New colour on my T350...

New colour on my T350...

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christof

Original Poster:

882 posts

284 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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What do you think ???









Christof*looking for something more extreme*

plotloss

67,280 posts

270 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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That Speed Four also comes in a wild orange colour.

What about this crowd...

www.rage-extreme.com

They are sure to have something outrageous, and they already have a supply deal with TVR...

Matt.

>> Edited by plotloss on Friday 31st January 22:05

bennno

11,655 posts

269 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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try the

www.lambocars.com

website, they have some trully eye grabbing colours, such as flourescent lime green pearl, orange or yellow!

even has all of the PPG paint codes, the green is truly vivid

Bennno

FunkyNige

8,887 posts

275 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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Hmm, looks like it's radioactive to me.

fission reactor powered car anyone?

Anyway, I'm not sure how that colour would look on the whole car, but that's just my opinion and I'm an introvert.

cerbera8

205 posts

284 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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Christof

That bike colour is wild!

Some of those bike colours are amazing and do seem to suit the t350 quite well (Red Bull Blue is a bit bike like IMHO)! Earlier this month we had a TVRCC Sunday Drive, and a guy joined the convoy in a Chimaera in a wild shade of yellow pearl, a Suzuki bike colour. Car had afterburners and big wheels. My eyes nearly popped out it was so stunning! The car was an early one but was in my opinion the car of the day! Got a picture of it somewhere.

Lambo Green (Lime Pearl) is cool but i recall reading in an old post that the Lambo yellow was difficult to paint and this may have the some of the same characteristics.

Although if you are thinking of going green then I can definately recommend the colour of mine; Formula Chameleon Green.

Mike

christof

Original Poster:

882 posts

284 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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Mike,

I really like the Formula Chameleon Green and it's suits the T350 perfectly, BUT I'm not willing to spend 2K on a paint. Spend too much on the engine upgrade

Based on the pics I've seen, I personally think that the lighter coulours suits the T350 better, which ended up with cancelling my specs.

Now I'm thinking about going the classic route with a very bright silver and black/portland grey interior OR
going for a more extreme colour to the costs of metallic or pearl paint

I also thought about the Lambo colour, but was told that the yellow Lambo colour is a pain to spray and therefore very expensive.

My idea with the Limegreen is to get an absolute eyecatcher for the extrovert in me

This means: Lime green with black and grey trim, anthracite alloys, all air intakes and diffuser(holes area) in black, aerodynamic parts in black too

BUT, I'm a little bit concerned if it's not too much...

Therefore silver would be the safe choice...

Christof*can't stop thinking about colours and specs*

christof

Original Poster:

882 posts

284 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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Mike,

forgot to ask you for emailing me some high res pics of your beastie...

Christof

Graham

16,368 posts

284 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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How about black and purple with silver stitching for the interior, and if you went metallic grey/silvery on the outside i might buy it from you after 12 months


G

cerbera8

205 posts

284 months

Saturday 1st February 2003
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Hi christof

Brilliant silver is a very whitish silver and looks really nice (suggested by Daniele at the motorshow), this was my original choice. Dream Machines have this for their demo with black and red hide.

I agree that the chameleon paint is expensive but is only a grand more than pearlescant.

cheers

Mike

Leadfoot

1,901 posts

281 months

Sunday 2nd February 2003
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Christof - that Triumph is in 'roulette green'.
I've been thinking along those lines myself, or the bright green of the bad guys Jag XKR in the new Bond film. Future resale concerns will probably make me go for something more sensible tho'.

hatchn

352 posts

284 months

Tuesday 4th February 2003
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Hi Christof,

You might have a problem with the bike colour you wanted. I asked the factory to paint my Tamora in a Suzuki bike colour called “Candy Grand Blue”.

The refused saying they will not used bike paint colours as they are nearly always a “Candy” finish. Coloured paint over a silver base. Thats why they look so "Alive". Apparently this is fine on a small area like a bike but almost impossible to reproduce on the large area of a car.

That’s why in the end I came up with Red Bull Blue. Mine was the first car out of the factory in this colour. Gerbil in the paint shop found it for me as it was the closest match we could find to the bike colour I wanted.

It now looks like I have opened the flood gates as Red Bull Blue seems to be the must have colour at the moment !!!

Cheers,
Nick

christof

Original Poster:

882 posts

284 months

Tuesday 4th February 2003
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Thanks for your input guys.

Seems that I'll take the save route and go for brilliant silver or spectra flair silver, depends on the price....

Question is now: anthracite or silver alloys

Christof

bennno

11,655 posts

269 months

Tuesday 4th February 2003
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with silver i would take the anthracite alloys

if you fancy a bit of a different silver then try azzuro aquarius (lambo murceliago) colour which is silver with a blue flip pearl. Looks stunning.

i went black as the light pods are also black and stand out on some of the lighter colours.

Bennno

hexhamhc

456 posts

283 months

Wednesday 5th February 2003
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Christof, we chose Po####e Polar silver for our 350 demo. This is silver with a hint of lilac blue through it, looks stunning and is only a metallic. I will post some pics soon. Regards, Tony.

bennno

11,655 posts

269 months

Wednesday 5th February 2003
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Would be interested in seeing the polar silver one as that was my initial choice when i originally did my spec.

would seem to go pretty well with either prussian blue, cream / magnolia or portland grey as an interior

bennno

plotloss

67,280 posts

270 months

Wednesday 5th February 2003
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Christof,

SpectraFlair is the same price as Reflex/Chameleon.

Matt.

christof

Original Poster:

882 posts

284 months

Wednesday 5th February 2003
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Tony,

would love to get some pics... Have seen your car in build at the factory and liked the colour very much. What kind or interior colour have you opt for?


Benno,

what colour combination have you choosed for the interior?


Matt,

thanks, seems that I'll go for the metallic option.

bennno

11,655 posts

269 months

Wednesday 5th February 2003
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After much debate I went for black and anthracite full hide and then at the last minute swapped it for cream full hide, with a few black bits on the top of the dash, seat inserts, door tops etc after seeing this one on the production line:



Thats not quite what i went for but almost, mine is a bit less 2 tone with cream everywhere other than on the top of the dash and the top section of the doors.

Was thinking about the red leather but chickened out.

With the Polar Silver I would definately have gone for prussian blue with portland stitching and a few portland highlights (eg seat hoop and squab inserts etc).

I am not a big fan of grey interiors as a rule but most of the cars seem to be leaving the factory with nimbus / portland 2 tone, with stitching colour co-ordinated to match the paintwork which makes it look good.

Bennno

apache

39,731 posts

284 months

Thursday 6th February 2003
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a wise choice mate, your previous option would have resulted in an interior darker than the depths of your wallet

bennno

11,655 posts

269 months

Thursday 6th February 2003
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where as apache your wallet has never been seen since you deliberately stitched it in to your pocket

bennno