Car colour..

  1. Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Norwich Posts: 1275 00 Silver 106GTi
    #1
    my cars going in for a respray soon as been told my colour (gold) is crap for coverage and is really translucent so would need loads od paint.. and i cba to spend loads on a colour i would change if i could, just didnt know if anyone had any ideas on subtle but good looking colours?
  2. L-plater Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 71
    #2
    factory black? resprays are like £1,200 right? make sur you get the engine bay done too or its gonna look shit when you come to sell it.
  3. Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Norwich Posts: 1275 00 Silver 106GTi
    #3
    £1200? maybe my uncle has his own garage and spray booth so hes doing it and only chargingme for paint, bu thes told me to do the prep work and get the paint an dhe will spray it
  4. Established Member Joined: Nov 2009 Telford Posts: 1331 EP82 Starlet GT
    #4
    Whites always a win tbh.
  5. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by samkemp91 View Post
    factory black? resprays are like £1,200 right? make sur you get the engine bay done too or its gonna look shit when you come to sell it.
    + spray around the insides of doors/shuts inside of tail gate too what about a white saxo or two tone.

    Steve.
  6. Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Norwich Posts: 1275 00 Silver 106GTi
    #6
    Hmm it seems like the same amount if effort o get the extra money than to make sure I get everything sprayed
  7. Newbie Joined: Oct 2010 Bromsgrove,Worcs Posts: 1
    #7
    White or could get a pearlescent colour so looks normal colour until the sun comes out (not v.often I know) and it has a slight tint to it, makes people look twice!!
    I had a decent respray on a mk3 golf and like above, make sure you get under bonnet, boot shut and door shuts done otherwise it looks proper s**t!I didnt think about it until the garage asked me and i was goin from glacier white to green illussion( blueish tint when sun shone). cost an extra couple hundred but made it look 1million times better!!
  8. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354
    #8
    You'd be cheaper selling up and getting another vtr in a colour you wanted. As fowk have said if you dont get the engine bay and door shuts etc done then to me that'd be a bit weird looking.

    To do all that though it needs to be stripped back to a near bare shell... hence why it'd be much easier get another car I reckon, specially since 90% of the final finish comes from the prep work (that it sounds like you'll be doing....)
  9. Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Norwich Posts: 1275 00 Silver 106GTi
    #9
    yeah i was going to spray it the same colour.. becuase i have moment when i hate it lol but im not certain on another colour so im not 100% on a change
  10. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #10
    paint it gold coverage is only shite if you dont know how to paint and use the wrong colour primer. i would stick with the gold and just had a gold xiralic or perl to the top coat make it look different and will shimmer and change colour in the sun.
  11. Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 portsmouth Posts: 796 corsa sxi saxo
    #11
    orange i seen a smart 106 on here somewhere thats orange!
  12. Forum Section Moderator Joined: Aug 2008 Liverpool Posts: 15517 Saxo VTR
    #12
    White does look good, also a rare colour of Saxo

    They do get dirty easy though and don't look as good as other colours when detailed well but hey ho
  13. L-plater Joined: Oct 2010 essex Posts: 69 saxo 1.1
    #13
    hmm its your car you decide , whats your favorite colour factory painted saxo? maybe get a colour similar to that?