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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since:  Posts:  |
Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Mon 09 Nov 2009 11:53:26 PM |
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So, with some luck I'm getting a micra and getting it resprayed cheaply. I was thinking canary yellow and doing the interior in yellow/black but thanks to a co-worker I'm now thinking black (?possibly still with the yellow/black interior)
Anyone care to offer some opinions on my colour choice or have some other ideas of what I should do with it (provided I can buy it) |
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mipcar » CMF Member Upper Beaconsfield Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 06:48:06 AM |
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Is it a 3 door or 5 door? I've thought the 3 door cars could look good in a bright yellow.
Mychael |
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xero » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 07:52:15 AM |
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matt brown with ghost flames
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fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 08:36:23 AM |
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really like the new Renault yellow.... when the car is comming toward u its yellow going away its burnt orange....
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deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:44:57 AM |
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Black.. in summer.. in Australia. Hope you have aircon!
Go the canary yellow. ---dens |
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krĂ© » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:20:25 AM |
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satin black with silver gt stripes
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crumpets » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 10:47:35 AM |
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I went Metallic Black with Gold Metallic Pearl and in summer its ridiculously hot.. so much so aircon takes a good 5-10mins to even start making inroads
I would suggest a lighter colour |
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:29:06 AM |
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It's a 5 door guys, and I figured black would probably be really hot but how reduced would that be with dark dark window tinting?
What my friend said was 'I think it's look too much like a chicks car in yellow' I wanted a black car originally but here in the central Queensland heat... I'm none too sure. Also, I don't want to have any metallics or pearl cause that'll push up the cost of the respray. |
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MattyK » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 12:34:20 PM |
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cheap respray = not the interior, underbonnet or door frames probably. So make sure whatever you pick doesn't look terrible with the existing colour (if you tell us that you might get some better ideas)
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 02:35:45 PM |
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MattyK, it will be the interior and door frames etc, just not in the engine bay. Might be able to get him to do under the bonnet though... It's a mate of mine who's offered and we'll do it together over a 3 day (fri-sun)
Also depending on what happens it'll either be a white one or a green one. |
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crumpets » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 03:26:13 PM |
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Whatever you decide you can get most of the engine bay (that is visable by eye) with matt black spray cans if you are anal about it..
Pick a colour and just spray engine bay matt black |
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Tue 10 Nov 2009 03:35:26 PM |
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I'm not really anal about it and I'd be more worried about overspray getting into bits where it shouldn't be going.
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MattyK » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 12:24:55 PM |
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White car - I would probably pick a slightly off-white.
Green car - you could go lighter. Lime green would be fun. |
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Wed 11 Nov 2009 01:31:45 PM |
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a few problems there tho mattyk
I already have a white car and I hate the colour, even an off-white would still be too white for me :P And I don't really like green all that much. Haha, now it's like I'm just being difficult... Also, the yellow beast in Melb was originally white wasn't it? |
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deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 02:01:33 PM |
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Polarbear WROTE: "a few problems there tho mattyk I already have a white car and I hate the colour, even an off-white would still be too white for me :P And I don't really like green all that much. Haha, now it's like I'm just being difficult... Also, the yellow beast in Melb was originally white wasn't it?" Yep, door-shut roller marine paint paintjob. Also, you are being difficult. Go to a colour chart, close your eyes, and put yourself in a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey situation. If you get pink.. well you're just gonna have to paint it pink. :P ---dens |
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hotfunk67 » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Wed 11 Nov 2009 03:43:45 PM |
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If its a white car then go the yellow, but be careful with yellow and black. Done right looks great, done wrong looks shithouse. Yellow car black interior black wheels thats it.
If its green then you might have trouble covering it with yellow (green will show through) unless you are going to white undercoat it? If it is the aqua green colour then what about a 2 tone black roof and aqua bottom? could be funky? could suck? my 2cents |
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deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 04:12:31 PM |
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hotfunk67 WROTE: "If it is the aqua green colour then what about a 2 tone black roof and aqua bottom? could be funky? could suck? my 2cents" That's not a bad idea - that aqua is horrible on its own (seriously, one of the worst colours ever..) but a black roof and doorframes could make it look pretty good. ---dens |
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Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:58:11 PM |
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deNs WROTE: " hotfunk67 WROTE: "If it is the aqua green colour then what about a 2 tone black roof and aqua bottom? could be funky? could suck? my 2cents" That's not a bad idea - that aqua is horrible on its own (seriously, one of the worst colours ever..) but a black roof and doorframes could make it look pretty good. ---dens " Mine is the darker green and thats what I plan to do with my car if I ever get the time. |
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hotfunk67 » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts: |
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:17:19 PM |
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That's not a bad idea - that aqua is horrible on its own (seriously, one of the worst colours ever..) but a black roof and doorframes could make it look pretty good. ---dens " Dens mine is that horrible aqua colour and I love it, and no I'm not gay ( "not that there is anything wrong with that" ). Each to there own I spose. I think the black roof Idea with an orange pinstripe would look great. |
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Thu 12 Nov 2009 12:02:22 AM |
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I really don't like the green of the car at all, so keeping that (if that's the micra I get) is out of the question :P
Hotfunk67: I was thinking yellow exterior. Yellow and black interior. And I dunno wheels. The interior I might try to do a mockup given I can find the right interior photos to shoop. I was thinking like a yellow roof lining (still not 100% on any of this btw) and have it come down to meet the black on the pillar trims (I have some weird triangle/circle idea that would probably look cool but might be hard to do irl), then the carpeting would be black. A black dash tho, with that bit around the HVAC etc in yellow (maybe the inside shroud for the instrument cluster?) and the dial faces in black with yellow lettering (gotta have a chat with a dial face guy I know of to see if this will work well) |
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Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Thu 12 Nov 2009 01:32:41 AM |
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Another option I like is black top and bronze lower. Heres a photo of what I mean. Imagine it on a micra. Might look good.
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Thu 12 Nov 2009 09:45:46 AM |
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MK: That would look awesome! But it would cost me more to have done, and I can't really afford that :P
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cisco » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Thu 12 Nov 2009 01:00:45 PM |
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Pearl white all the way :) high gloss.
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Polarbear » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: Need opinions on a respray colour. |
Fri 13 Nov 2009 10:45:36 AM |
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White can look good I'll admit, but I'm sick of white after only 6 months of driving around a white car.
:P Having said that it looks like I'm buying the white micra :O |
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