm gonna be painting mine white again...its just easy to keep the current colour.

[Felix]

yea ben, makes life a lot easier to stay the same colour. saves you having to paint the door jambs, dash (on ke1xs) and inside door tops on earlier cars. also the boot, engine bay and under the bonnet doesn't need to be done all at once.

 

one of the worst colours for showing dirt is british racing green. i helped a friend paint his rx4 in it years ago. he had to wash the thing twice a week as it showed up dust so bad. dark colours look dirty really quick.