help me decide on a colour please,suggestions wanted

barone

looking for inspiration, have a black ef1 civic, am thinking some nice black colour with gold flake goin through it.. gold wheels and decals etc...

am open to suggestions and please if you know a cool ,unusual, out there colour could you post up its paint code? and a pic..or anything you know about it..

car will be getting sprayed in the next few months

Nissan doctor

Are you going for this look?:P

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/07/05/19/18/1977_pontiac_trans_am-pic-25802.jpeg

xxtattyberxx

barone

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Are you going for this look?:P

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/07/05/19/18/1977_pontiac_trans_am-pic-25802.jpeg

not quite,too much gold on that..bodywork will be black maybe with gold flake,or some other colour altogether..ive wheels in mind to go with the colour scheme, but if i found another colour i loved i could change it all

andyseadog

**** that man, standard car, slammed on Work Equip 01's, or Rota RS4's if the Works are as madly priced as i think they're going to be!



if you want an out there colour, but still keeping the car somewhat OEM then this is my 2 cents (i know this car is the height of bad taste) aquamariney bluey greeny http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2080968

zero19

This^ savage look for boxy civics

Owen

Any time I see a respray with a flake, 2 things come to mind. Someone's trying too hard, and that'll be a bitch to repair if something goes wrong.

Why not pick something unusual from a manufacturer that's already out there. If you've got a quote from a paint shop you're happy to deal with, might be no harm to ask them if you can have a look at their paint swatches. Failing that, you should look at this guy's stock in the UK, he gets unusual stuff in from time to time.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/nuaganecarpaints01234355990

andyseadog

thats something i always thought about custom painted cars too actually, well worth baring in mind that it will make any body repairs 100% more difficult and stressful trying to get paint to match

Midnight_EG

K20 Y-56 EF for the win!

challengemaster

Honda rootbeer metallic.

Easily one of the nicest paint colours I've ever seen - not sure how it'd look on an ef1 htough

barone

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Any time I see a respray with a flake, 2 things come to mind. Someone's trying too hard, and that'll be a bitch to repair if something goes wrong.

Why not pick something unusual from a manufacturer that's already out there. If you've got a quote from a paint shop you're happy to deal with, might be no harm to ask them if you can have a look at their paint swatches. Failing that, you should look at this guy's stock in the UK, he gets unusual stuff in from time to time.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/nuaganecarpaints01234355990

i actually never even considerd the repair aspect of spraying a car,, my bad
thanks

barone

andyseadog wrote: »

thats something i always thought about custom painted cars too actually, well worth baring in mind that it will make any body repairs 100% more difficult and stressful trying to get paint to match

i do like that look andy but its low,cant really go that low,roads r crap

challengemaster wrote: »

Honda rootbeer metallic.
looking into that now
Easily one of the nicest paint colours I've ever seen - not sure how it'd look on an ef1 htough

Midnight_EG wrote: »

K20 Y-56 EF for the win!

? am gonna copy n paste that into google

barone

rootbeer metallic s nice i have to say,chocolatey

Owen

If you like rootbeer, get yourself into a MINI showroom and try to have a look at the Hot Chocolate metallic colour. It's got a serious pop from the metallic grain in it. Very unique colour, and nearly none on Irish roads in that colour too.

Midnight_EG

barone wrote: »

i do like that look andy but its low,cant really go that low,roads r crap




? am gonna copy n paste that into google

K20 engine from a DC5, EP3 or CL7...Y-56 is Phoenix Yellow from EK9's :P

challengemaster

Have to say, I think yellow looks dire on most cars tbh. Very, very few can pull it off, and civics aren't one of those cars...

Midnight_EG

challengemaster wrote: »

Have to say, I think yellow looks dire on most cars tbh. Very, very few can pull it off, and civics aren't one of those cars...

I beg to differ, this is the nicest EK9 I've ever seen, it's Baz_CTR's from DTD

challengemaster

Wouldn't be my choice is all I'm saying

barone

nor mine im afraid,thanks for the help lads,paint shop visit soon