need your HELP colour change ???

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:59 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

been thinking about having this put on the car, using the current colour (silver) as the base coat.
any one had this done, if so was it expensive

did have a Vetra and was quoted Â£400 for this

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:45 pm

Not my cup of tea I'm afraid!

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:32 pm

Minging!

vdubit · Post by **vdubit** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:58 pm

Depends how you used it. I used this stuff on my convertible (only a nice colour!). You really need a dark basecoat in order for it to look nice. Also, to use your existing colour as a basecoat is a bad idea. You car already has old lacquer on it, and to basically re-apply new lacquer to your old would cause peeling in a very short period of time. You're supposed to apply fresh basecoat, followed by this stuff mixed with the laquer. Followed by clear lacquer on top. In theory if you flatted the whole car really well with extremely fine sandpaper (like 2000 grit) it would be ok, but i would have thought you'd still see the scratches through the pearl.

When i did my cabby, i used a dark blue mettalic basecoat (I had loads kicking round i had to use) followed by an electric blue pearl, mixed one bag to one litre. After appling a litre of this stuff the whole car had changed to a candy blue. It looked quite nice. The intention though was to have it blue flipping to violet (in a subtle way) so i then gave it a litre of violet (again using the whole bag). Unfortunatly this backfired and i ended up with a more or less pink car! I then gave it another litre with only half a bag of electric blue, and luckily the result was as wanted, albeit a little lighter than intended.

The problem with this stuff is you have no idea whatsoever what colour it will turn out, its complete guess work!

Only one pic i'm afraid, and a rubbish one and that!

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:17 pm

cheers for the good advice may leave it for now

garnier · Post by **garnier** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:58 pm

Think long and hard about completely changing the colour of your car. It's a big job if you are doing it yourself, expensive if someone else is doing it.

I once sprayed a red mini blue, and it was a nightmare. All that interior colour coding and spraying was hellish. And if you are doing interior bits (inside doors panels etc) it just looks naff and cheap. Would certainly devalue your car.

And as for that pink colour? It's a bit more saxo than polo I'm afraid

Just my opinion

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:43 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... osi_widget

think your right the pink is a bit much

thought this was a bit more tastefull

any who it the missus who wants something that stands out from the rest,

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:55 pm

One colour I've always liked is Rage Extreme Spectraflair as seen below, TVR's look great in it because of the curves in them.

Although, at Â£458.33 per litre plus VAT. it's not cheap in the slightest

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:07 pm

yeah Tom

thats what i mean something a little different, not look at me ive got a blue,green,pink,red,technocoloururghwhathehelldoyoucall that colour