What colour????

[PJ57]

Hi all, after removing the dodgy wrap on the bonnet of my Chimaera, despite being super careful and using a heat gun, I still managed to remove half of the lacquer in the process I'm getting v-expensive quotes to put the bonnet right due to the cost of paint and there's a very small chance that the new paint will match, I think saving for a full re-spray if the way forward.

Anyway, whilst looking at colours, I was wondering if returning the car to it's original colour (Halcyon Blue) would have any bearing on the cars overall value?

It's currently a flip colour as below


Was thinking of this....Viper Blue


Or is it worth more to repaint in the original Halcyon Blue (which I believe was a limited run of Chimaera's painted in this...or am I wrong??)



Any thoughts greatly appreciated

[phazed]

You might as well keep the colour, redo the bonnet matt black and replace the wheels with some nice wider polished rim wheels to set it off, (as it's non standard anyway).

[V8 GRF]

My Griffith is Halcyon Atlantis to give it it's full name. It wasn't a limited edition colour but was introduced in the latter end of the production life of the cars I believe. The last (official) Griffith 500SE was painted this colour

It's a great colour and generates much attention and comment.It has a good range of shade from Blue to Green depending on the formulation and the position of the sun/shadows, not easy to photograph.

Edited by V8 GRF on Thursday 17th July 18:06

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

Personally, I don't think you should worry about the effect on the car's value. There's a far more important criterion: which colour do you like?

[PJ57]

phazed said:

You might as well keep the colour, redo the bonnet matt black and replace the wheels with some nice wider polished rim wheels to set it off, (as it's non standard anyway).

Loving those rims, look a perfect fit and make the car look so much more aggressive.
I'll be selling mine on soon (Think they are wolfrace copies of the SP12 style), as the offset's all wrong. The rears are too far in the wheel wells, and the fronts too far out. I had to change the front tyres to 215/40/16's as the ones on the car were rubbing on the inner arches.
With the lower profile, they now look lost in the front arches.
Currently bidding on some standard wheels at the moment as an easy fix, and kinda thought going back to stock may be an idea, although the tuning bug is starting to bite already.

I like the current flip paint, but it's tatty in places but the cheaper option of the black bonnet may be a better option to tidy the car up for the time being.

[PJ57]

V8 GRF said:

My Griffith is Halcyon Atlantis to give it it's full name. It wasn't a limited edition colour but was introduced in the latter end of the production life of the cars I believe. The last (official) Griffith 500SE was painted this colour

It's a great colour and generates much attention and comment.It has a good range of shade from Blue to Green depending on the formulation and the position of the sun/shadows, not easy to photograph.

Edited by V8 GRF on Thursday 17th July 18:06

Thanks for the photo, that does look lovely in the pic.
I need to get out more, as haven't seen this colour in the flesh yet
Think that may be the way forward once I've got the rest of the car up to speed......still loads to do

[s p a c e m a n]

Was just having a google to see if anyone made some vinyl wrap close to the colour that you have and found this..

http://www.fxuk.net/image-gallery-more.aspx?gid=39...

That join line was disgraceful

[PJ57]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

Personally, I don't think you should worry about the effect on the car's value. There's a far more important criterion: which colour do you like?

I like them both TBH, but after seeing the colour in the photo from V8 GRF, I'm definitely leaning towards the original colour now

[Rib]

The cost of the paint from tvr guys is, well, a lot. Might be worth seeing if custompaints have that particular flip colour? However unless you had the the same paint and know how many layers it had it will probably always stick out.

[PJ57]

s p a c e m a n said:

Was just having a google to see if anyone made some vinyl wrap close to the colour that you have and found this..

http://www.fxuk.net/image-gallery-more.aspx?gid=39...

That join line was disgraceful

Bloody hell, well spotted. Do you think I should let them know the wrap doesn't exist anymore

They actually did a great job fitting this, the line across the bonnet is actually the Armourfend that was fitted when the car was painted. That was the part that started taking the lacquer off when I removed the wrap

[s p a c e m a n]

Looking at some of the chameleon vinyl wrap colours that are available I reckon that you might get a decent enough match if you find someone who knows what they're doing.

5 mins on ebay got me fairly close, a proper vehicle graphics firm might have a nice big database to buy from and it'll only cost a couple hundred quid to wrap that.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chameleon-Car-Wrap-1-52-...

[pk500]

PJ57 said:

Thanks for the photo, that does look lovely in the pic.
I need to get out more, as haven't seen this colour in the flesh yet
Think that may be the way forward once I've got the rest of the car up to speed......still loads to do

my chimaera is halcyon Atlantis pearl

[PJ57]

Rib said:

The cost of the paint from tvr guys is, well, a lot. Might be worth seeing if custompaints have that particular flip colour? However unless you had the the same paint and know how many layers it had it will probably always stick out.

Cool, will have a look and see what they've got....Thanks

[PJ57]

s p a c e m a n said:

Looking at some of the chameleon vinyl wrap colours that are available I reckon that you might get a decent enough match if you find someone who knows what they're doing.

5 mins on ebay got me fairly close, a proper vehicle graphics firm might have a nice big database to buy from and it'll only cost a couple hundred quid to wrap that.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chameleon-Car-Wrap-1-52-...

Thanks, May be a good option, will have to check how much it will cost to cut back the deep ridges where the lacquer has come off. Had loads of coats on it, as there's quite a step in the paintwork

[PJ57]

pk500 said:

my chimaera is halcyon Atlantis pearl

Wow, that's stunning. Did you get it re-sprayed recently? or is that very well looked after original paintwork? Definitely a great looking colour.
Love the rims too, set the whole car off nicely

[pk500]

PJ57 said:

Wow, that's stunning. Did you get it re-sprayed recently? or is that very well looked after original paintwork? Definitely a great looking colour.
Love the rims too, set the whole car off nicely

I have had it 9 years there are a few marks and stone chips but I do use it ! When the sun goes in it looks more green !

[nigegas]

Rosso red

[nigegas]

Rosso red

[shake n bake]

I've been toying with the idea recently if getting my beasty resprayed in Volvo polestar blue as I believe that chims look best in a solid colour.
I've decided to stick with the monza red as I like it and it suits the car but I do think the Volvo colour would look good on a chim.

[billzeebub]

pk500 said:

PJ57 said:

Thanks for the photo, that does look lovely in the pic.
I need to get out more, as haven't seen this colour in the flesh yet
Think that may be the way forward once I've got the rest of the car up to speed......still loads to do

my chimaera is halcyon Atlantis pearl

That looks sensational, lovely rare colour and those wheels are the best I've ever seen for a Chim