i'v never bothered to open one of these threads before, as i knew how bad they would be lol. BUT in saying that my vote would be for that mk2 ford XR blue (NOT blueprint, the lighter one). Over silver.

i was thinking that... but i dunno where to get it form other then that i was going for umm same colour as [GRMACE]

Talking of metallic, I'm painting my rocket cover gloss black then putting a hint of silver through it, hope it looks good ><

righto, i was talking to the guy and he said he will sand blast it (dunno wot that is) and i asked about having purple over silver and he said as with a pearl he cant do over silver it has to be all one colour because it takes to many coats to do it the other over silver, same with a pearl and ith flecks. so its only gunna cost me a few hundred bucks. what do you guys think? if i hada go colour coded i was thinking stil the deep dark purple or a jet black.

pearl is only like one extra coat, you jsut chuck sum in with ur clear, so i cant understand why he wont do it, and in saying purple over silver.. they are talking about top ofthe car being purple and bumper and moulding being silver

Quote: Originally Posted by BradsVL Talking of metallic, I'm painting my rocket cover gloss black then putting a hint of silver through it, hope it looks good >< Goddamn!! Not another one that say "ROCKET" cover! It's ROCKER COVER mate! Its covers your ROCKERS! lol

do it jet black colour coded!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by 88vl pearl is only like one extra coat, you jsut chuck sum in with ur clear, so i cant understand why he wont do it, and in saying purple over silver.. they are talking about top ofthe car being purple and bumper and moulding being silver it actually goes in the base coat (colour)not the clear. things like metal flakes get put in clear as a carrying agent then cleared again over that

yeah jet black colour coded or deep purple colour coded what u guys reackon?

yeah the only colour id go for colour coded would be jet black with all the chrome mouldings polished well up!

hahaahaha, old mate wants to sand blast it? oh dear. thats for painting bobcats. they get sand, they put it in a compressor, and shoot it at your car so the paint falls off, leaves it a WONDERFUL finish, just slap some paint on there and you have yourself a textured car.. lol.

Nothing wrong with sandblasting. For the exterior of the car Useing paint stripper is better but for engine bays its the ONLY good way of stripping it back to bare metal. The advantage of sandblasting is the "texture" u describe is equal to sanding scratches so u just paint straight over it. Just have to really blow with air the area to get painted down so all the sand is gone. Ive painted over sand blasted areas quite a few times. Also i might add there are diferent grades of sand.

Quote: Originally Posted by CR3W #7 i was thinking that... but i dunno where to get it form other then that i was going for umm same colour as [GRMACE] That's a great choice, as long as you don't mind being batted to death by Petros! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nah you can do it in the clear, we have been doing heaps of test with different colours

candys, its siler on the bottom colour(candy) over top. pearl, just in ur clear coat i dont know where i got putting the pearl on the bottom?

Matallic paint on a VL.. 2 days old when posted. and my dads monaro.. that paint is ummm...5 months old. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

You can also see Prophs VLCT and dads vette in there also :P

in the 3ed pic.. yes.. that is my normal seat driving position..

That monaro is killer! You car came up pretty grouse too, Matty. I dig the colour. Looks good. Put up some pics when you get some rims and the trim back on it!

yeah i dont know