jays83gsl

I'm about to purchase a Fender from a fellow forum member, and as soon as I get it in, I've decided to paint my car (the mechanical stuff I can do myself, for cheap, but the paint I want professionally done)

I'm looking at probably $1200 for the RX 7 (300 ZX doesn't need paint)

Problem is, I've been set on Silver (very light in shade) since I got my car, but, now I'm seeing a lot of Silver/Grey/White first gens around the forums and whatnot. So, here's the question.

WHAT COLOR?!

I do NOT want a dark color. So that cuts off any dark blues/greys/blacks/greens.

I don't want it to have a rice color, such as Neon Green or Purple/Pink/something like that.

I'm thinking either Red, Silver (Still), An extremely light orange (almost yellow, but not cheese colored), 2004 Mustang Orange, Grabber (Azure) blue, or powder blue (really really light blue)

I like them all, and just am wondering on input from you guys.

2wankel

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Well my favorite color is black everything just comes together with a nice black paint (tints, smoked rear light, clear signals) job but that's been ruled out so.........

Mazda original factory red like my 84 is ok, not too thrilled. I tend to like darker colors like a crimson red, a dark color red, blood red :-) I think I will paint my car a darker red but hey its not about my car lets move on.........

Silver is the only light color I like and my second favorite color. Silver, man thats a classy color, especially with a little flake sparkling at you. I used to own a silver Rx-7. Also it hides dirt well, not like black.

Take a look at the picture I attached, that silver is just something to behold.

jays83gsl

Ignoring the kit, that's the kind of thing I'm looking at. It would go great with a red interior, methinks.

chachee

Silver all the way! It is by far my favorite color on the 7.

jutny

that silver widebody is ******* sex!

however, i suggest the azure, cause its a badass color, and I plan on painting my 79 project a bright burnt orange w/ maroon metallic (someone on this forum did it, and it looked ******* stunning, and i am going to copy it )

personally, i think rx7's look better in darker colors, hence the burnt orange w/ maroon... cause they're a darker hue *shrug*.

chosing paint colors is hard as hell.

ChasRX

Silver / light grey shows the body shape and lines best; so very classy in my opinion. Although mine is red and I love it dearly, I would prefer silver if I had a choice.

Kentetsu

Metalic forest green, tinted windows, and dark wheels. That was always my dream combo for my '71 Z.

jays83gsl

BUmpies

82SilverRX7

I really was going to spraypaint my car flat black from it's current silver but now you got me rethinking! damn, I may just need to get it repainted silver after all.

YapaKanichi

porsche gunmetal grey. Looks sexy and is not too dark.

DarkCyDE

Where can that body kit be had from?

P.S. Sorry to hijack the post. I love that body kit tho

steve84GS TII

I second the gunmetal or platinum type silver.The brownish gives it some charactor and depth......Just get a good shooter,metalflake is easy to blotch when spraying and colorsanding.

jays83gsl

Now I'm really liking Azure or Orange. Seems that's the least popular, and, therefore, the least likely that someone ELSE will have them

Mr BiG G

man im all about the orange...ever since i saw the orange FD with the RE Amemiya JGTC body kit im hooked onto that colour.

2Wankel thats a sweet lookin car is it photochopped? and do u have a pic from the back side of it?

P.S: Jay do u have any samples of these colours?

jays83gsl

Hmm, the best I can tell you is go to www.ford.com and check out the 2004 Mustangs for the Azure blue and the Orange.

Silver is, well, silver. The back of the Haynes book has a prime example of it.

Light blue, go to www.honda.com and check out the s2000 light blue.

Red is red. The classic sports car red.

The yellowish, another member of the forum has it. It's an Audi color.

I'll try to dig up pics

thricerx7

a very cool blue color for cars is the blue on the lexus IS300 or toyota altezza. that blue is very sexy in my opinion

thricerx7

okay i am 2 for 3. i have isle green mica for my color, and tinted windows, but not dark wheels. my wheels stand out like crazy!

jays83gsl

You and those crazy wheels

thricerx7

i just cant seem to find out what they are! i know they are PRIME wheel company rims (i am not proud of that, i'd rather have real BBS than fake BBS style mesh) but i can't find the rims anywhere except for this...

also have no clue what that car is, i think its a t-bird, anyone care to disagree?

thricerx7

just wouldnt be the same without pics. also sorry for thread jacking.
back on topic, here's the color i speak of...

Gregs

what the **** is that car doin in this section of the forum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thricerx7

let's calm down a tad. i was checking to see if anyone knew my style of rim cuz i can't find the name of it anywhere. the white car was the only one i could find with the same wheels as mine, so i posted it... damn...hey notice anything similar about the first pic and the second pic? man i know we're all rotorheads, but its just a simple question fool



by the way my car isnt that low, its photoshopped....
thanks for those who are helpful
to those who aren't. jk. group hug everyone. it'll be okay.
its 4am im going to sleep!

jays83gsl

I saw those rims on an Astrovan

jays83gsl

IanS

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I change my vote from Silver to that orange. Very nice