Possibly Painting My Car... hmmm...

[ygoslo]

You couldn't do any better than the very dark metallic red/burgundy on the K12 Nissan Micra. Seriously, on a low Legnum with black tint and gold wheels it'd look absolutely mindblowing.

 

[CLuTZ]

You couldn't do any better than the very dark metallic red/burgundy on the K12 Nissan Micra. Seriously, on a low Legnum with black tint and gold wheels it'd look absolutely mindblowing.

This one?

 

[ygoslo]

Nah that's an aftermarket colour (and I have lots more pics of that car a bit later in its development here).

The colour I'm talking about is called "Vienna Garnet". This one:

That's a terrible photo of it though. It has fairly big flake in it and would look black in low light or a really vivid dark red in direct sunlight. It'd also be easy to get it looking better than on a Micra, as I doubt there'd be many coats of colour or clear on a $13,990 car.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

The Iron Bark colour looks very good, Paulie might hate me for it though

Nissan Gunmetal is pretty awesome too but rather common (at least on Nissans). The wheel colour is a lighter gold though, not a dark bronze.

And Tim, I'll need a better picture than that to convince me, not a huge burgundy fan but I am very open minded! At least all these colours will be cheaper then MPIII.

And Tom, VS-XX's? Well, possibly...

 

[ygoslo]

Slightly better pic, although I get the impression that it's hard to photograph:

Don't paint it silver. Silver's silver - it won't really look special. Better off painting it in a colour unlike anything that came from the factory.

Edit:

 

[unclepaulie]

back away from the iron barn lachy

that micra colour is the tits, and itll match the light gold too

 

[naughtika]

I still vote for the r34 GTR midnight purple III

 

[Merlin032]

Think hard before going the colour change option. I resprayed my skyline, it was a cheap job and I regretted it. I think I payed around $2.2k for full exterior in 2pak oven baked enamel. I made 2 mistakes I didn't maintain it and the paint faded badly after about 3 years. And I didn't paint inside the doors or engine bay so it looked kinda weird. Anyway think carefully about it and don't pick the cheapest option

 

[timmae2006]

Midnight purple III man, do it!

 

[matchtheclown]

Midnight purple for sure. If yours is a S2 with the bonnet bulge and wheel arch flares it will look mint!

 

[timmae2006]

All the above only better bonnet than stock

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Think hard before going the colour change option. I resprayed my skyline, it was a cheap job and I regretted it. I think I payed around $2.2k for full exterior in 2pak oven baked enamel. I made 2 mistakes I didn't maintain it and the paint faded badly after about 3 years. And I didn't paint inside the doors or engine bay so it looked kinda weird. Anyway think carefully about it and don't pick the cheapest option

Definitely going the hole hog with it, don't worry

MPIII is still the best option but I fear might be too hard to paint and too expensive to do also.

I was thinking Top Secret gold but at ~$500 per litre....

Love the NSX Lime Green, but probably won't suit my wheels

 

[timmae2006]

Renault pearl gold/yellow maybe?

Cant find a pic but saw one saturday had a tinge of green through it too

 

[unclepaulie]

also, if you go MPIII, you could probably get away with leaving the engine bay TM, hense cuttin down a litre of paint


also LX0 is the code for MPIII, i think its about 700 per litre though :/


(what about millenium jade?)

 

[ygoslo]

I was going to suggest Millenium Jade.

Midnight Purple could possibly look a bit dumb... Using a colour so synonymous with such an aggressive looking car on a station wagon might not work well...

 

[unclepaulie]

black roof and ghetto rubber lip and we're in business

 

[ygoslo]

Agreed. Except for the black roof. C pillars are too fat.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I had a Millenium Jade R34 GTR V-SPec II NUR in the shop, looked ridiculously sexual. Didn't think it would work well with gold, until I saw that pic.

That looks awesome. I think that maybe my colour

And sh*t! If MPIII is that expensive I may aswell run with Top Secret Gold! Geez!

 

[godzilla]

Oooh yeah, I am subscribing to this thread!

I reckon the MPIII will look staunch, no question. I agree that maybe scrape down the bottom of the couch, check the laundry, do what ever to get the extra and put a nice big vented bonnet. That would be perfect.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

ARe you talking about a bonnet like this? One that I already have on my car?

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