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Old 08-19-03, 09:08 PM
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Which colour should i paint my FB

My car is Hunter Green Metallic, i would like to change for a cool colour.

I like the Competition Yellow Mica of the FD

-yellow
-red
-blue (wrx style)

I have a black interior so i can paint it the colour i want. Which colour would you guys paint it ?

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White .

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How about a nice dark green?

j/k. seriously though I think that a darker ruby metallic red would be nice, unless you want a little more down played then go with a classic black.
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LOL white looks good, but i want a special colour...

The CYM paint is sooo nice !
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Black is sweet but always dirty...
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If you're worried about dirt how about a dark copper color.
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I'd go with yellow. Mine is '95 Corvette competition yellow. It's about the same as the FD yellow, but without the mica. I get nothing but compliments. A LOT of compliments.
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Paint it code 3A if you can find it...it is a very good looking burgandy metallic
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Black with gold flecks, speckles, tint, whatever it's called, it looks beatiful on my car. But the, I'll answer "black" to anything. Black, all the way.

Seriously though, black with the gold base er whatever gives a certain metallic reflective look.
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Black with gold flecks, speckles, tint, whatever it's called, it looks beatiful on my car. But then, I'll answer "black" to anything. Black, all the way.

Seriously though, black with the gold base er whatever gives a certain metallic reflective look.
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Whoops. 56k is great.
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My car is black with a House of colors green mica. Pepole comment on how nice it looks almost daily but personaly I would never own another black car it has to be washed every day, and it gets up to about 1,000 deg. Inside if you leave it in the sun for an hour in Aug. with that said my next car will be blue or white . Good Luck
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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
White .

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White should only be the colour of an appliance....ie fridge, stove etc.
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uhhhhhh, my GSL and my FD are white. watch it there buddy.

i had a GS years ago that i had painted competition yellow with a mazdamotorsports airdam and panasports.....sweet

a freiend had his painted cayenne red - the color off a '97 mitsubishi eclipse spyder - it looked real good too
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BRG

British Racing Green, commonly found on Lotuses and the like.

That yellow looks really nice, I might do that and powdercoat my rims.

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I would go subaru rally blue
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Midnight Blue Metallic.

My car never looked so pretty!

Pictures can't do it justice. You have to get one of those nice swatch books and take the sample outside in the light. You'll see tons of coolness going on there.
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I'm sticking with black on mine, but what I want to do is have one single stripe right up the middle of it, about 12 inches wide, painted in a Pearl coat, only visible in certain angles, so it's doesnt' stick out too much, but is there.

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How about monkey **** brown.
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Originally posted by dole2000
How about monkey **** brown.
That's a great color if you don't like to wash your car

rust-brown is also quite good
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Maya Gold. That would be cool - uh huh...




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