Advice on car respray

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rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

241 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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I have a Z3 body conversion thingy which I now want to respray



had the notion of black base covered with fine blue metalflake.

Like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261879434983?_trksid=p20...

Now, metalflake isnt something I see on the roads round here. is it a very uncool thing to be considering??

The other option is a dark blue pearl of some description.

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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I think metal flake is very 90's.

Pearl is much more 'now' and a white base with a blue pearl would like nice IMO, but it's your car, do as you please!

rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

241 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Have a test panel sprayed here in flake and it looks amazing in the sun but think it might be OTT for a full car. Will look about a pearl sample and try it out. Just worried my spraying skills might not be up to it!

I had considered white with blue pearl but mu wife isn't fussed on the effect.

rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

241 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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Have decided to do a test panel in white with a blue pearl to see how it turns out.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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Nice!!

caduceus

6,069 posts

265 months

Sunday 20th September 2015
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I agree with butter. Flake would look completely st. But, each to their own...
Pearly is the way forward.

JohnD63

18 posts

163 months

Sunday 27th September 2015
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Depends on the flake size. Personally a large flake is too 70's, but a micro flake would look a lot nicer. At the moment we are working on a Lamborghini Veneno with a micro flake finish on a white base, very tastefully done.

rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

241 months

Monday 28th September 2015
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Sounds interesting! I've some pearl here which I haven't yet tried over white.also going to try a black base as well. Micro flake sounds like it might be an option too.

What size is the micro flake and what colour are you using? Any pictures you could share?