Opinions on respray colour please.

[Speedracer329]

Thanks to a recent colision with a bus, which means having one side of the car resprayed, I am taking the opportunity & paying the rest & having a full respray. My car is Starfire Mica Blue, with a magnolia & blue interior. I think the colour is ok, but not stunning, so I am asking for sugestions on what other colour would look good, whilst matching the interior. I really like the Imperial Blue, but am open to ideas.
This is my car as of now.



Cheers,
Brook.

[Alexdaredevilz]

Go bright and crazy

[JonyTVR]

PWD has porsche cobalt? blue whcih to me is the perfect blue for a chim, Avus is also a nice deep blue.

PWD95's car......
http://web5.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[SILICONE KID]

Have you cosidered Oxford blue? Its a nice colour with a fine metalic finish.I owned a oxford blue RV8..

[dbv8]

Proton Electric blue

[MrChips]

If your interior suits the current blue and you want to keep with an "original" Rover TVR colour then I can thoroughly recommend Tahiti Blue. It's nice and bright in the sun and has quite a deep metallic flake but isn't overpowering:



If you're after something darker then BMW Carbon Black, or MINI Astro Black are both almost black but with a nice subtle hint of blue.

[SILICONE KID]

MrChips said:

If your interior suits the current blue and you want to keep with an "original" Rover TVR colour then I can thoroughly recommend Tahiti Blue. It's nice and bright in the sun and has quite a deep metallic flake but isn't overpowering:



If you're after something darker then BMW Carbon Black, or MINI Astro Black are both almost black but with a nice subtle hint of blue.

That looks like Oxford blue !

[MrChips]

I know it was an old Rover colour, so I wouldn't be suprised if they're the same! It was used enough so that even Halfords stock touch up pens/spray etc so I presume it made it's way onto plenty of cars over the years.

[Speedracer329]

Thanks for reminding me Mr. Chips, I used to have a Rover 220 Turbo Coupe in Tahiti Blue, & yes I like that. The other one I like is Jonytvr's sugestion of Porche Cobalt Blue.

Also, I really like Rolex Blue, which is almost purple in some lights. I know it is a modern colour but i think it would suit a Chim.

[wongthecorrupter]

dbv8 said:

Proton Electric blue

Thats one of the coolest things i have ever seen.love it

[wongthecorrupter]

MrChips said:

If your interior suits the current blue and you want to keep with an "original" Rover TVR colour then I can thoroughly recommend Tahiti Blue. It's nice and bright in the sun and has quite a deep metallic flake but isn't overpowering:



If you're after something darker then BMW Carbon Black, or MINI Astro Black are both almost black but with a nice subtle hint of blue.

I would go this way.Thats a cracking colour

[wongthecorrupter]

wongthecorrupter said:

I would go this way.Thats a cracking colour

Sorry the chimaera colour

[dbv8]

wongthecorrupter said:

dbv8 said:

Proton Electric blue

Thats one of the coolest things i have ever seen.love it

Thanks it was 1 of my proudest achievemants on a proper shoestring budget.
Sadly after my mate bought it, he resprayed it BRG and i later bought it back. It has sat in a garage for many years and looks like this....

[phillpot]

Another (slightly biased) vote for Tahiti Blue .....



and, yes, I've got silver bulbs in the indicators now

[CuffiaDB]

Take your pick...!!!



Agood match for magnolia would be Starmist Blue...not unique but black in some lights and really rich blue in sunlight (this opinion is of course completely biased...!!!)





Good luck!

Cuffia.

[wongthecorrupter]

dbv8 said:

Thanks it was 1 of my proudest achievemants on a proper shoestring budget.
Sadly after my mate bought it, he resprayed it BRG and i later bought it back. It has sat in a garage for many years and looks like this....

Still the mutts nuts

[Grey Ghost]

Porsche Iris Blue is nice

[dog man]

BMW Avus blue

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://is00....fficial%26biw%3D1292%26bih%3D676%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=482&oei=AK5lTcWvIo-DhQf84tz3BQ&page=1&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&tx=108&ty=32

[slideways]

China Blue

has a purple hew in strong sunlight

[Steve in Stoke]

Ok, so it's not blue, but mine was due for a respray due to a peppered front end, a few minor scuffs and lifted lacquer patches, so I took the "in for a penny, in for a pound" route and got a custom finish. And a headlamp conversion. And some other bits

Silver base coat, 2 layers of coarse shimmer, and a few coats of candy red.





I'll be doing a full write-up with more pics and details in the next week or so - just having the final touches done to it this week.


There is a similar original TVR colour, Nebula Blue, that LeeT350c has on his motor