Cetchup

In about a week Im going to be painting my car. Right now its VR but im not sure whether I want to repaint it red or change the color completly. I was thinking about Pure White but i dont know!! I want something that will shine very nicely =). Anyone have some good colors? Please help me out!!

djantlive

It will cost more do repaint it to another color and still look good. Also, your resell value may drop if you have different color under hood, truck etc.

I would suggest a real nice red paint (maybe not VR) with lots of clear coat. I have a white FD and it does hide imperfections a lot but it's a little bland. I don't complain bc white FDs are rare.

airbrush1

white with blue pearl in the clear, looks sick dude.

Cetchup

Airbrush-

I really do take your suggestions to mind because of the fact u are an experienced "sprayer". If i do go with something like u said, i want to be able to see the blue. Not just say " yeah it has a blue pearl" hehe. I like red because it has the nice shine to it and its not too flashy. What are some good bright reds out there?

Mahjik

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I agree with djantlive, if you aren't going to dismantle the entire car to paint every part, I would paint it either VR again or just another shade of red..

That's going to look ghetto if you paint it white or something, open your hood for somebody, and it's red...

Plus, if you ever need to sell the car, that wouldn't be a good selling point...

Mahjik

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Here's a thread with a few different Red's:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=37672

Goblin

What's a complete exterior repaint run?

I've got a new hood and bumper I want to put on, and get the whole car redone at the same time to fix all the little chips and what not, but I've heard prices all over the place.

Mahjik

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Yea, it's depends on the shop, the paint, etc...

I've seen $1500 all the way to $5000. I've been quoted around $2700 for a repaint of VR.

93redFD

neon green!!!!!!

Cetchup

uhhh..no thank you.

I saw a very nice looking red M3 today. Anyone know a little about that color red? paint code #?

airbrush1

maybe keep it red but ad a russet red pearl? havent tryed it yet, but dont see why it wouldn't look good, maybe even with a fire oarnge pearl. If the blue pearl is in the clear, it will be very obvious, especially on a white car. It shows up best on the curves, and its great to pick up chicks on a night of cruisin, they have no idea what ya did to make it "glow blue under the streetlights"(direct quote from some blonde, I have a friend with a white and blue peal miata that gets second looks all the time). But witout a doubt, use pearl in the clear, no one thinks of it, and you'll be the only one around with it!

rjuge

repainting your color a different color will suck. when you try to sell it and the color codes don't much you will be trying to sell a car like it has been wrecked (there are some exceptions like show cars, chameleon paints-if you paint it chameleon i will kill you- or ground effects - yuck).

Paint a base of vintage red and spray a gold pearl over it, then about 6 coats of clear. Or, if you want to be really slick, paint it vr and then spray a red pearl n it. Your car will be sweet as hell. We just did it ot a yellow c5 vette and it is the most beautiful color i've ever seen...

DELTA_Rotary

Go over to the Supraforums and do a search for the screename Flavio. He has the most badass red you have ever seen. I normally dont like red but that color is incredible.

Larse

Alex Nyugen has a VR w/Gold pearl. Very nice. I'll proably add a couple coats of gold pearl, and a few clear coats...

DeAd-EyE

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some sort of chameleon paint, like a fade, dark blue to a dark purple or somethin.

Munchy2000

Viper Race Yellow

nuff said!