What colour should I paint my GTA?

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What colour should I paint my GTA?

Postby Tony Smith » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:52 pm

One of my GTA's is going up to Andy to be painted in a few weeks and I can't decide on a colour, what do people think would look good, nothing too lairy, and not silver, or solid red or black and not liquid yellow. I thought maybe the Avantime Aubergine might look nice
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paint

Postby Miles » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:50 pm

Sky blue
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Postby BIG_MVS » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:09 pm

How about a funky retro colour, orange? Not the metallic Focus ST or Megane 225 orange but a solid orange:

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Postby The Saint » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:14 pm

Chrome it!!
That would be an eye opener!!

Not sure if it would be legal, as you could blind someone in full sun light!!
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Postby jon_viola » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:50 pm

Jaguar Morocco Red? Black in some lights but aubergine in others. Great colour IMO :D :D :D
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Re: What colour should I paint my GTA?

Postby si21 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:05 pm

Tony Smith wrote:One of my GTA's is going up to Andy to be painted in a few weeks and I can't decide on a colour, what do people think would look good, nothing too lairy, and not silver, or solid red or black and not liquid yellow. I thought maybe the Avantime Aubergine might look nice




errrrr wots wrong with.black :!: :?: :lol:a good sprayer will make black look stunning.........luckily we have one at our :wink: disposal 8)
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Postby Alan Moore » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:53 pm

I am a bit of a believer in painting cars the original colour, but have changed the colours of two cars over the years. If changing I would still be looking at a maybe a rarer colour that was available for the GTA when it was sold.

I have only seen one in the dark blue "Marine" in a picture but thought with polished rims on the wheels would look good. You are right though, there are too many red ones.
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Postby andyh877 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:44 am

Liquid Yellow
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Postby si21 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:32 am

Alan Moore wrote:I am a bit of a believer in painting cars the original colour, but have changed the colours of two cars over the years. If changing I would still be looking at a maybe a rarer colour that was available for the GTA when it was sold.

I have only seen one in the dark blue "Marine" in a picture but thought with polished rims on the wheels would look good. You are right though, there are too many red ones.


Maybe but when polished up a tidy red gta gets az loti of attention ....trust me im a doktor :wink: 8) :lol:

A couple of well chosen, mods makes ör breaks a cars appearance the most important being-the rims it will look good no matters what the colour....within reason.
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Thanks for the suggestions

Postby Tony Smith » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:52 am

I'll definitely check out the Morocco red, sounds like what I'm looking for. I thought about something bright like an orange (Murcielago) or Imola Orange (Honda NSX) but I don't think the GTA has an extreme enough shape to carry it off. I did really consider liquid yellow as I saw a wide arch kitted A610 at Macon and it was stunning but again with standard arches I'm not convinced the shape can carry it off. A bright metallic blue (Renault Spider/Nissan GTR) is under consideration. Pearl silver was only ruled out because I have silver GTA already. And it was Andy who suggested not going for black :lol:
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Re: Thanks for the suggestions

Postby si21 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:38 am

Tony Smith wrote:I'll definitely check out the Morocco red, sounds like what I'm looking for. I thought about something bright like an orange (Murcielago) or Imola Orange (Honda NSX) but I don't think the GTA has an extreme enough shape to carry it off. I did really consider liquid yellow as I saw a wide arch kitted A610 at Macon and it was stunning but again with standard arches I'm not convinced the shape can carry it off. A bright metallic blue (Renault Spider/Nissan GTR) is under consideration. Pearl silver was only ruled out because I have silver GTA already. And it was Andy who suggested not going for black :lol:


Fit em BIG asp arches then.......it.ll cost you though :lol:

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Postby phildini » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:57 am

original black is a pain in the back side to keep clean and scratch free, keep it black but maybe met, HONDA PIRATES BLACK IS THE NUTS! or Honda Crystal black pearl is very nice
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Postby darrenbiggs » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:31 pm

Monkeyboy and I used to discuss this down 'tut pub.

Martin's suggestion was always 'Matrix Black', basically the very dark green / metallic black that pervaded the films. If you look closely even the black stuff in the films has a greenish tinge.

Ducati did a Matrix colour to go with the 996/998 that was used / released for the film.

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Could look quite good on a GTA?
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Postby miles thomas » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:57 pm

Nocturn Tony just like my Av all dark and moody and when at Presscot i was told it was the best colour they had seen on a car :wink:
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Postby PaulyA610 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:23 pm

Luna grey (the grey used for the v6 clio and megane R26.R) That is a nice colour.
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