Respray a car - Photoshop help

lassykk

Hi

This is motors related and photoshop related. Thinking of getting my car resprayed and would like to see a rough idea of it in a different colour.

Could any kind soul with photoshop skills recolour the 407 coupe below in the blue off the 406 coupe below.

Sorry but I have zero photoshop skills so I don't know how to do this.

Thanks a million

ValerieR

Google is your best friend

Something like this ?

Voodoomelon

I was thinking "wow, he changed the background and everything!".

scamalert

some rough work

Alanstrainor

Seriously....just don't do it...not on that car.

Unless you're resigned to the fact that you're never going to sell it.

lassykk

ValerieR wrote: »

Google is your best friend

Something like this ?

Cheers but that's a standard 407 and I don't believe its Aegean blue (the colour on the 406 coupe)

I did Google it first. Found a white one which saved me asking for two Photoshop favours here

lassykk

scamalert wrote: »

some rough work

Cheers mate appreciate your effort. Better than anything I could produce!!!!

lassykk

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Seriously....just don't do it...not on that car.

Unless you're resigned to the fact that you're never going to sell it.

Well I currently own the 406 coupe in the pic and love the colour. Tis getting on a bit and its time for a change but the 407 coupe was never produced in the same colour. I don't think there are any particularly nice colours available on the 407 coupe so I think this is a solution.

Wouldn't plan to sell for at least 4 years at which point its value would be very low anyway

colm_mcm

Imagine spending 3k or so extra just to have that colour. Maybe pick a different car like a laguna coupe or something?

Nforce

Maybe you could wrap the car in that colour? It'd definitely cost less than a proper full respray.

bazz26

If you are moving from a 406 coupe to a 407 coupe then you are seriously going to be disappointed. A huge step backwards irrespective of the colour.

lassykk

Doubt anyone is ovely interested but this is the finished article...

I'm delighted with it anyway!!!

lassykk

daRobot

How much did you pay for the respray?

lassykk

1,600 Notes

Pottler

scamalert wrote: »

some rough work

Ah now, that just looks photoshopped.:D

Toyotafanboi

fair play for going through with it. not my cup of tea but well done for doing something a little out of the ordinary, you must love the car.

out of interest, how in depth is the job for €1600?

is the underside of the bonnet, engine bay, door jambs, sills, spare wheel well etc still silver?

ShadowHearth

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

fair play for going through with it. not my cup of tea but well done for doing something a little out of the ordinary, you must love the car.

out of interest, how in depth is the job for €1600?

is the underside of the bonnet, engine bay, door jambs, sills, spare wheel well etc still silver?

was thinking myself too. is it still silver inside? 1600 looks really cheap!

ottostreet

Fair play, ya mad hoor ya!

L-M

:cool:

bobin fudge

some of the dearer spray places will charge almost 1600 just for the side of the car, looks nice though in your pic

lassykk

Thanks for the all the replies lads

The paintwork is pristine on the oustide and the door jams are done, around the boot is done and all sections under the bonnet are done. The spare wheel well is a dark colour and wasn't the original colour of the car so that's not sprayed.

Essentially there is nowhere on the car that shows the original colour of the car.

I do love Peugeots alright (7 years driving a 406 coupe) so the next step was always planned to be an RCZ but unfortunately a bad back (at 27 :mad:) put pay to that option as I found it too uncomfortable so I decided the 407 coupe was the car for me.

Still plenty of go in it (170 bhp with the remap) and really really comfortable

Toyotafanboi

so they removed the engine and painted the engine bay too?

regardless of what work they done, absolutely fair play to you, you just never see that devotion to a car in this country.

cool stuff!

lassykk

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

so they removed the engine and painted the engine bay too?

regardless of what work they done, absolutely fair play to you, you just never see that devotion to a car in this country.

cool stuff!

Ah sorry I meant anything on the top under the bonnet...like the underside of the bonnet and side of the car where it meets the bonnet... Probably not explaining myself well... I'm sure someone in the know could tell by looking under the bonnet that it's been painted... No intention of selling it anytime soon so not an issue in that regard.

Duiske

Scamalert's dodgy photoshop reminded me that, with the help of an expensive splash of paint and a few bits of body kit, its my dream to turn one of these....



into something similar to this....



That Laguna Seca Blue looks deadly on BMW coupes.

the culture of deference

Duiske wrote: »

Scamalert's dodgy photoshop reminded me that, with the help of an expensive splash of paint and a few bits of body kit, its my dream to turn one of these....



into something similar to this....



That Laguna Seca Blue looks deadly on BMW coupes.

You should have a look at the thread on BMW forum about the guy who turned a 4 door 3 series into an M3

browner85

the culture of deference wrote: »

You should have a look at the thread on BMW forum about the guy who turned a 4 door 3 series into an M3

have u a link ?

scamalert

Duiske wrote: »

Scamalert's dodgy photoshop reminded me that, with the help of an expensive splash of paint and a few bits of body kit, its my dream to turn one of these....



into something similar to this....



That Laguna Seca Blue looks deadly on BMW coupes.

looks deadly on M3 maybe, but not poverty spec 3rd class beemer which you can get for less then guy paint for his spray job :pac: ,as for Peugeot it came out pretty nice,the price of 1600yoyos is pretty fair as well,any info on who done the painting for you was it private or company ? as some might be interested

colm_mcm

browner85 wrote: »

have u a link ?

He didn't really...

L-M

colm_mcm wrote: »

He didn't really...

I thought i saw that thread as well no?

the culture of deference

browner85 wrote: »

have u a link ?

quick version

http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/bmw-e46-318i-to-m3-conversion/

full version

post 54 it starts but it's a long thread, I would love to do something like that

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=578901&page=3






Well done OP

It looks great

lassykk wrote: »

renofan

Fair play. Too many people in this country are more worried about the next owner so get something that is easy to sell on and don't get a car they really want so I applaud you sir!

pcardin

renofan wrote: »

Fair play. Too many people in this country are more worried about the next owner so get something that is easy to sell on and don't get a car they really want so I applaud you sir!

so true