View Poll Results: What custom paint colour shall i do? (wheels will stay silver)
REAL Candy Red : really light, not as dull as MRM
16
23.88%
Plain White : simple, elegant & one-off, holds well against dust
2
2.99%
Pearl White : OEM, otherwise its perfect
12
17.91%
Silver : simple and elegant, holds well against dust
8
11.94%
Gray : way lighter than SGM, as on Audi's and 5-series
14
20.90%
Black : pure EXE style
15
22.39%
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Repaint Time! Plz help me pick a new (CUSTOM) colour
11-18-08, 05:12 AM
#1
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
Repaint Time! Plz help me pick a new (CUSTOM) colour
Current situation: I live in a very harsh environment where it is dusty all the time and I need to wash the car about 2-3 times a week otherwise it'll just look really dirty. My vs-xx got damaged from sand storms on road trips and need to be repainted, so does my front-end (front bumper, hood, front lip, mirror caps & fenders!). I got rear clipped from the back so I need to paint that as well, and inevitably, someone slammed their door and dinged mine... paint matching MRM is hard and I don't want to pay for the paint job and set myself to disappointing colour mismatch.
So I'm just going to repaint the whole thing (car & wheels) and I want you guys to help me out with picking the colours. I like executive (EXE) cars, think of it as mild VIP style, something that a CEO would drive rather than a drug-lord (well a CEO won't be driving an IS but play along plz lol). The reason why i chose the MRM in the first place because the colour looked like candy red, but the dusty weather ruined that for me.
Please keep in mind that the following is given:
So I'm just going to repaint the whole thing (car & wheels) and I want you guys to help me out with picking the colours. I like executive (EXE) cars, think of it as mild VIP style, something that a CEO would drive rather than a drug-lord (well a CEO won't be driving an IS but play along plz lol). The reason why i chose the MRM in the first place because the colour looked like candy red, but the dusty weather ruined that for me.
Please keep in mind that the following is given:
- my interior is black with brushed aluminum inserts
- I have the Fabulous front lip
- Fabulous exhaust system
- Vertex side skirts (yes, i'm mixing body kits, fingers crossed
) - Tein CS coilovers
- VS-XX Works 19x8.5 & 19x10 no lip at the front & about 2.5" at the rear
- since the wheels are damaged & i don't want to take the 3pc apart, i'll paint the whole thing in a semi shiny silver (almost chrome/hyper polish... similar to the normal BBS LM)
- Jun roof spoiler
- oem rear spoiler
Last edited by kattanh3; 11-18-08 at 09:41 PM.
11-18-08, 05:36 AM
#3
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
11-18-08, 06:26 AM
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11-18-08, 06:53 AM
#9
Lexus Test Driver
I like to think of it as more of a gun metal green on the last pic. It was on the Skyline for one year.
The green Lexus offers is not deep enough and looks kind of "old man" to me at least.
The green Lexus offers is not deep enough and looks kind of "old man" to me at least.
Really...
11-18-08, 07:54 AM
#14
lighter colors hold much better in dirty places. its harder to see the scratces, and its harder to tell if they r dirty. plus they look good and mach any color wheels you want.
go with WHITE or a light Silver. if you get black or any dark color you will be a slave of your paint until the day you sell it. I had a lowner IS250 RED and it got dirty in 24 hours.
I have my whit IS any it has to bee extremly dirty for you to notice. I wash it twice a week anyways.
Thats why ive had 3 white cars in my life
go with WHITE or a light Silver. if you get black or any dark color you will be a slave of your paint until the day you sell it. I had a lowner IS250 RED and it got dirty in 24 hours.
I have my whit IS any it has to bee extremly dirty for you to notice. I wash it twice a week anyways.
Thats why ive had 3 white cars in my life
Last edited by juice14; 11-18-08 at 10:05 AM.
11-18-08, 08:05 AM
#15
Lexus Champion
Honda Midori Green.....effin hot!
yes, this is a OEM paint Honda made for the civic (not custom paint, in the picture, it is obviously edited to look more green, but in real life, it is a little lighter but not so much a "mint green" color). I think it is a limited color for the ek versions of the civic and were only available for a limited time, but don't quote me on that.
Note: this an extremely hard to find color and even if you have connections in the honda world, it won't be easy to obtain and it won't be cheap...but damn,
or Toyota Baltic Blue...mmmmm
yes, this is a OEM paint Honda made for the civic (not custom paint, in the picture, it is obviously edited to look more green, but in real life, it is a little lighter but not so much a "mint green" color). I think it is a limited color for the ek versions of the civic and were only available for a limited time, but don't quote me on that.
Note: this an extremely hard to find color and even if you have connections in the honda world, it won't be easy to obtain and it won't be cheap...but damn,
or Toyota Baltic Blue...mmmmm
Last edited by ChrISF; 11-18-08 at 08:10 AM.