The definitive paint thread. Nuff said.

[M1Robert]

Originally Posted by --Redwork--

I've seen a very similar colour on a Toyota Verossa..
Either way I WANT IT..!! Any more pics info on that car.?

I know the owner of the car... It's a custom mix...

He calls it black pussy pearl... Dunno why, I think the name is stupid, but paint looks amazing in real life. I think it was painted at autoexplosion

[Trinidrift3]

i love DC5 colors. there are more but im tired of looking for the pics. im debating painting my s13 jade green metallic
vibrant blue pearl

satin silver metallic

redondo red

nighthawk black pearl

magnessium metallic

jade green metallic

blaze orange metallic

arctic blue pearl (my car)

milano red

fire pepper red

PWP

[94spitfire91]

I bet that jade green metallic would look awesome on a clean 240

[Trinidrift3]

Originally Posted by 94spitfire91

I bet that jade green metallic would look awesome on a clean 240

im buying an s13 coupe with flip up headlights next week. im planning to paint it jade green metallic so i'll post up pics when its done the best part is i dont think any silvia in the world is painted that color because its a honda color that most honda people dont know of.........i hope no one steals this from me

im just unsure what color/style rims to use on it. silver and white look good on the color but im not sure what others i could use

[Wake]

White, bronze/gold, black.

White with body color accents would be cleanest

Black with same would be most aggressive.

Bronze/gold would be sportiest. And hardest to pull off I think.

All IMO of course.

[94spitfire91]

Originally Posted by Trinidrift3

im buying an s13 coupe with flip up headlights next week. im planning to paint it jade green metallic so i'll post up pics when its done the best part is i dont think any silvia in the world is painted that color because its a honda color that most honda people dont know of.........i hope no one steals this from me

im just unsure what color/style rims to use on it. silver and white look good on the color but im not sure what others i could use

Congrats and please do post pics I would love to see. As for color of wheels hyper silver I would have to say would look good in my personal opinion

[pepe123]

Originally Posted by pepe123

this was posted in here a while ago.

does anyone know the name of the color used for the engine bay??

i posted this in the painted valve cover thread but i think ill get better answers here.

so anyone know the name of the color???

[allntrlundrgrnd]

Silver.

2 of those pics trinidrift posted are the same car, the one on white rega's. Looks great though, would love to have one to daily.

[Trinidrift3]

Originally Posted by allntrlundrgrnd

Silver.

2 of those pics trinidrift posted are the same car, the one on white rega's. Looks great though, would love to have one to daily.

you mean the blue ones? their different. the 1st is vibrant blue pearl from the 2005-2006 model. the second, thats mine, is arctic blue pearl from 2002-2004. vbp is more bright neon. abp is a mellow metallic blue

[Trinidrift3]

Originally Posted by 94spitfire91

Congrats and please do post pics I would love to see. As for color of wheels hyper silver I would have to say would look good in my personal opinion

thanks. yeah i think hyper silver bbs lm may be my choice.

[allntrlundrgrnd]

Originally Posted by Trinidrift3

you mean the blue ones? their different. the 1st is vibrant blue pearl from the 2005-2006 model. the second, thats mine, is arctic blue pearl from 2002-2004. vbp is more bright neon. abp is a mellow metallic blue

No. I mean what I said, the one on white rega's.

[1gr8bar10der]

Originally Posted by Trinidrift3

...im just unsure what color/style rims to use on it. silver and white look good on the color but im not sure what others i could use

I say bronze or dark grey/gun metal would look sick with your green. Either way, keep us updated.

[Conrad 2NR]

Originally Posted by pepe123

i posted this in the painted valve cover thread but i think ill get better answers here.

so anyone know the name of the color???

I'm not sure but that's a stock engine bay colour found on C33's and A31's.

Kris' car is da secks.

[pepe123]

ok thanks alot ill see if i can find what it called but if anyone knows help pls!

[dirtythirty]

Originally Posted by 1quk240

Thought I posted pics when my car was finished but I guess not. So here ya go...

paint is from a Porsche Cayman

color code pretty pleaze!!!

[wonpoo]

redondo red


fire pepper red



SAME CAR!!!!!

[ABACABB]

Originally Posted by wonpoo

redondo red
[IMG]http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a419/Trinidrift3/redondored.jpg[IMG]

fire pepper red
[IMG]http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a419/Trinidrift3/firepepperred.jpg[IMG]


SAME CAR!!!!!

msglngth

[R!CH!E]

i really like this red which name is it ?

[tep3]

does anyone have more pics of the s14 with Infiniti Silver Graphite K11 paint job

[Farzam]

Just widebodied my ap1. Trying to figure out what yellow I want to go with. Maybe oem spa or ap2 rio yellow with some extra pearl...Suggestions are encouraged. Either a yellow or something that would go with a yellow engine bay and black w yellow stitching interior.


