Hey All, A Matter Of Colours?

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Hey All, A Matter Of Colours?

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First off, Hi all, im actually in the middle of rebuilding a 84 JA starion i just got and was wondering what colour to paint it? its being professionally colour changed everywhere except the engine since i cbf taking the engine out and painting in there. anyway im really looking at a Kandy Apple Red Colour :twisted: or something as close to that as possible, i dont mind black or pearls :drool: , so any one with any good ideas or good with photoshop dont be afraid to tell me what u think. Btw the orginal colour was gold but was flaking and rippled therefore needing to be removed. The car is back in bare metal so i have a clean base to work from. Ideas are much appreciated, thanks all. :D

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House of Kolor - Kandi Apple Red :drool:

That is a colour I have only seen once, and I couldn't stop starring at it. Photos dont do it justice, its an amazing paint. Cost a few $ though, need to do heaps of special undercoats, and 2-3 topcoats.Not to mention primer and clear. But damn its nice.

btw Kandi Apple Red isn't normal paint colour, but a type of paint, in the right light you can see through the top coat in to the base. Pretty much any from that range will give really good effects without looking tacky.

Im going black on mine, maybe a red pearl. Kinda seems funny spending money on getting the car painted and not doing something special like a pearl. My other idea was a dark blue with a light blue or cyan pearl through it - was a colour/style I actually spotted in Need for Speed Underground :oops: but I love it just the same.

I also liked the idea of black and having the mags and strip done in gold chrome. But my girlfriend told me no. Im not allowed white or black wheels either.
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Ive been pondering new colours for my JB as well. I am not really a fan of the red starion, just too common :P But Kandy red would make it stand out a fair bit.

Either metallic black or a really bright light blue metallic color. I have a picture of the blue I had in mind that I saw on a late model ford XR6 today...really looked great in the sun.
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fr335tyl3r wrote:red starion
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I'm spraying mine gunmetal at the moment. since it's doing trackwork soon. I wasn't going to get a fancy paint that's hard to match in case of accidents but if i were gonna go fancy i'd do a gunmetal grey pearl (as seen on the evo 8 mr) mmm looks wet n shiny, can look grey and black and bright greeny silver under different lights. pretty subtle colour though nice if you're going for a dark look especially black rims.
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yeah i was think the gunmetal grey light the rx7s have aswell.
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red or grey?

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ok guys ive got a nice solid red with glitter and a pearl running through it in my mind however, that grey pearl like on the evo 8 has got me drooling so i might think that i go with that, however the cars interior is gold and brown so i have to try and get a colour that matches that since im not changing interior colours, also the car is going to be used for drift and daily driving so i want something nice and dark rims will also be cool. its going to be a black top as well, so the roof, bonnet and hatch will all be jet black. mmmmm :drool: evo 8 grey pearl. NICE, but red goes FASTER!!! lolz
anyways thanks for the replys guys, i just gotta make up my mind i guess but keep the colours coming, never know what might grab my fancy. lolz

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find some place that has the house of colour stuff, they had a stand at the summernats and there was a heap of beautiful deep colours. Also might be worth having a look overseas for something unique.
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A mate of mine painted the engine bay of his commo without taking the engine out, just masked everything up. Can't see any of the original colour left. See at the bottom of the linked page:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/531781/4
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