If money was not an issue and you decided to paint your car a custom color, what color would you pick? Just pretend you are spending someone else's money, (and no, I did not win the lottery, I just want to get other folks thoughts on a custom color choice)

Note (money no object, but we just want to talk about painting your car a new color :) )

Alpine silver

Royal Sapphire Pearl.

I want nothing that's very special, but I wish I can have my G35 coupe in Twilight Amethyst Pearl, the same color as my SC430. :cool: :)

chrome :D

Royal Sapphire Pearl.

Hmmm, do you mean this (http://supra-twin-turbo.8k.com/) RSP?

Originally posted by DaveGS4
Alpine silver :D :D ;) That color choice is not allowed! :D

I guess I'm in the minority who love the noble yet mystic feel of the Amethyst Violet light purplish metalic color offered by MB because they don't seem to be offering the color anymore.:( It is one color I could not get my eyes off when I saw one roll by in person.:p

My top ten favorites...in descending order.

1. Amythist ( medium purple-gray )
2. Lime Green
3. Sunset Burnt Orange
4. Violet Purple
5. Electric Blue
6. Chrome Yellow
7. Pearl Oyster White
8. Black Cherry...a very dark reddish-purple
9. Candy Apple Red
10. Copper

As you can see......I don't go for " me too " everyday colors. I think the factory color choices on many cars suck....especially on traditional luxury cars like the LS430, Q45, Lincoln Town Car, etc....

Originally posted by mmarshall
1. Amythist ( medium purple-gray )
4. Violet Purple
mmarshall you sure have some good taste!!;):woohoo:

Originally posted by XeroK00L
mmarshall you sure have some good taste!!;):woohoo:

Thanks. The average car brochure has the same old stuff over and over.......white, black, silver, burgundy, dark blue, dark green, and beige. That stuff is definitely not for me...apparantly not for you either.

:agree:

Well u know I got to go with some form of white. On a special edition 993 Porsche, there is a color called Pearlessence. It's a Pearl Frost white with a very small hint of blue. I'll have to show you a picture as one day I WILL paint some car this color. My favorite car color bar-none.

2nd GGP (Graphite Gray) which I thought was reserved for expensive cars but I swear I just saw an Altima with that color....

3rd Benz silvers. They do silver like no other. And have so many shades. Great palette to choose from, especially the Designo colors.

Originally posted by 1SICKLEX
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3rd Benz silvers. They do silver like no other. And have so many shades. Great palette to choose from, especially the Designo colors.

Benz Designo Silver has a greenish tint, I'll pick it over their brilliant silver. I also saw a SL55 in Diamond silver(bluish), looks real sharp :thumbup:

Originally posted by SexySC
Benz Designo Silver has a geenish tint, I'll pick it over their brilliant silver. I also saw a SL55 in Diamond silver(bluish), looks real sharp :thumbup:
I saw one in Buckhead last night. A SL 55 with a dark gray with a hint of Chocolate. Absolutely stunning with the saddle seats. Some great colors.....

Originally posted by 1SICKLEX
Well u know I got to go with some form of white. On a special edition 993 Porsche, there is a color called Pearlessence. It's a Pearl Frost white with a very small hint of blue. I'll have to show you a picture as one day I WILL paint some car this color. My favorite car color bar-none.

3rd Benz silvers. They do silver like no other. And have so many shades. Great palette to choose from, especially the Designo colors.

I'll agree, 1SICK....Pearl White is one of my top 10 favorites. It was a color perfected by several companies....notably Audi, Cadillac, and Infiniti.
And, while I am not a silver fan, you are correct that M-B does it like no other. Their classic silver is so bright that it almost looks like chrome. There's a reason for that......silver is M-B's classic color, going back continuously many decades to the 40's and 50's. The famous gull-wing 190 and 300SL's that so many car collectors drool over are valued most in silver....with red interiors.

I've got two on my wish list.
Candy apple red. Nothing like several coats of red candy topped off with several coats of clear.

Next would be several coats of black pearl with a hint of purple in it. Would look black except for rare moments where the light brings out the purple.

i would never do a color change on a car unless i had to it decreases the value a significant amount :( but if i had to choose it would be without a doubt the new lexus parchment :D

Gotta go with the Royal Sapphire Pearl. Also after seeing it on a few different vehicles I'm starting to like the Graphite Gray.

Originally posted by mmarshall


8. Black Cherry...a very dark reddish-purple




BTW, how does Amythist look like?

Originally posted by roguenode
Hmmm, do you mean this (http://supra-twin-turbo.8k.com/) RSP?


Yes. Yes I do. On SC's, and especially on Supras, that color is absolute sex.

Oh, and thank you for the new wallpaper. :D

Lapis Blue. Comes stock on the Prosce 911 carrera, but not the twin. Combine a dark blue and light purple and you get lapis. its very pearlescent, and shifts from light blue, dark blue to light purple.:thumbup: very close to RSP, but a little more pearl.

Originally posted by llmidnitellsc40
BTW, how does Amythist look like?

It's Like a Black Cherry Pat....

