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Old 05-30-12, 05:37 PM
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Color choices..

Ive got an 86 GXL painted gray I think it was called K8 im not sure... with the maroon interior (Love hate relationship). im planning on getting a new color. my plans are to go with a darker metallic gray or fords tuxedo black. anyone have input on it? oh yea I have gunmetal color XXR 527 that actually look awesome with the color I have now.
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Post a pic.
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Go into any local bodyshop and ask to look at their color chip book. List of paint codes and samples to look at free of charge.
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engine bay same color as original body? id stick around that.. a fresh coat of paint in original color would still look pretty good imo
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I find that Tornado Silver (k8) is the rarest stock FC color, and I like it the best! If the color looks awesome with your current rims, why paint it a different color? If trim is still black, I can send a few pictures of mine with color matched trim. It's not quite an s5, but it kind of makes the car feel less old looking.
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I think ill end up just redoing the k8 paint, its just faded on some areas, but the places that it isnt it looks awesome!

sorry for this tread, it was kinda a bust lol just thought id ask a simple question
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here are some pics of it now, the roof is really faded with some cancer on the sunroof hope to replace it soon.
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Looks damn good as is. Maybe leave car same color and paint the wheels black? I mean, it's already sexy!
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Yea funny thing about the wheels, I was going to get Matte Black but they didnt have the size in the color so i went with that color and it ended up being almost the same as my car.. I actually really like it they look black in the shade but gunmetal in the light.

and yes I will probably just do a respray to touch up the roof and some spots, but I dont know about the wheels yet maybe a chrome black would look legit.
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new fresh paint and some FTP lense will be awesome
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Just got done tinting the FTP lenses today actually, i went really dark because I dont use them anyway so i thought itd look cool if they were pitch black.
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your 7 looks nice bro, repaint her the same color. +1 for a nice looking color match
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What spoiler is that?
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Keep the K8. Tornado Silver and Claret Mica were the rare ones. I've owned both and let both go
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Jerd, what color was the claret mica?
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this is the claret mica. my womans car
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It's a deep burgandy color, sort of like a wine red color. I have found that pictures do not do it justice, what so ever.
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i love that color. i actually thought of painting my 7 a nice deep burgundy before but i was persuaded away from it. i don't think i've ever seen one that color. i have seen 3 that was probably that color originally but was repainted with a bad color match. they turned out more burgundy and not enough red. thanks Jerd
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we should make a thread of stock color fc's just so everyone can see the oem color options. sorry for thread jacking. you should start that thread Jerd, and start it off with that ^ pretty mica lady just saying.
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Originally Posted by TheAbsence
What spoiler is that?
I think its an S5 TII one I bought it with it on. I was a rookie about rx7's when I bought it haha
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I would stick with that grey it looks good as said before....
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Originally Posted by jerd_hambone
It's a deep burgandy color, sort of like a wine red color. I have found that pictures do not do it justice, what so ever.
my tii was painted that exact colour before i bought it. i have a few good pictures of it but heres one.
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