Yellow or red? Repaint.
Discussion
My Griffith will be going for a repaint in the not too distant future.
When new the car was yellow, but when the car was just two years old the second owner had it repainted in red as part of the purchase deal.
The interior and roof are brown, so a little odd on a red car, but not bad.
I have only ever seen one TVR Griffith in yellow, in the flesh; otherwise I have only seen them in photos. That car is one of the very first Griffiths in a rather pale pearl yellow - not keen - but mine would have been a more solid and pure yellow. By contrast the red is typical red, and much the same as my 350i, I believe a Ferrari colour.
So, I ask you who have seen more TVR Griffiths than myself, what colour looks the best of these two? Does one stand out more in the bright light, or perhaps at dusk? Do I go original, or do I go with the red that I know I like.
Family split 50/50 on this one - look forward to your collective thoughts.
Cheers,
Rob, Canada.
When new the car was yellow, but when the car was just two years old the second owner had it repainted in red as part of the purchase deal.
The interior and roof are brown, so a little odd on a red car, but not bad.
I have only ever seen one TVR Griffith in yellow, in the flesh; otherwise I have only seen them in photos. That car is one of the very first Griffiths in a rather pale pearl yellow - not keen - but mine would have been a more solid and pure yellow. By contrast the red is typical red, and much the same as my 350i, I believe a Ferrari colour.
So, I ask you who have seen more TVR Griffiths than myself, what colour looks the best of these two? Does one stand out more in the bright light, or perhaps at dusk? Do I go original, or do I go with the red that I know I like.
Family split 50/50 on this one - look forward to your collective thoughts.
Cheers,
Rob, Canada.
glad to be of help 
have you seen an orange one though?.. they do look nice in the Lambo orange... think there is one on here now.. take a look
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
have you seen an orange one though?.. they do look nice in the Lambo orange... think there is one on here now.. take a look
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by TVR Beaver on Tuesday 16th July 21:46
Never seen a brown interior or brown roof. Could I suggest you change these rather than the external colour?
Not a big red fan so yellow would be good for me, but neither would suit a brown interior. Have you seen the apache orangey brown - would really suit, maybe. Moonraker black is one of the best exterior colours on a Griff which works with brown.
Any interior/roof pics?
FFG
Not a big red fan so yellow would be good for me, but neither would suit a brown interior. Have you seen the apache orangey brown - would really suit, maybe. Moonraker black is one of the best exterior colours on a Griff which works with brown.
Any interior/roof pics?
FFG
And Digger, the red I would go with is precisely the colour in the shots I attached. Just fresh paint. The colour of yellow I would go with would be precisely the colour it was when new, here is a low quality picture of the car when it was brand new back in 1994...
Wish I had a better picture, but this is the only one I have - sure doesn't show the shine of a new car, and being an old picture that was then shot by my phone it is that much less accurate.
Wish I had a better picture, but this is the only one I have - sure doesn't show the shine of a new car, and being an old picture that was then shot by my phone it is that much less accurate.
FlipFlopGriff said:
Can't get the full brown effect. If you're so concerned about originality why are you changing the exterior colour as then all originality is out the window.
FFG
Changing the colour from red to yellow means I would be changing back to the original colour - repainting it in red perpetuates the non orginal colour. Not looking at any third choices; simply repaint in the same nice red it is today, or repaint returning it to the original yellow.FFG
UKAuto said:
My Griffith will be going for a repaint in the not too distant future.
When new the car was yellow, but when the car was just two years old the second owner had it repainted in red as part of the purchase deal.
The interior and roof are brown, so a little odd on a red car, but not bad.
I have only ever seen one TVR Griffith in yellow, in the flesh; otherwise I have only seen them in photos. That car is one of the very first Griffiths in a rather pale pearl yellow - not keen - but mine would have been a more solid and pure yellow. By contrast the red is typical red, and much the same as my 350i, I believe a Ferrari colour.
So, I ask you who have seen more TVR Griffiths than myself, what colour looks the best of these two? Does one stand out more in the bright light, or perhaps at dusk? Do I go original, or do I go with the red that I know I like.
Family split 50/50 on this one - look forward to your collective thoughts.
Cheers,
Rob, Canada.
Rob, just to be really helpful, how about green or turquoise (see my profile)....!When new the car was yellow, but when the car was just two years old the second owner had it repainted in red as part of the purchase deal.
The interior and roof are brown, so a little odd on a red car, but not bad.
I have only ever seen one TVR Griffith in yellow, in the flesh; otherwise I have only seen them in photos. That car is one of the very first Griffiths in a rather pale pearl yellow - not keen - but mine would have been a more solid and pure yellow. By contrast the red is typical red, and much the same as my 350i, I believe a Ferrari colour.
So, I ask you who have seen more TVR Griffiths than myself, what colour looks the best of these two? Does one stand out more in the bright light, or perhaps at dusk? Do I go original, or do I go with the red that I know I like.
Family split 50/50 on this one - look forward to your collective thoughts.
Cheers,
Rob, Canada.
Your family are split 50/50 so you could toss a coin....!
I am not a yellow person so if it was the choice of the two I would go for red (and there are some beautiful red metallics around) but this is such a personal thing, what do you prefer?
Good luck, Pete
Yellow. Halcyon Midas Pearl. That was to be my second choice colour.
The best colour is Halcyon Atlantis Blue....of course, slightly biased...but not with dark brown interior.
A few I've seen from Best Griff pic? thread ( Exige S pictures)
and 500 SE #19
The best colour is Halcyon Atlantis Blue....of course, slightly biased...but not with dark brown interior.
A few I've seen from Best Griff pic? thread ( Exige S pictures)
and 500 SE #19
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