Quickie Update…Decisions, decisions
Friday, 15 July 2005 | Comments (3) | Categories: Exterior, Paint
Apologies for the delay in posting, but the last few weeks have been hectic to say the least. Especially last week with preparations for the Perth edition of Cabin Autosalon, there were plenty of people putting in late orders for stickers which resulted in me not getting to bed most nights before 1am in the morning. The show however was a great success, myself personally involved in the SilviaWA and C-Red stands. Well done to SilviaWA for taking out "Ultimate Club Theme" for the third year in a row.
Anyhow, there's been a minor set backs with regard to Project Sillbeer over the last couple of weeks. This comes down to paint colour. We managed to track down someone who had a good matched colour formula to the Yamaha R1 'Lava Red' as Yamaha don't actually release a paint code as such for it. The main setup on this is cost - being a 3 stage candy application, a full professional paint job is going to cost between $6-7K - not to mention the problems with retouching such a paint job. So, Lava Red is off the list. Now the indecision sets in again as I try and decide on another paint colour. Here are my current choices in no particular order:
- Mazda's "Velocity Red"
- Peugeot "Diablo Red" (No decent pictures available)
- Citroen "Rouge Lucifer"
- BMW "Steel Grey Metallic"
- My Old R32 GT-R V-spec (Paint Code 'BLO')
At the moment, I'm really not 100% sure. I went to have a look at the Citroen the other day and it was dark so couldn't really see the paint colour too well (they had it out the back, not under lights), and I have a feeling they've done some colour correction on the online image. There aren't too many red Silvia's going around (especially wide-body) so red is more than likely the way I'll go, it's just a matter of which one. Feel free to drop a comment on your thoughts.
In the meantime, I've just been advised that my front bar is ready for pickup (modified Nissan 'Nismo' Aero bar), and according to Tomas, that's the last bit he's waiting for before we get the body back.
Cheers
Brendan
Your Comments
Posted by daSilvia.org | 17 July 2005 at 03:19 AM
By going on the photos I’d choose the Citroen colour, but like you say, the photo shows the paint at its most vibrant and has possibly been touched up.
My second choice would be the colour of your GTR. Nice.
Cheers
Randal
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Posted by Brendan Underwood | 18 July 2005 at 09:32 PM
I took a look at the Citroen colour on Saturday and it’s no where near what the online photos are - a lot flatter and needs a lot of sun to even look close. At this point the Mazda Velocity Read is surging ahead.
Cheers
Brendan
Posted by Jason Tabarias | 4 August 2005 at 02:33 AM
Bredan
Pics of Diablo Red Pugs:
http://206gti.net/vicrun180704/
http://206gti.net/adldrive260404/