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xanderdeg · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: Thoughts on this car's color?

Repaint it or leave it and spend my money on sound equipment? http://s1048.photobucket.com/albums/s371/xanderdeg/

p-talk · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 152 Location: Tucson, AZ

Wow. That is a pretty aweful color. But the interior looks nice - I love the two-tone. What was the car's original color?

Paint it.

xanderdeg · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:06 am Post subject:

I don't know the original color, but my guess is black. what's the most cost effective way of respraying a car?

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

I like it.
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xanderdeg · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:32 am Post subject:

K should i go as far as removing the doors for the door jams? or just leave those green?

xanderdeg · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:32 am Post subject:

i mean leave the door jams green not the actual doors

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

use a foam brush/roller with Rustoleum (TrimClad in Canuckistan) and you'll only need a small amount of cheap, easy to find paint and spray cans are available for touch up

The white primer I have on my car right now is holding up just fine and I'll put the gloss coats on fairly soon.

One other toofah person painted their car orange using Rustoleum, looked pretty good when finished.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

If you're not going to do the door jambs and interior spaces in the hatch that have exposed painted surfaces, don't even bother painting the car, especially with that bizarre color. The current paint job appears to have been done relatively well (door jambs and such, with blacked-out engine bay and under-hood). Not doing the door jambs will turn it into multi-colored monstrosity (in my opinion). Every time you open the car doors you will be reminded that you took a short cut.
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xanderdeg · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:00 am Post subject:

I'm not going to roll it on, I don't have enough time between work and school starting back up in september. If anything i'll take it to maaco for painting after i've prepped the crap out of it. i guess i'll have to prepare the door jams in the parking lot seeing as i dont feel like driving on the highway to maaco without doors... I'll get it painted black (i'd prefer white but the weels are black so....) so the engine bay will be fine

BionicBalls · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 642 Location: Charlotte, NC

You don't have to take the doors off to prep the jams. Just takes patience and a scotch brite pad. Have you ever taken the interior door panel off and seen if its green behind it?
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xanderdeg · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:57 pm Post subject:

I just asked the current owners (I'm buying it in 2 weeks) and they say that it's not 100% green under the interior door panels, so my guess is there's some overspray in there.

Catamax944 · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 140 Location: London UK

If the paint is in good condition and the stripes come off i say leave it and save yourself al lot of work and money , it's not that bad of a color
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mikebola · Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 361 Location: Parkside, PA

I agree with catamax. it would be a huge bummer if you got it painted, then found out you didn't like it, or it fell apart after a month...
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

DONT paint it. you can turn this color into an advantage, look for styling elements that resemble the super sport 911s

http://www.trackmania-carpark.com/images/skins/big/997%20groen.jpg

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