Caterham Colour Trends..
Discussion
short-shift said:
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
REALIST123 said:
short-shift said:
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
Edited by V7SLR on Saturday 27th July 21:45
As much as i liked the carbon fiber stripes option, i was advised by my dealer that those aren't really quite nice "live", they are stickers after all, he says that are very noticeable, i guess, because of the thickness?
This is the paint config i went for, polar white with painted noseband and stripe in black:
(ordered in November and still waiting...)
This is the paint config i went for, polar white with painted noseband and stripe in black:
(ordered in November and still waiting...)
V7SLR said:
REALIST123 said:
short-shift said:
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
Edited by V7SLR on Saturday 27th July 21:45
Nerdherder said:
V7SLR said:
REALIST123 said:
short-shift said:
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
Edited by V7SLR on Saturday 27th July 21:45
V7SLR said:
It's seriously impossible to photograph! If you google Porsche Miami Blue you'll find it appears as lots of different colours because of the way it photographs ... but in the flesh it looks great, Porsche don't often get a colour wrong.
They don't get it wrong often, but they can get it spectacularly wrong. Case in point: Lime Gold Metallic. Apologies for dragging this thread a bit offtopic by the way.short-shift said:
Isn't Liquid Yellow very dependent on the use of a special (light coloured?) undercoat to get it at its best?
James
Thanks James, you could well be right, I’ll have to ask about that nearer the time. I’ve not had to commit to the respray colour yet so haven’t discussed any such issues with them. James
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