what color should i go for
31 March 2012, 10:25 PM
#32
31 March 2012, 10:27 PM
#34
Colour changing is a massive job and 99% of times looks ****. The reason most look sh1te is because it's such a ball ache doing it properly.
Door shuts,
Underside of boot and bonnet,
Engine bay (engine out job to do it),
I'd never buy a car that had been colour changed and left the difficult bits unpainted.
Door shuts,
Underside of boot and bonnet,
Engine bay (engine out job to do it),
I'd never buy a car that had been colour changed and left the difficult bits unpainted.
01 April 2012, 06:07 AM
#48
When i was young and Really stupid,(yes i know it's difficult to believe i was ever anything other than perfect 
) i painted my mini with rattle cans 
Then a year or so later i painted my Ford Cortina on my drive with a rented gun and compressor.
Needless to say, i've never done that again, Ah the exuberance of youth.
You live, you learn, well thats the theory anyway.
Good luck.
) i painted my mini with rattle cans Then a year or so later i painted my Ford Cortina on my drive with a rented gun and compressor.
Needless to say, i've never done that again, Ah the exuberance of youth.
You live, you learn, well thats the theory anyway.
Good luck.
Last edited by ditchmyster; 01 April 2012 at 06:09 AM.
01 April 2012, 05:01 PM
#52
Well she needs it as sume cu--- had her away not to long a go and I just got her back and the pant don't look to good no more and you name it I have do it to her mate I have spent a shed load for years now and she is a sti now but just not told the inshor man I have made her a v6 mate and lookt good for it till now
01 April 2012, 05:08 PM
#54
Sorry to say it buddy but it will never be an STI. It may well look like one but come sale time it will never be worth what a true STI is. As said above, a complete re-spray done properly will cost ££££ and will be getting close to the value of your car.
Also, by not notifying your insurance company of modifications is asking for trouble. It's illegal for starters and if (god forbid) anything was to happen the insurance company would wash their hands of you. You will be in serious trouble chap.
On another note, spray it this colour....
Also, by not notifying your insurance company of modifications is asking for trouble. It's illegal for starters and if (god forbid) anything was to happen the insurance company would wash their hands of you. You will be in serious trouble chap.
On another note, spray it this colour....
01 April 2012, 06:35 PM
#56
It was a wrx v1 but now thar is not a thing on it that was on it wean it was a wrx from eng to body and inter gear box brakes you name it I have done it and I am going to let my insh no but just trying to get it back up and then I am going to let them no but it is now a v6 and you will see wean I am done as I will put sume pics up for you lot as I have bin taking lot of it from start til I finish and she was runing 384 bhp
01 April 2012, 06:52 PM
#57
If you intend to do the job correctly then I would go for a colour that is a little different or not commonly seen on a day to day bassis. For example mica red, cashmere yellow or one of the newage greys which I think were called urban and crystal but that's just me.
01 April 2012, 09:37 PM
#59
It will be alot less work to keep it the same colour but 406 silver is hardly a great colour for an Impreza in my opinion. They made 0000's of early classics in that colour and for me, it just doesn't stand out from the croud enough.
384bhp, must have a pretty good spec then chap.
Look forward to seeing some pics and a spec list.
384bhp, must have a pretty good spec then chap.
Look forward to seeing some pics and a spec list.
01 April 2012, 10:16 PM
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Suggestion - 792 silver??
406 is bland, flat and looks like a borning german car colour.
But 792 is like a champagne silver, and when washed has a lovely golden shine to it, and it's not miles off from 406 so wouldn't be too noticeable if you left the engine bay for example.
406 is bland, flat and looks like a borning german car colour.
But 792 is like a champagne silver, and when washed has a lovely golden shine to it, and it's not miles off from 406 so wouldn't be too noticeable if you left the engine bay for example.