hyper7

im looking at painting my 93 fd and im looking at painting it the bmw laguna seca blue. has anyone seen this color, and what do you think on an fd?

DrPJM1

French Racing Blue and Innocent Blue Mica are both very nice : )

r0t0r-rooter

I dunno about such a light blue .... kinda looks in my opinion

C-Westin

the car is hot, but i don't know about that wing. i'm a fan of GT-wings, but on an M3, it looks really out of place.

hyper7

my car is silver right now but the clear coat is slowly coming off and there's nothing i can do. the paint doesnt even shine up it. right now im looking at either painting it the m3 blue or keeping it silver.

hyper7

i was also thinking of pale yellow. anyway let me know what you guys think.

m3 laguna seca blue

stock silver

pale yellow( like the wrx, but not the mustard color)

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

IMO, stay with the stock color.

Unless it's a show car, I don't really care for repainting cars to a different color.

r0t0r-rooter

I wouldn't go with pale yellow because it'll look like you have a faded CYM.
The stock SSM is a really nice color.... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than MB
You would definitely be saving money as well by not having to "fully" repaint the car.




....OR go spirit R gunmetal/gray

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Hey, a MB FD is better than no FD at all!

The main problem with MB is that it shows fading a lot sooner than the other colors. However a freshly painted MB FD looks extremely nice. I can't remember the member that just got their MB FD repainted but it looked nice as hell!

Fd3BOOST

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I like the darker BMW blue more than that Laugna color.

hyper7

well i dont have to worry about the cost of the paint job because i will be doing it and its also going to be a show car as well. give me some suggestions and i might post a poll. thanks for your input

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Well, if it's going to be a show car, you should look into the flashy Kandy or Kameleon colors. Show cars usually need something to get them "noticed".

If you search the forum for "kandy" or "chameleon" or "kameleon" you'll find several examples like here:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=35373

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=79050

There are many more, just search and you'll get plenty of ideas.


Are you ripping the car apart and doing it the right way (since you are planning on changing the color)?

hyper7

yes. im taking everything apart to get all the jams. i always like to do a job the right way once so i dont have to go back and do it again. dont like to mickey mouse things!

hyper7

yes. im taking everything apart to get all the jams. i always like to do a job the right way once so i dont have to go back and do it again. dont like to mickey mouse things!

Meiogirl

iTrader: (2)

i like those dupont colors on OTHER cars. the FD doesnt need the extra flash.

i do not have an exact color suggestion but i will offer some observations that might point you in the right direction. dark colors show off the over all form, its hard to see the cutlines and subtle surface cuts such as that front fender vent. the color also blends with the window glass, thus graphically the car becomes one big blob. for the FD its a nice blob. lighter colors show off cutlines, and empahsize the c pillars. light cars don't show horizon lines too well. ahh pros and cons, you gotta love em.

RX-7racer88

I duno about that blue shade. I know a guy that did something close like that to a Turbo 300zx. Didnt look all that great. If you want a blue maybe someting like that electric blue color.