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minty 11 December 2007 12:32 AM

Would you change car colour ???
 
i have recently purchased a red classic which needs a little tidying up.....

do i blow it over with Red again or should i change the colour.... and if so what to.... I have thought of black ..... or WRC Blue .... ???? :confused:

Borat_Drives_A_Scooby 11 December 2007 12:36 AM

Unless your going to take the engine out and do the engine bay as well then i think its a waste of time as they don`t look right with a different colour engine bay.

top_fuel 11 December 2007 12:40 AM

Brown

Sideways 11 December 2007 06:58 AM


Originally Posted by minty (Post 7475396)
i have recently purchased a red classic which needs a little tidying up.....

do i blow it over with Red again or should i change the colour.... and if so what to.... I have thought of black ..... or WRC Blue .... ???? :confused:

NO NO NO unless your going to spend thousands on a proper respray keep it the same. Well unless also your never going to sell it and drive it until it falls apart. :D

satancom 11 December 2007 08:19 AM


Originally Posted by Sideways (Post 7475506)
NO NO NO unless your going to spend thousands on a proper respray keep it the same. Well unless also your never going to sell it and drive it until it falls apart. :D

A cheap respray will seriously effect the re-sale value of a car. If its done properly (i.e. engine out) then yes thats cool.. but otherwise keep it the same colour :)

minty 11 December 2007 10:59 AM

i am about to whip the engine out the car hopefully this weekend and so thats why i'm thinking about it.

i saw this thread though and thought mmm Nice :thumb:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4577/dsc000352dj.jpg


https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...y-style-2.html

Tidgy 11 December 2007 11:16 AM

yeah i prob would mine, but only colour i'd change it to is the proper wrc blue, not the standard one i mean the proper wrc blue

rossyboy 11 December 2007 01:03 PM

If I did it, I'd go for a colour that the Impreza never came in. Something classy rather than garish though.

If you're going to paint it black, you may aswell buy a black one!

paulwrxboro 11 December 2007 03:45 PM

id do it somthing difrent like lambo orange http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8489/dcp01580uy.jpg

T5OLF 11 December 2007 03:46 PM

White, got to be white.

girl-in-a-scoob 11 December 2007 03:49 PM

white is nice :thumb:

Im gonna stick to the blue... I like to be different :rolleyes:

lestippp 11 December 2007 04:18 PM

Go black and it will not only look the business but it will be faster as well :norty: :thumb:

car cosmetic centre 11 December 2007 08:48 PM

we did a colour change on a silver classic to white. alot of work but well worth it..:)

minty 11 December 2007 09:04 PM

i think the black with a few subtle bits of red remaining will look nice, i'm gonna leave the front grill red i think.

Gutmann pug 11 December 2007 09:32 PM

But surely you have to do the inside of the doors in the boot and everywhere else paint work is visible. Got to be £3 or £4K worth at least all in?

minty 11 December 2007 11:03 PM

i wsa going to change the front bumper anyhoow.

remove the doors and rear bumper and spray them, remove the boot and spray that along with the bonnet.
I have a pair of lightweight wings from my old scooby left over which i can spray black and fit.

That just leaves the roof and rear wings to spray.

time to chase a couple of my mates who can spray for some cash in hand me feels.

dpb 11 December 2007 11:06 PM

ye i actually did want silver - but came away with platinum "silver"

Which is more a soft gold really :(

nooobyscoooby 12 December 2007 01:09 AM


Originally Posted by Sideways (Post 7475506)
NO NO NO unless your going to spend thousands on a proper respray keep it the same. Well unless also your never going to sell it and drive it until it falls apart. :D

I AGREE: DON'T CHANGE THE COLOUR! BAD, BAD NEWS!!

gpssti4 12 December 2007 08:28 AM

Don't change the colour, unless you go for something really different/unusual. It will affect the value, however, if you've gone to the trouble of a respray in an unusual colour then you may attract a different market.

Sideways 12 December 2007 11:55 AM


Originally Posted by Gutmann pug (Post 7477511)
But surely you have to do the inside of the doors in the boot and everywhere else paint work is visible. Got to be £3 or £4K worth at least all in?

LMAO have you ever seen a Subaru under the bonnet and in the boot its primer anyway :D

minty 13 December 2007 01:31 AM

My engine bay is quite faded and almost pink ...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/...y/DSC01339.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/...y/DSC01338.jpg

The bumper needs a new coat...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/...y/DSC01340.jpg

But the bodywork isnt too bad, i still need to sort out the sills and bumper trim too though...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/...y/DSC01341.jpg

I'm still thinking black, if i get a mate to do it on the cheap. :wonder:

minty 18 December 2007 12:41 PM

Black then or any other ideas ???? i am tempted to go WRC blue but then they are so common. ??????

beef-on-the-bone 18 December 2007 12:47 PM

kawasaki green!!!!!

if you want to do something different go for something you haven't seen

as for engine out, the trend now seems to be for black engine bays regardless of the colour of the car

[Davey] 18 December 2007 12:54 PM


Originally Posted by beef-on-the-bone (Post 7492598)
kawasaki green!!!!!

if you want to do something different go for something you haven't seen

as for engine out, the trend now seems to be for black engine bays regardless of the colour of the car

Already been done... Looked GASH!

Was a friends car..Yes the wheels are photoshoped white to see what they looked like; they were gold..
http://www.dohc.co.uk/temp/stooby.jpg

Personally I think unless you can do a proper job, i.e. strip the car completely to prep all the door shuts, engine bay and boot you shouldnt bother.

Adidas 18 December 2007 12:57 PM

Beige with a brown vinyl roof :thumb: :cool: ;)




Seriously mate, spray it whatever colour you like best :)

scooby-doo-where-r-u 18 December 2007 12:59 PM

I recently changed the colour of my scooby from black to red (not just any red :norty: ), and dont regret it one bit, but would agree with most when they say go for something a bit different rather than a standard colour!

Engine bay on a red car would def. need to be done, i didn't change mine as i would rather it was black anyway, jut my choice though!

Good luck with it though

paulcwrx 18 December 2007 02:02 PM

My 97 classic is bright red, just had a full respray done in the standard colour, looks soooooooo good! :luxhello:

minty 18 December 2007 02:05 PM

so what black's are there...black with a gold flip, pink/red flip ??

ryn004 18 December 2007 02:09 PM

I would choose Gunmetal from an R32 skyline.

[Davey] 18 December 2007 02:13 PM

IMHO the best standard colours are the metalic blues: WR blue, Pro-drive blue and DBM..

And the best colour that suits the Impreza the most has got to be the RB5 metalic grey..


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