Got the blues... Literally

Got the blues... Literally

Author
Discussion

ol

Original Poster:

2,380 posts

209 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Hi,

Not sure where to put this thread, but...

I am in the middle of refreshing my racing car, and am looking for a new, bright blue for it. Basically the brighter the better.

For the past year it's been'Ford Nitrous Blue'



But as it's a 3 stage pearl, I can't get vinyl wrap that colour, and would like to use wrap rather than paint now.

SO...

What other awesome blue's are out there?

So far the contenders are:

Porsche Rivierra (or Mexico)



BMW Yas Marina (maybe not bright enough)



Toyota cyan splash blue (snappy name)



Are there any good ones out there that you can think of?

RazerSauber

2,286 posts

61 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all


This is a lovely colour. Looks a bit like Vauxhall Arden Blue but lighter? Seems to be some element of photoshop about it though.

ol

Original Poster:

2,380 posts

209 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all

This is a lovely colour. Looks a bit like Vauxhall Arden Blue but lighter? Seems to be some element of photoshop about it though.
[/quote]

Yeah that's been manipulated to within an inch of it's life so probably looks nothing like the original!

Ideally looking for something OEM so it will be easy to get more the same in the future

Fonzey

2,062 posts

128 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Lotus Laser Blue, I am a bit biased though


Rod200SX

8,087 posts

177 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Laser blue from Volvo would look pretty cool. Very much personal choice but I much prefer metallic/pearl blues over flat gloss.


neil1jnr

1,462 posts

156 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Citroen Poseidon Blue (metallic), the colour of my first car and my favourite blue.


rallycross

12,807 posts

238 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
try this one from Fiat



[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/dloCXvn9[/url

Baby blue!

steviegunn

1,417 posts

185 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
I love the blue of my Hyundai Coupe it's called Vivid Blue Metallic, paint code BV/F2.


Leins

9,472 posts

149 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Santorini Blue:


braddo

10,505 posts

189 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Volvo Polestar's blue?


Xcore

1,345 posts

91 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Laguna seca blue

Zoobeef

6,004 posts

159 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Its blue used by dodge on the viper iirc.


SarGara

365 posts

177 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Renault also use a similar blue colour on some of their Renaultsport models:



Racing Blue: J45

shtu

3,455 posts

147 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
ol said:
I can't get vinyl wrap that colour
As it's vinyl, you're down to what the film manufacturers provide, rather than paint colours.

There's colour charts here for example, https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/car-wrapping-uk/wrap...

I'd expect your local car-wrapping shop to have a load of colour samples from their suppliers to hand.

Have a play with http://www.3mskins.com/3mwrapscustomizer/

normalbloke

7,461 posts

220 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all

crofty1984

15,872 posts

205 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
I bought some mirror shine blue wrap for a bike I had a couple of years back. Very blue and very shiny. Bugger to fit though, ended up taking it off.

rev-erend

21,421 posts

285 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
normalbloke said:
hehe Not seen one of those for a very long time.

Down and out

2,700 posts

65 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
rev-erend said:
normalbloke said:
hehe Not seen one of those for a very long time.
Wonder if there's any left?

CoreyDog

716 posts

91 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Always been a fan of the Audi Kingfisher Blue since seeing it on the Audi A4 B5s, looked brilliant on those.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Audi+Kingfisher+Bl...

Don Roque

17,998 posts

160 months

Wednesday 15th April 2020
quotequote all
Rod200SX said:
Laser blue from Volvo would look pretty cool. Very much personal choice but I much prefer metallic/pearl blues over flat gloss.

That is really cool, a very striking blue. It looks much more dramatic than the Lotus paint that shares the same name.