best colour for a tuscan racer
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so anyone changing colour this winter ?
always loved chianti starmist and wondered what the general opinion is on metallic or more modern colours on what is an old school classic car?
chianti starmist
dark metallic silver
old English white
candy apple red
?
?
?
if anyone is clever enough and can be bothered to photo shop some colours on one for me it would be most appreciated.
always loved chianti starmist and wondered what the general opinion is on metallic or more modern colours on what is an old school classic car?
chianti starmist
dark metallic silver
old English white
candy apple red
?
?
?
if anyone is clever enough and can be bothered to photo shop some colours on one for me it would be most appreciated.
With a race car I think all that matters is it stands out. to do that it needs to be bright and different from everything else. :-)
Although Sage green is unlucky according to owen
edited to add :- Mine is a metallic colour....
Edited again..
actually the best colour for a race car is that of a sponsor who is paying for a colour change lol
Although Sage green is unlucky according to owen
edited to add :- Mine is a metallic colour....
Edited again..
actually the best colour for a race car is that of a sponsor who is paying for a colour change lol
I think Owen ONeils short lived repainted Challenge car looked rather splendid in an Aston Martin shade of green - dont know the colour but here's a pic..
Phil Keen's car always looked good back in the day..
Incidently IIRC, this car was then Blue (Andy Holden then Sam Head) Yellow/Black (Jamie Golby) and now its's Deano's (2nd) Fluorescent Orange car.
That said, the best colour is actually TVR Racing Purple Pearl
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Phil Keen's car always looked good back in the day..
Incidently IIRC, this car was then Blue (Andy Holden then Sam Head) Yellow/Black (Jamie Golby) and now its's Deano's (2nd) Fluorescent Orange car.
That said, the best colour is actually TVR Racing Purple Pearl
.Tim , I've thought many times on changing from metallic to a flat colour .. Mainly because you can match it up easier ...but will still stick to it cos it looks so good ...my car was originally purple ,and there is still bits in the engine bay ....that would be my choice if I were changing
My ex Dave Bartrum ‘Insane Racing’ car in a Suzuki metallic blue:
My ex Phil Keen car in Subaru WRC Mica Blue. He took the back end off it in the last race in 2004, so a full respray was required and I took the opportunity to change the colour to blue:
My ex Lee Caroline car in Chelsea livery:
…which Owen bought from me and resprayed AMR green. Ironically (given what happened to Owen) Lee was paranoid about green on a race car – thought it was unlucky. Went loopy when we hid a green sticker somewhere on the car….
Whilst metallic colours look great when they are first done it is impossible to blow in repairs and keep them looking really good over time if you have the odd bump and scrape. A solid colour is much easier to lose repairs – I had to blow in a couple of small repairs on my white Sagaris and they were very difficult to pick out unless you knew they were there - they’d have stood out in metallic. And the paint is cheaper….
My ex Phil Keen car in Subaru WRC Mica Blue. He took the back end off it in the last race in 2004, so a full respray was required and I took the opportunity to change the colour to blue:
My ex Lee Caroline car in Chelsea livery:
…which Owen bought from me and resprayed AMR green. Ironically (given what happened to Owen) Lee was paranoid about green on a race car – thought it was unlucky. Went loopy when we hid a green sticker somewhere on the car….
Whilst metallic colours look great when they are first done it is impossible to blow in repairs and keep them looking really good over time if you have the odd bump and scrape. A solid colour is much easier to lose repairs – I had to blow in a couple of small repairs on my white Sagaris and they were very difficult to pick out unless you knew they were there - they’d have stood out in metallic. And the paint is cheaper….
teamHOLDENracing said:
Whilst metallic colours look great when they are first done it is impossible to blow in repairs and keep them looking really good over time if you have the odd bump and scrape. A solid colour is much easier to lose repairs – I had to blow in a couple of small repairs on my white Sagaris and they were very difficult to pick out unless you knew they were there - they’d have stood out in metallic. And the paint is cheaper….
Other than the bonnet, my car is still wearing the paint from it's factory days.It's mostly Purple Pearl but for some reason (probably the frequency in which they had to carry out body repairs on it
) the works team seemed to have finished any localised repainting in Tustain Purple instead.
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