COLOUR CHOICE for New Caterham.

[Murph7355]

Bafty_Crastard said:

Incidentally the fat tw-at’s car is a heap of junk…fiddle with for ten years by someone who knows bugger all

£45K what a joke!!

Bafty

I suspect this may be a bit harsh BC.

Ignoring the 45 bit for now...

[James.S]

BAfty

What colour is the R400 you posted the link for?

[sfaulds]

It's fluoro orange James - Rachel spacked about having her road car that colour for a bit. It would certainly cover up your gravel rash a treat

[James.S]

I presume SPACKED is some sort of "Jock" lingo.

That is the colour, include the cage but then black on the nose, bonnet nad wings. Not for Roadsport though, for the C400.

Waddya think??

[sfaulds]

Would you want the underside done as well

It'd look great imho

[James.S]

you funny f*cker

[Pugsey]

Bafty_Crastard said:

“The other colour I was thinking of was that dayglo orange you see on DynoRod vans”………….

Well here it is….......a R400 built by Fred Mitchell, the spec is standard apart from the later fitted induction kit which is a bit more than CC are offering as standard now…….robbing bastards!!

[url]http://public.fotki.com/clik/caterham[/url]

Bafty

Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Wednesday 16th May 22:31

Cheers! That isn't quite the colour I was meaning but I really like it. Excellent. Now, can anyone tell me exactly what colour it is so that I can tell Caterham. Now all that remains is whether to paint some/all of the wings or not but I'm nearly there! It's hard work this car buying business. Someone did mention a colour in an earlier post was wasn't totally confident they were talking about this one.

[mikee]

Yeah just tell Caterham you want Flouro Orange or Yellow, they'll know exactly what you're talking about. Beware though they're not usually very keen to do it, you might have to sign something to say there's no warrantee on the paint (cos it fades).

[Pugsey]

mikee said:

Yeah just tell Caterham you want Flouro Orange or Yellow, they'll know exactly what you're talking about. Beware though they're not usually very keen to do it, you might have to sign something to say there's no warrantee on the paint (cos it fades).

Cheers matey. Seems a bit over the top for a Caterham but I wonder whether one of those Zymol treatments or similar might help with the fading. Think it has to be unpainted rear and front wings - bugger - that means ticking another £1k box for carbon then - thanks for that!

[James.S]

there's no warrantee on paint

..................Now that is funny

[mikee]

Pugsey said:

mikee said:

Yeah just tell Caterham you want Flouro Orange or Yellow, they'll know exactly what you're talking about. Beware though they're not usually very keen to do it, you might have to sign something to say there's no warrantee on the paint (cos it fades).

Cheers matey. Seems a bit over the top for a Caterham but I wonder whether one of those Zymol treatments or similar might help with the fading. Think it has to be unpainted rear and front wings - bugger - that means ticking another £1k box for carbon then - thanks for that!

Mines 3 years old now and the paints fine (given it's a track car). They use special UV protective lacquer to slow the fading. With most caterhams they spend most of their life in adarkened garage so the paint should last a good few years. The reason the dynarod vans fade so badly is because they're constantly in the sun and apparently they just use cheap lacquer.....

Carbon wings look great and are pretty much imune to the effects of gravel rash so a good choice.

[Bafty_Crastard]

Just keeping my head down for a while

Apologise to all

Bafty

Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Friday 18th May 23:26

[Pugsey]

Right. Please all GO AWAY NOW. I've made my decision and don't want anyone attempting to set me off again!

Cheers

Pugs.

[ptpt]

Just my 2p, but I love the contrast between the white and carbon on mine. Should look even better when I get the new 13" anthracite wheels on her next week.

[Bafty_Crastard]

As I remember EVO's No1 choise

See here....[url]www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/56568/caterham_r300.html[/url]

Bafty

Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Sunday 20th May 20:43

[Pugsey]

Yep - they had a Red one first then White. My last race Caterham was white and I do think it looks good. I'm sticking with my choice now though - well for today at least!