My choices:

I would keep my Sandstone Beige color but add some yellow pearl in, so at the right angles in the sun, it would shine a vibrant bright yellow:D

My second choice would be a color similar to the LS430 Briarwood pearl or Cypress Pearl olive color...
Colors that have grown on me lately?? Would have to be the IS300 Bluestone Metallic and the Alabaster Metallic and the MKIV Baltic Blue.....

Graphite polished! :bigok:

Originally posted by roguenode
Hmmm, do you mean this (http://supra-twin-turbo.8k.com/) RSP?

Wow, that link says only 54 RSP JZA80's were produced for '97!! I didnt know the color was THAT rare :eek1: Ive seen a few so far.. but speaking of rare, I have yet to see a RSP SC on the road, anyone else seen one?

custom-tinted ChromaLusion blue-silver-gray
pearl white
silver with a bit of blue

Originally posted by llmidnitellsc40
BTW, how does Amythist look like?

Classic Amythist is named after a mineral rock with a medium purplish-gray color...it actually is a semi-precious stone. It is truly a beautiful automotive color if done correctly. Cadillac did a true Amythist purple-gray metallic some years back on its larger cars. Subaru did a color it called Amythist in the early-mid 1990's.....it was a little more pure purple with just a very light touch of gray. More recently Lexus did an "Amythist" on the SC430, but it really was just a dark purple...not a true Amythist.
Hope that explains it for you.

Originally posted by mmarshall
My top ten favorites...in descending order.

1. Amythist ( medium purple-gray )
2. Lime Green
3. Sunset Burnt Orange
4. Violet Purple
5. Electric Blue
6. Chrome Yellow
7. Pearl Oyster White
8. Black Cherry...a very dark reddish-purple
9. Candy Apple Red
10. Copper

As you can see......I don't go for " me too " everyday colors. I think the factory color choices on many cars suck....especially on traditional luxury cars like the LS430, Q45, Lincoln Town Car, etc.... I could not have said that better!

I especially like these colors that you mentioned:
1. Amythist ( medium purple-gray )
2. Sunset Burnt Orange - if this is like the colors that Nissan have on their new Maxima - :thumbup:
3. Violet Purple
4. Electric Blue
5. Chrome Yellow - I don't know what this looks like
6. Pearl Oyster White
7. Black Cherry...a very dark reddish-purple
8. Copper Not sure what this one looks like, but it sure sounds interesting.

You have great taste, mmarshal! :bigthumbu :D

Some kind of silver or dark gray.

Originally posted by Hameed
I could not have said that better!

I especially like these colors that you mentioned:
1. Amythist ( medium purple-gray )
2. Sunset Burnt Orange - if this is like the colors that Nissan have on their new Maxima - :thumbup:
3. Violet Purple
4. Electric Blue
5. Chrome Yellow - I don't know what this looks like
6. Pearl Oyster White
7. Black Cherry...a very dark reddish-purple
8. Copper Not sure what this one looks like, but it sure sounds interesting.

You have great taste, mmarshal! :bigthumbu :D

Thanks, Hameed. Chrome yellow is the vivid bright yellow you see on Feraris, lambos, Mustang GT's, and some sport trucks. It differs from the Lexus IS300 Solar Yellow and the lighter BMW and Subaru WRX yellows by being brighter and having a very small amount of orange in it.
Copper and Burnt Brange are closely related...actually what Nissan uses today is closer to Copper.

Originally posted by southernsc
chrome :D

:agreed: ....it would definately be original!!!

Originally posted by AristoTDOT
:agreed: ....it would definately be original!!! Not really...;)

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109392

http://www.germancarfans.com/photos/3031223.002/1007big.jpg

Chrome cars look cool, but has anybody actually seen one driven on the road anywhere ?

Originally posted by SexySC
Chrome cars look cool, but has anybody actually seen one driven on the road anywhere ? Nope.:D
But more importantly, does anyone know if it's even street legal?

I think the whole car chrome is a tad too much chrome for me....... :thumbdn:

I'd pick that grey color i've seen on the new GS's. I saw it the other day on a GS with those blackish emblems and it looked hot!

Lamborghini blue

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=862055:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Originally posted by T.L.W.
Lamborghini blueSomehow I see a BMW..:uh:

Originally posted by XeroK00L
Somehow I see a BMW..:uh:

LOL

the color is lamborghini blue the car is doo-doo BMW

J/k its a very nice car

Maybe the color from the pebble beach edition SC430.... but the color I like the most is Spectra Mica Blue :D
I want this color ;)

Originally posted by T.L.W.
Lamborghini blue Simply amazing color!!!! :bigthumbu

Originally posted by SexySC
Chrome cars look cool, but has anybody actually seen one driven on the road anywhere ?

