Hey guys, I made my mind up and im gonna 2 tone the paint job on my 1991. Im gonna go with a platinum top half and where the bodyline is im either thinking light grey or dark grey and a pearl sky blue clear coat. ( a lot of em) Tell me what you guys think. Do you got any other colors in mind.

 

Is the car stock or have you installed a body kit?

 

Its till the original light grey all over. No body kit. Got 20 in neeper concetps that are waiting to be bolted on and I was thinking about 3 or 6 10's in the trunk with an in car pc for the headunit.

 

Monotone........

 

yes its monotone
light grey.

 

I'd go mono. Two tones date the car, I've wished for mine to be all pearl white.

 

Ok. Well if I do that do you think I outta keep it the same color with a sky blue clear finish to it.

 

I would keep the same color unless you are going to make sure you repaint the door jams, underhood metal, undertrunk metal, etc. you don't want any colors mix-matched. all paintwork needs to visibly appealing as though it came from the factory

 

That sounds like it might take time but I'm not worried. I like the sky blue clear. And I was also thinkin about putting some lexus logo illusions in rhe paint. What do you think about that.

 

Go Monotone! It will update the look (IMHO)

 

what color will update the loook

 

IMO, forget about the Blue and paint the whole car a different color. But like ls400boi said, make sure you get everything else painted or atleast the door jams.

What color paint would update the car, hmmm.... Pearl white is always a winner, Black (but hard to paint). Silver, Flint, Gray. Head down to the local Lexus (or any other) dealer and ask for a brochure of all their cars and go from there. Keep the paint simple since it's a luxury car. The car itself will give it that presence. You really don't need an outrageous color for the car to be noticed. GL and definitely keep us posted!

 

I like the blue clear coat though. The new mercedes has it on em. i seen one that was light grey with a sky blue clear coat. Thats the color i was thinking about.

 

I think I posted a reply to the other thread about monotone paint when I meant to reply to this thread.


I don't necessarily agree with everyone. Monotone doesn't have to look dated. I think my first gen in silver looks great with monotone.. the bottom color is just slightly different to provide some contrast. And I forget who had the black JP LS400 second gen, but I think they painted that one two tone as well to keep that classy look.

 

Now that looks anything but dated!