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jing · 01-13-2011, 04:46 PM

Not sure if this belongs in that paint thread or not, so here goes.

My car's going in for paint tomorrow but I haven't decided on what colour to paint it yet, though I have it narrowed it down to two. The car has already gone through a full paint colour change (apart from the interior) and was painted BMW Imola Red II. Last year however, I got into a minor accident and decided to switch back to the stock front end as I had a Silvia front before and didn't want another Silvia front. I was also on a budget so the front end was left unpainted, so the front half of my car was grey while the rest of the car was red.

Simple logic dictates that because my car has already undergone a colour change, it would make most economic sense to just paint the grey areas to red. However, my friend's dad's shop is closing down soon and he offered to paint my whole car for pretty much what it would've cost to colour match and repaint the front end. I want to paint the whole car Subaru Java Black Pearl, but the kicker is that my friend's dad will only be painting the exterior. Door jambs and the inside of the door shells will be left untouched. I was planning on just tin canning those parts due to budget, lol.

So basically, the question is..

1. Repaint of red, and have the whole car in and out with matching paint?
OR
2. Paint it black at the expense of having to tin can the door jambs and other unmatched areas

Sorry for rambling lol, input is appreciated.

And just for reference:
Imola Red II

Java Black Pearl

My POS:

01-13-2011, 04:46 PM	#1
jing Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 36 Posts: 291 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Opinion needed re: paint Not sure if this belongs in that paint thread or not, so here goes. My car's going in for paint tomorrow but I haven't decided on what colour to paint it yet, though I have it narrowed it down to two. The car has already gone through a full paint colour change (apart from the interior) and was painted BMW Imola Red II. Last year however, I got into a minor accident and decided to switch back to the stock front end as I had a Silvia front before and didn't want another Silvia front. I was also on a budget so the front end was left unpainted, so the front half of my car was grey while the rest of the car was red. Simple logic dictates that because my car has already undergone a colour change, it would make most economic sense to just paint the grey areas to red. However, my friend's dad's shop is closing down soon and he offered to paint my whole car for pretty much what it would've cost to colour match and repaint the front end. I want to paint the whole car Subaru Java Black Pearl, but the kicker is that my friend's dad will only be painting the exterior. Door jambs and the inside of the door shells will be left untouched. I was planning on just tin canning those parts due to budget, lol. So basically, the question is.. 1. Repaint of red, and have the whole car in and out with matching paint? OR 2. Paint it black at the expense of having to tin can the door jambs and other unmatched areas Sorry for rambling lol, input is appreciated. And just for reference: Imola Red II Java Black Pearl My POS: