View Poll Results: What color to paint my TII
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Help picking color
Of all the cars I've owned, the easiest to keep looking good was the 240Z which was gray- looked like gloss primer actually.
Not the flashiest but certainly the lowest maintenance.
Ignoring specific colors for a moment, it would behoove you to think about long term consequences of your decision.
Any color will look great right out of the paintbooth...how it looks a few years later is the real issue.
I guarantee that after you spend the time prepping the car that you'll be in no hurry to repeat the process, so longevity is definitely worth considering.
Metallics can be a bitch to touch up.
The darker the color, the more minor flaws (either in initial prep or the inevitable road damage) will be noticed.
If your car is daily driven or not garaged, UV damage is something to consider- some colors being more sensitive than others.
Take the time to walk around a mall parking lot and study the cars with colors close to what you're considering.
Kind of unfocus your eyes and see how the color looks when it's dirty, rock chipped and five years old.
Painting a car is an enormous undertaking, good luck.
Not the flashiest but certainly the lowest maintenance.
Ignoring specific colors for a moment, it would behoove you to think about long term consequences of your decision.
Any color will look great right out of the paintbooth...how it looks a few years later is the real issue.
I guarantee that after you spend the time prepping the car that you'll be in no hurry to repeat the process, so longevity is definitely worth considering.
Metallics can be a bitch to touch up.
The darker the color, the more minor flaws (either in initial prep or the inevitable road damage) will be noticed.
If your car is daily driven or not garaged, UV damage is something to consider- some colors being more sensitive than others.
Take the time to walk around a mall parking lot and study the cars with colors close to what you're considering.
Kind of unfocus your eyes and see how the color looks when it's dirty, rock chipped and five years old.
Painting a car is an enormous undertaking, good luck.
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Of all the cars I've owned, the easiest to keep looking good was the 240Z which was gray- looked like gloss primer actually.
Not the flashiest but certainly the lowest maintenance.
Ignoring specific colors for a moment, it would behoove you to think about long term consequences of your decision.
Any color will look great right out of the paintbooth...how it looks a few years later is the real issue.
I guarantee that after you spend the time prepping the car that you'll be in no hurry to repeat the process, so longevity is definitely worth considering.
Metallics can be a bitch to touch up.
The darker the color, the more minor flaws (either in initial prep or the inevitable road damage) will be noticed.
If your car is daily driven or not garaged, UV damage is something to consider- some colors being more sensitive than others.
Take the time to walk around a mall parking lot and study the cars with colors close to what you're considering.
Kind of unfocus your eyes and see how the color looks when it's dirty, rock chipped and five years old.
Painting a car is an enormous undertaking, good luck.
Not the flashiest but certainly the lowest maintenance.
Ignoring specific colors for a moment, it would behoove you to think about long term consequences of your decision.
Any color will look great right out of the paintbooth...how it looks a few years later is the real issue.
I guarantee that after you spend the time prepping the car that you'll be in no hurry to repeat the process, so longevity is definitely worth considering.
Metallics can be a bitch to touch up.
The darker the color, the more minor flaws (either in initial prep or the inevitable road damage) will be noticed.
If your car is daily driven or not garaged, UV damage is something to consider- some colors being more sensitive than others.
Take the time to walk around a mall parking lot and study the cars with colors close to what you're considering.
Kind of unfocus your eyes and see how the color looks when it's dirty, rock chipped and five years old.
Painting a car is an enormous undertaking, good luck.
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,534
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From: Good Ol' Ky
Its a really hard color to match when painting a vehicle, it also fades at a random rate.
Actually white, also like black, will show just as much its a weird color. Not only that but you'll never be able to blend white to match as good as any other color, next to silver its the most difficult.
Actually white, also like black, will show just as much its a weird color. Not only that but you'll never be able to blend white to match as good as any other color, next to silver its the most difficult.
Just keep it clean.
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