Paint choice

[Tuscanite]

I'm at the point of deciding what colour to paint my GD Mk4 body. I would welcome some advice on the type of finish to go for.

The car is definitely not going to be a showroom or garage queen - it will be driven and toured around europe at every opportunity.

I would dearly love a candy finish but have been warned off by the painters because once it has any damage, it would need a full respray - matching and touching up wouldn't be an option.

There are some newer products on the market including xirallic paints, which would give the wow factor I am looking for as well as this product: http://www.house-of-kolor.co.uk/index.php?main_pag... which seems to address the colour touch up issues.

Any advice is most welcome.

[thescamper]

How about a wrap? very easy to change/replace or repair.

[smash]

Without a shadow of a doubt in my mind...Porsche Zinc metallic

My mates RAM was painted this colour and it just looked sooooo right! It was wow factor for me but not maybe in the way you mean.

Search cobra 427 replica by RAM on youtube

Edited by smash on Thursday 19th September 13:54

[ugg10]

Always liked the Scooby Impreza Catalunya special paint - black metallic with a subtle touch of red sparkle, this with crimson/burgundy stripes/interior would do it for me.

if you want cheap and durable then there was (possibly is) a paint hull roll on self flatening paint that has been used fibreglass cars with some good results, the trick as with all paints is in the prep. I think there was a sylva mojo build on the net at some stage using this (red colour).