I think this color is Giallo Modena?





Don't know what color this is but it's pretty awesome

[whitefedorafilms]

Originally Posted by Trinidrift3

im buying an s13 coupe with flip up headlights next week. im planning to paint it jade green metallic so i'll post up pics when its done the best part is i dont think any silvia in the world is painted that color because its a honda color that most honda people dont know of.........i hope no one steals this from me

im just unsure what color/style rims to use on it. silver and white look good on the color but im not sure what others i could use

Lol. Get the car first then come back to us. Anyways i have already gotten my coupe propped for this color and my hatch is going tell with pearl.

[whitefedorafilms]

Prepped. .. Damn auto correct.

[Mikey McFly]

Originally Posted by Farzam

Holy freakin' rotors! It's probably bigger than my wheels WITH tires, haha. *rockin' 16's*

I think this yellow would be pretty pimp...

In Miami or some place like that.
North Crackalack? Ehh... just Mossy Oak the whole thing. -_-

[Naughty240]

Painted mine a few years ago. Nissan C16

[allntrlundrgrnd]

SAME CAR!!!!!

Thank you for pointing something out that was already pointed out.

I usually hate yellow but that looks supergood^

[Farzam]

Originally Posted by Mikey McFly

Holy freakin' rotors! It's probably bigger than my wheels WITH tires, haha. *rockin' 16's*

I think this yellow would be pretty pimp...

In Miami or some place like that.
North Crackalack? Ehh... just Mossy Oak the whole thing. -_-

The brakes are badass. The color is too. But us redneck types like dem yellers n such. we dont take too kindly to mossy oaks round here ya city slicker.

Originally Posted by allntrlundrgrnd

I usually hate yellow but that looks supergood^

I hate yellow till I got a yellow car. It wasn't that bad for a while, now it's black/white/gray/blue/highlighter/yellow.

Matt power's old wheels in the front for sale now $9999.99 usd makes your car go bwahhh

[19kouki98]

silver moss

[niscur29]

Just finished up my first ever paint job. It looks like a first timer job up close on the large panels. Type X bits, mirrors, all small parts look good/great, but the hood and body aren't perfect by any means. I mixed my own custom color from HOK shimrin bases at 6am this morning. Love the color completely but this was a definite learning experience to say the least. But from start to finish its all me by myself in my garage. Metallic/Kandy/Pearl for a first timer was a serious FAST learning curve. Walking the body length to get the metallic to lay correctly was very hard and I though I was doing it right but still got mottling, tiger strips, runs. Next time in going to get a slow reducer for the base coat instead of medium and make sure I make sure to shake the gun up while painting to prevent any settling in the cup. The slow reducer for the clear (SPI recommendation) really really helped out for a first timer. And im going to use the 1.5 tip for base instead of 1.3. Overall this took 4 days from start to finish painting primer Friday and BC/CC today. More time spent cleaning and re-masking Saturday and Sunday.

And I'm gonna rock it out flaws and ALL can't be ashamed of something I put time and effort in! My wife already said " up with the body and hood, but your mirrors look awesome" AHAHAHAHAHA. May cut and buff it down the road but for now I'm fucking painted out for a few weeks. Gonna put it back together and call it a day.

For reference (mixed/reduced):
SPI Epoxy & Adhesion Promoter/Med Hardener (2 quarts)
Eastwood 2K High Build/Med Hardener (1 Gallon)
HOK Shimrin Base FBC/KBC Custom Color/Med Reducer (6 quarts, 1 leftover)
SPI Universal Clear/Slow Hardener (1 Gallon)
60 Gallon Kobalt Compressor
Devilbiss FL3 with Dekups (1.3 and 1.5)
Shit gun for the epoxy primer

[upsdude]

cool a fellow finish line gun owner. got mine from another forum member-having problems with orange peel-i think i'll try the 1.5 tip so far i've been using the 1.3 on my test panels. how do you like the dekups system? was watching the demo video and it def. looks like a better option than the traditional paint cup.

after seeing this pic (even if it's a honda) i'm considering going the flat route lol

[niscur29]

The dekups system is great but it still can be messy. Since you have to unscrew the main cup from the gun for every refill you have to make sure all the paint left in the gun runs back into the cup when its upside down or it spills everywhere. But for clean up its awesome just throw out the disposable and wipe down the permanent cup/lid and thats it. I didnt realize how friggin expensive the replacement refills are....I need redo two parts and ran out of refils and only need 2 and its like 40 bucks for refills. So I'm just going to get another starter kit for 20 bucks and thats more then enough to paint an entire car.

The FL3 was a good gun for me. It does have a MAJOR amount of overspray if not adjusted correctly. But It layed everything down smooth. I do have some peel (the least of my problems) but its from me and not the gun.