Caterham Colour Trends..
Discussion
The advice I was given when in your position is still valid... 7s are low and quicker than other road users realise. To avoid near-misses (or worse) go for a bright visible colour.
When my car was reskined/respainted earlier this year I went for Arancia Argos (was Ballistic Orange before) as I like orange!
Will it influence resale value?
knows and I don’t care - it’s *my* car!
When my car was reskined/respainted earlier this year I went for Arancia Argos (was Ballistic Orange before) as I like orange!
Will it influence resale value?
knows and I don’t care - it’s *my* car!AndrewGP said:
I’d definitely agree that bright colours are best, especially for safety. Mine is currently dark blue which I hate but it was bought used so I had no choice. It’s booked in for the end of September for a respray and I’m going with Renault Liquid Yellow and black decals and stripes.
Oh wow that looks amazing. How much does a respray cost on a 7? My SLR was also dark blue (Lotus Azure Blue) and I hated it. I recently had it resprayed and looked at the current Porsche solid colours available for the 911, in the end I opted for Porsche Miami Blue, a colour I'd seen on a Porsche at Spa and it looked stunning. Bright solid colours are my preference to metallics but it needs a good paint shop to get a deep shine with a bright colour, preferably a clear gloss over base colour paint system which unfortunately i don't think Caterham's painters do for non-metallics.
It really doesn’t cost that much to re-spray a Caterham, non trade Circa £1500 at a Caterham specialist, flat colour, maybe more for stripes and nose and, maybe not... I had my heart set on a certain scheme, bought used, dealer got it resprayed at great price to my exact spec, so a sparkling new refreshed Seven was mine a few weeks later.
I bought for me. It’s mine. Not worried about resale. A lovely 7 recently sold in bright pink, I wouldn’t have bought it, but perhaps unsaleable colours roughly go for a re-spray cost below normal price?
I bought for me. It’s mine. Not worried about resale. A lovely 7 recently sold in bright pink, I wouldn’t have bought it, but perhaps unsaleable colours roughly go for a re-spray cost below normal price?
Edited by Stridey on Friday 26th July 18:10
V7SLR said:
My SLR was also dark blue (Lotus Azure Blue) and I hated it. I recently had it resprayed and looked at the current Porsche solid colours available for the 911, in the end I opted for Porsche Miami Blue, a colour I'd seen on a Porsche at Spa and it looked stunning. Bright solid colours are my preference to metallics but it needs a good paint shop to get a deep shine with a bright colour, preferably a clear gloss over base colour paint system which unfortunately i don't think Caterham's painters do for non-metallics.
This looks stunning! great tip.4 Porsche colors that ar on my want list and could also be applied to a 7 (to my taste..):
Petrol blue. Aetna blue. Leaf green. Brewster green.
Double D,
The Renault Liquid yellow with black stripes looks great doesn’t it? I must stress though that picture I linked to was a Caterham picture, not one of my car (yet). I’ve been told it’s going to be £2k+ to do as it’s a 3 stage paint, not a single stage and that paint protection film is a must as it’s being next to impossible to touch up any stone chips. I’ve budgeted £700 for the PPF so all in about £3k with the triple stripes. I don’t care it’s more expensive than a flat colour though as I like it and it’s what I want.
V7SLR
Love the Porsche blue on your car, absolutely stunning. I seriously considered that colour as it looks amazing.
The Renault Liquid yellow with black stripes looks great doesn’t it? I must stress though that picture I linked to was a Caterham picture, not one of my car (yet). I’ve been told it’s going to be £2k+ to do as it’s a 3 stage paint, not a single stage and that paint protection film is a must as it’s being next to impossible to touch up any stone chips. I’ve budgeted £700 for the PPF so all in about £3k with the triple stripes. I don’t care it’s more expensive than a flat colour though as I like it and it’s what I want.
V7SLR
Love the Porsche blue on your car, absolutely stunning. I seriously considered that colour as it looks amazing.
I chose Porsche Riviera blue because it’s bright, (safety aspect, easily seen) and CC had used it on some 620s.
I went with white stripes instead of the orange CC had used; thought then, and still do, white looks better.
Really doesn’t matter though, most colours look good and you soon stop thinking about it.
I went with white stripes instead of the orange CC had used; thought then, and still do, white looks better.
Really doesn’t matter though, most colours look good and you soon stop thinking about it.
V7SLR said:
My SLR was also dark blue (Lotus Azure Blue) and I hated it. I recently had it resprayed and looked at the current Porsche solid colours available for the 911, in the end I opted for Porsche Miami Blue, a colour I'd seen on a Porsche at Spa and it looked stunning. Bright solid colours are my preference to metallics but it needs a good paint shop to get a deep shine with a bright colour, preferably a clear gloss over base colour paint system which unfortunately i don't think Caterham's painters do for non-metallics.
Any chance you could post some images of the complete car in its Miami hue? Certainly the front end looks mega!James
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