Re spray or full colour change?
Re spray or full colour change?
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Malex350

Original Poster:

132 posts

172 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Gents/ladies

Time has come to re fresh my T350c. Nothing serious apart from front end needs some attention from stone chips and a couple of blisters on the rear.

So do I just keep the same colour or be brave and go brighter?


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Mark

peteA

2,757 posts

255 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Respray - car looks great

Malex350

Original Poster:

132 posts

172 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Umm.....

I had worked out that I need a re spray but what colour?

My car is the top one so should I stick with original colour or be brave and go slightly louder.

Gents time to show off your pride and joy.

Mark

ShiDevil

2,293 posts

195 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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The Orange one your showing is my pride and joy! There aren't many of us and I think mines the only T.

Personal view, stick with the original colour tongue out yours looks great with the interior colour, but each to his own smile

I also think a bright exterior suits a dark interior. Now back off, lol

sanquin

210 posts

200 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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I would go for a non-grey/silver colour but that's just personal preference. Anything fits these cars smile

Sorry to spoil it for you Steve but there is another orange T350t wink It is in the Netherlands (and the owner is in the T350 FB group)

Zippee

13,898 posts

255 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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I’d personally stick with the grey. T350’s really suit the lines of grey or silver IMHO.
Also a respray to existing would be a lot cheaper than a complete colour change, plus as others have pointed out your interior also needs to match. Steves right about the bright colours needing a dark interior.

ShiDevil

2,293 posts

195 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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sanquin said:
I would go for a non-grey/silver colour but that's just personal preference. Anything fits these cars smile

Sorry to spoil it for you Steve but there is another orange T350t wink It is in the Netherlands (and the owner is in the T350 FB group)
I meant Arancio Pearl, cheeky lol :P so many oranges! He's got a great looking T, but then again all T's are tongue out There is a C and a couple of Sags and the Sag Convertible too in Arancio smile lots of Chameleons etc. Any colour on a T350 looks bloody amazing! If I were to buy another car with a different colour it would be the F1 Jag Green colour, best seen in the Racing Green YouTube Clip smile

The Surveyor

7,617 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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ShiDevil said:
I meant Arancio Pearl :P He's got a great looking T, but then again all T's are tongue out There is a C and a couple of Sags and the Sag Convertible too in Arancio.......
And one Tuscan convertible too.... The Orange does look good, especially in the sunshine but if that T350C was mine, I'd stick with the grey as it goes nicely with the interior and just looks 'right'. As an option speak to the sprayer and see if they can add some spectraflair into the lacquer to give some added interest in the sunshine!

Malex350

Original Poster:

132 posts

172 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Thanks so far gents...

If it helps my interior is not what you might think it is ...... I promise it's not that light.

So thinking grey again with maybe a little something in the top? Sounds interesting




portzi

2,325 posts

196 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Zippee said:
I’d personally stick with the grey. T350’s really suit the lines of grey or silver IMHO.
Also a respray to existing would be a lot cheaper than a complete colour change, plus as others have pointed out your interior also needs to match. Steves right about the bright colours needing a dark interior.
IMHO , the grey suits your interior. Just maybe you could add a metal flake into the paintwork laquer just to give your original colour that bit of extra sparkle , that seems to be what your after !????.

richtvr

467 posts

247 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Maybe just change it for a sharper grey

Rich

B17NNS

18,506 posts

268 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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She's a beaut as she is IMO.

MrChips

3,298 posts

231 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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With that interior, then i'd definitely look at doing a Spectraflair Grey. It's difficult to show in pictures but this Sag looked absolutely stunning in the flesh.

Only issue would be the cost and that there seems to be different methods of mixing/applying the pigment. There is an option of Spectraflair Lite, which is around £80 a litre rather than £600, but it needs more coats to get a good effect. The more coats, the more light silver the overall colour so you need to get some samples sprayed up.

When I spoke with S&D, they seemed to suggest that the pigment was actually mixed into the base colour, and that it was by varying the % mix that the varying effects are achieved rather than doing different numbers of coats over a base colour? Anyone know for sure?

Either way... Spectraflair Grey is the way to go. I think this is a PHers car as well?






Malex350

Original Poster:

132 posts

172 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Hey Mr Chips thanks for those pictures.

They do indeed look very sweet just need to get a cost from Surface and Design now.

Can I just throw this curve ball in........


alex_gray255

6,330 posts

226 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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That's Chris's car. If you want to see it in the flesh, its currently in Sheffield with mine.

There was a thread a day or so ago about this colour (look under the Youtube titled thread)

alex_gray255

6,330 posts

226 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Malex350

Original Poster:

132 posts

172 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Hi Alex

So now a man who has stood by it....... Tell me honestly from a true perspective how beautiful is it?

Mark

alex_gray255

6,330 posts

226 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Ah, gods, now we are getting into the subjectivity of colours! biggrin

Ok... It is a nice colour, yes, but I prefer the flip/two tone colours myself or colours like that on Don Gibson's car.

Yes, it is a very nice colour, but then there are many nice colours. It is all subjective.

The way I selected the colour I wanted was to get a set of small samplers (small fibreglass domes sprayed in the various colours of choice)
and compared them to my car and the colour I wanted.

When I did that I chose copper cascade as the colour I wanted for my car from a selection of about 4.

Alexdaredevils

5,697 posts

200 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Do a colour change, it's like having a new car!