Forgive me for being blunt, guys, but in my opinion, owning something like this for show purposes is one thing...that's OK, but only an idiot would actually try and drive something like this on a publlc road. The glare on a sunny day would be absolutely blinding.....both off the hood for the driver inside, and off the rest of the car to oncoming or following drivers. Years ago, that's why stock chrome wiper blades were outlawed and why they are all flat black now from the factory.....because of visibility problems with glare. Imagine the whole car like that.
:yikes:

Originally posted by mmarshall
Forgive me for being blunt, guys, but in my opinion, owning something like this for show purposes is one thing...that's OK, but only an idiot would actually try and drive something like this on a publlc road. The glare on a sunny day would be absolutely blinding.....both off the hood for the driver inside, and off the rest of the car to oncoming or following drivers. Years ago, that's why stock chrome wiper blades were outlawed and why they are all flat black now from the factory.....because of visibility problems with glare. Imagine the whole car like that.
:yikes:

i dont think you could even drive those chrome on the without getting hit.

Originally posted by T.L.W.
Lamborghini blue

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=862055:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

wow!

I know it would be dangerous but just look at it!!!.....

http://www.germancarfans.com/photos/3031223.002/1005big.jpg

It costs $25g's.....

Graphite Pearl. :)

-Anthony

Probably the only production car to have anything even near this in significant numbers was the DeLorean stainless steel gull-wing car built in Northern Ireland about 25 years ago...after John Delorean left GM. Its finish, while pure unpainted metal, was a much lower-gloss brushed-metal. And we all know the rest of DeLorean's story......getting caught by narcs with a suitcase full of drugs trying to raise enough money to stay in buisness.

Originally posted by T.L.W.
Lamborghini blue

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=862055

::grates some cheese on the fenders::

Originally posted by CleanSC
::grates some cheese on the fenders::

That's just Electric Blue with an Italian name (Lambo)........and Electric Blue was one of my originally posted top 10 colors.

While we're on the subject of paint colors here, one interesting point that has yet to be brought up on this thread is just how much the average car buyer today is really getting screwed when it comes to color choice. A perfect example is the upcoming Chrysler 300C SRT-8...sources say it will be available only in silver or black. Excuse me?????...this is a high-performance sport sedan, not a funeral hearse.:egads:

Years ago....in the 50's, 60's, and to a lesser extent, 70's.....you could literally have your choice of DOZENS of factory colors....even on non-luxury cars. Two-tones.....even THREE-tones....were everyday occurances....both outside and inside. A single-shade car, or a car with dull colors was condidered "square"....you weren't "with it" inless you had an Impala SS or a Ford Galaxie with orange, white, and turqouise combined, or pink, white, and rose.....you get the picture. Plymouths and Dodges in the late 60's and early 70's had as much as 36 different colors to choose from. Then, sometime in the late 70's, the bean counters decided that they could save money by limiting paint and interior choices....and the rest is history. And while I have a generally high opinion of both Honda and Subaru, they are two of the worst offenders here......some of their models only come in a couple of paint colors, period, especially with interior color matches.

Originally posted by mmarshall
That's just Electric Blue with an Italian name (Lambo)........and Electric Blue was one of my originally posted top 10 colors.

Actually I was referring to the cheese grater on wheel arches.

I love the color. :p hehe

Originally posted by mmarshall
While we're on the subject of paint colors here, one interesting point that has yet to be brought up on this thread is just how much the average car buyer today is really getting screwed when it comes to color choice. A perfect example is the upcoming Chrysler 300C SRT-8...sources say it will be available only in silver or black. Excuse me?????...this is a high-performance sport sedan, not a funeral hearse.:egads:

Years ago....in the 50's, 60's, and to a lesser extent, 70's.....you could literally have your choice of DOZENS of factory colors....even on non-luxury cars. Two-tones.....even THREE-tones....were everyday occurances....both outside and inside. A single-shade car, or a car with dull colors was condidered "square"....you weren't "with it" inless you had an Impala SS or a Ford Galaxie with orange, white, and turqouise combined, or pink, white, and rose.....you get the picture. Plymouths and Dodges in the late 60's and early 70's had as much as 36 different colors to choose from. Then, sometime in the late 70's, the bean counters decided that they could save money by limiting paint and interior choices....and the rest is history. And while I have a generally high opinion of both Honda and Subaru, they are two of the worst offenders here......some of their models only come in a couple of paint colors, period, especially with interior color matches.
Wow. Maybe cause the paint has to be water based now as well?

Originally posted by 1SICKLEX
Wow. Maybe cause the paint has to be water based now as well?

Good point...I had forgotten about that. It's not so much that the paint had to be water-based, but around 1990 or so EPA changed the auto paint formulation rules...that was part of the Clean Air Act of 1990. It mandated a change from volatile paint that had fumes that would evaporate up into the ozone layer to paint that would not do so....which, as you point out, basically meant water-based paint. That increased costs even more....and auto manufacturers had problems for several years in the early 1990's with premature peeling paint, until they had the new formulas perfected. From what I remember, Ford, Chrysler, and some Mazdas especially had this problem. Sometimes it was " covered " ( no pun intended ) by extended paint warranties or if a customer complained hard enough.

Laguna Seca blue

That graphite or titanium greyish colour. Not sure I'm saying it right, but it's a darkish grey with the nice shiney sparkly clearcoat.