What colour????

[robsco]

PJ57 said:

Johnny 89 said:

My favourite TVR colour has always been Halcyon Yellow. It gives almost a matt yellow effect (not quite but the best way I can describe it)

The Macau yellow of my car isn't quite the same.

Haven't seen it but will keep an eye out. Sounds intriguing

I think Johnny 89 is referring to Halcyon Midas Pearlescent, which is my Cerbera's colour. It is very similar to Renault's Liquid Yellow in most lights. It can look bright yellow, gold, even pale yellow dependent on the light levels.

Edited by robsco on Thursday 24th July 19:11

[LivingTheDream]

PJ57 said:

Oh dear, just when I thought I'd made my mind up with the original colour then this pops up
That is rather lovely I have to say...Thinking mine would look bloody awesome in this colour too. Back to the drawing board Luckily I've got loads of time to choose as the chim's back to Elmwood for a full 12k service and a couple of investigation bits before I go off and buy the wrong parts

I need to get out and see more cars in the flesh before making my decision....escaping from work seem the problem at the moment

Thanks!

It looks like you're the wrong side of London for a visit (I'm in Herts), but if your over my way you're welcome to see it in the flesh.

[Johnny 89]

robsco said:

I think Johnny 89 is referring to Halcyon Midas Pearlescent, which is my Cerbera's colour. It is very similar to Renault's Liquid Yellow in most lights. It can look bright yellow, gold, even pale yellow dependent on the light levels.

Edited by robsco on Thursday 24th July 19:11

Yes, that's the colour.. It's stunning. Thank you for sharing.
Is that the same colour that they used for the poster Griffiths?

[QBee]

Johnny 89 said:

On the colour topic again, does anyone know how I can find a paint code for my Chim? It's described in the owners manual as "Macau Yellow" which doesn't appear on this list:

http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I'm just trying to get a little bit mixed to do a small job on the front indicator area. Thanks.

Three step process.

Step 1. Open bonnet.
Step 2. Fix open with bonnet prop
Step 3. Walk around to the passenger side and read the paint code off the big label near the air flow meter.

It's typically three characters, a hyphen, then five characters.

[Johnny 89]

s p a c e m a n said:

Johnny, I would recommend just finding a decent localish paint manufactures if you want to patch bits up. I've got one near me who walks out to look at the car and can match a colour on the first go, we think he's a wizard. The other two blokes in the shop have to go out and check a couple of times before they're happy with the match, they hate him

Sounds like a top guy I've just seen that the paint code is under the bonnet from a different poster. I'll try the two methods for the best results

[Johnny 89]

QBee said:

Three step process.

Step 1. Open bonnet.
Step 2. Fix open with bonnet prop
Step 3. Walk around to the passenger side and read the paint code off the big label near the air flow meter.

It's typically three characters, a hyphen, then five characters.

Thanks.. I'll take a look there. I never realised this!

[caduceus]

What colour did you go for in the end OP?

[Zippee]

PJ57 said:

LivingTheDream said:

I believe mine is GTS Viper blue - stunning in the sunshine.....

Oh dear, just when I thought I'd made my mind up with the original colour then this pops up
That is rather lovely I have to say...Thinking mine would look bloody awesome in this colour too. Back to the drawing board Luckily I've got loads of time to choose as the chim's back to Elmwood for a full 12k service and a couple of investigation bits before I go off and buy the wrong parts

I need to get out and see more cars in the flesh before making my decision....escaping from work seem the problem at the moment

I know this is an old thread and my response way out of date but my old Chim was Viper blue and it is indeed a stunning colour.

OP - In case you haven't yet gone through with this what about something non-TVR related? I recently had my 350 painted Toyota blackish red, only found on a Wedge and I believe a Tuscan so very unique and looks amazing.

[PJ57]

Hey guys, apologies for the lack update on this.

As far as things have gone, I'm pretty set on Viper Blue, have finally seen it in the flesh so to speak, and is a stunning colour.
The Chim is still a looking tatty at the moment, as I've been committed to getting all the initial fault list completed as well as the structural things right first, so have replaced all of the wishbones, full poly-bush and new Bilstein dampers & springs all round etc etc.
Pretty much blew the re-spray budget with that lot But at least the car is safe and drives beautifully.

Also, the car has just come back from TVR101 for some more work, and also took advantage of Carl Bakers talents whist he was over too. Not due to reliability issues, but down to the alarm siren not working, so just got the lot done and hopefully future proofed any electrical issues.

Hopefully the re-spray will be done by next summer, although I'm already looking at either an LS engine swap or FI and Canems on the existing 450?????
Neal and Mac are to blame for this one. Was a pleasure to meet you both at the Neil Garner open day, and both your installs are incredible. A true testament to your talents, pictures simply don't do them justice compared to seeing them first hand

Way to many decisions

Edited by PJ57 on Saturday 10th October 12:15

[PJ57]

Finally got my act together!

Went with Viper GTS Blue after much deliberation, and had the SP12's re-done in Anthracite to tone them down a bit from the bright silver before.
Haven't seen it in the flesh yet, but pretty happy with the look in the photo's.
Picking it up on Sat

Went from this



To this

Edited by PJ57 on Thursday 10th March 20:12

[FoxTVR430]

Like, Like , Like.
That is coooool & sooo shiny. !

V. Nice colour!

[PJ57]

Thanks matey. Pretty pleased with the result, as took me ages to get around to getting it painted. More remedial work on suspension dampers etc took priority than making the car look nice.
Will be great to drive without being embarrassed about the state of the paintwork

[Zippee]

That looks amazing - I loved my old one in Viper blue

[PJ57]

Zippee said:

That looks amazing - I loved my old one in Viper blue

Thanks. Looking like a nice sunny day to pick it up.
Going to put some miles on it today