Looking for a colour to put on my VR. - Aussie V8 | Holden - Ford

pungent · 22-06-2008, 01:18 PM

Got my VR in primer and still trying to work out if I want to go back to the standard colour or change to something different. Thinking about maybe a dark purple but open for ideas. Anyone wanting to have a go at a few different colours to give me ideas would be hugely appreciated.
First pic is standard colour and second is with primer on.
Have some fun.

ice · 22-06-2008, 04:34 PM

do you have a better pic of the car before you primed it, as the primer has no reflection and the colour change doesnt look all that good/realistic, maybe with a better pic the colour can be better

had a go anyway with both images

pungent · 22-06-2008, 05:21 PM

done well mate, only other pic I got is when I first brought it with the original mags that I changed due to them scrubbing all the time and even dented the guards where they had hit with the previous owner. If you could change the mags aswell would be great.
Thanks again.

ice · 22-06-2008, 08:59 PM

here it is in dark purple, saw another car with this colour today, looked hot (cept it was a ford - well i suppose someone has to buy them)

pungent · 22-06-2008, 10:10 PM

Sweet as mate, is that the same purple as used in the top pic and just the different lighting of the photo makes the bottom one a little brighter colour. What year model ford was it on if you can remember. If I decide this colour I hope nobody see's it as a ford colour lol. Thanks mate has helped me big time.

pungent · 23-06-2008, 06:02 PM

Found the colour I want at the local paint shop today in there colour samples. I also found a pic of a car in the same colour. is it possible if I put the pic of the car up you can transfer the colour to my car. The colour is Honda's Midnight Purple Pearl.

ice · 24-06-2008, 08:08 AM

could only try,

changing colour is not an exact science, i can only play with all the settings and see how i go, i could try to imitate the colour maybe

WB5LTR · 24-06-2008, 09:24 AM

leave it in primer i rekon lol oh add some guide coat for extra coolness lol

seriously i rekon the VR-VS looks good in white so maybe a pearl or metallic white like on new subaru's

pungent · 24-06-2008, 05:02 PM

I gotta say WB the white does look good but it has the same problem as the green. Every second commodore on the road is that colour lol.

Cheers ice your a legend, I don't expect any miracles just see how you go. Dont expect to get the pearl look either lol.

ice · 24-06-2008, 07:24 PM

this is the best i could do, didnt come up all that well but you can probably still see how it may look, difficult colour to copy

JA5ONS · 24-06-2008, 07:48 PM

thats very similar to cosmo?
but a little more matellic?

anyway, i like it, cosmo would have to be my favourite holden color, so yea, that honda color is very nice.

pungent · 24-06-2008, 08:48 PM

I think you out done yourself ice thats awsome mate. Better than awsome. The biggest THANKYOU for your time and effort, thats made me 100% that it's the colour I want.
Cheers mate and thankyou once again

gas 84k · 24-06-2008, 08:51 PM

Definatley a great colour there pungent are you laying it on and what system are you using.

pungent · 24-06-2008, 09:21 PM

Yeah mate im going to give it a go, I have done a reasonable amount of straight acrylic type paint (never a full car though). at work i am superviser of spray area so have a fair amount of experience with spray guns etc although stains etc is a fair amount different technique to acrylic. Although having experience with air assisted and airless guns does help especially when we run up to 100psi through our airless guns. As to system im not 100% on the term but will be a dark base coat then the colour applied with particular attention to not apply heavy (about 3 light coats to get full cover) so the tinter doesn't sink with a final very light coat of colour to keep as much tinter on top of the colour no sanding before applying clear once again to keep the pearl tinter on the surface. There will be a fair amount of learning as I go but I have some very knowledgable people around me that are very helpful and as they know, I am more than willing to listen and learn and if worse comes to worse ill just sand it back and go again lol. $174 for 4 litres of paint I think is more than worth the experience and knowledge.

pungent · 24-06-2008, 09:24 PM

Going to use unicryl, could have applied with a base coat colour which relies on the clear so to speak to give gloss but have used both types of paint and the unicryl is a more forgiving type of paint. Was surprised when they could mix the same colour in both application methods.

22-06-2008, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	Looking for a colour to put on my VR. Got my VR in primer and still trying to work out if I want to go back to the standard colour or change to something different. Thinking about maybe a dark purple but open for ideas. Anyone wanting to have a go at a few different colours to give me ideas would be hugely appreciated. First pic is standard colour and second is with primer on. Have some fun. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

22-06-2008, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	done well mate, only other pic I got is when I first brought it with the original mags that I changed due to them scrubbing all the time and even dented the guards where they had hit with the previous owner. If you could change the mags aswell would be great. Thanks again. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

22-06-2008, 10:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	Sweet as mate, is that the same purple as used in the top pic and just the different lighting of the photo makes the bottom one a little brighter colour. What year model ford was it on if you can remember. If I decide this colour I hope nobody see's it as a ford colour lol. Thanks mate has helped me big time. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

23-06-2008, 06:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	Found the colour I want at the local paint shop today in there colour samples. I also found a pic of a car in the same colour. is it possible if I put the pic of the car up you can transfer the colour to my car. The colour is Honda's Midnight Purple Pearl. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

24-06-2008, 09:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
WB5LTR Do you ever leave? Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vic Ride: Holden WB ute, '05 WR450F Posts: 2,076	leave it in primer i rekon lol oh add some guide coat for extra coolness lol seriously i rekon the VR-VS looks good in white so maybe a pearl or metallic white like on new subaru's __________________

22-06-2008, 04:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
ice casual poster Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Ride: Captiva Posts: 33	do you have a better pic of the car before you primed it, as the primer has no reflection and the colour change doesnt look all that good/realistic, maybe with a better pic the colour can be better had a go anyway with both images

22-06-2008, 08:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
ice casual poster Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Ride: Captiva Posts: 33	here it is in dark purple, saw another car with this colour today, looked hot (cept it was a ford - well i suppose someone has to buy them)

24-06-2008, 08:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
ice casual poster Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Ride: Captiva Posts: 33	could only try, changing colour is not an exact science, i can only play with all the settings and see how i go, i could try to imitate the colour maybe

24-06-2008, 05:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	I gotta say WB the white does look good but it has the same problem as the green. Every second commodore on the road is that colour lol. Cheers ice your a legend, I don't expect any miracles just see how you go. Dont expect to get the pearl look either lol. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

24-06-2008, 07:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
ice casual poster Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Ride: Captiva Posts: 33	this is the best i could do, didnt come up all that well but you can probably still see how it may look, difficult colour to copy

24-06-2008, 07:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
JA5ONS Year 12 Graduated :) Trade Rating: (1) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Traralgon (Glengarry), Eastern Victoria. Ride: VS Ute Posts: 2,629	thats very similar to cosmo? but a little more matellic? anyway, i like it, cosmo would have to be my favourite holden color, so yea, that honda color is very nice. __________________ Bundy & Coke, now cheaper than petrol: drink, don't drive.

24-06-2008, 08:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	I think you out done yourself ice thats awsome mate. Better than awsome. The biggest THANKYOU for your time and effort, thats made me 100% that it's the colour I want. Cheers mate and thankyou once again __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

24-06-2008, 08:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
gas 84k Senior Member Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: canberra Ride: vk 355 hq 308 tonner Posts: 419	Definatley a great colour there pungent are you laying it on and what system are you using.

24-06-2008, 09:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	Yeah mate im going to give it a go, I have done a reasonable amount of straight acrylic type paint (never a full car though). at work i am superviser of spray area so have a fair amount of experience with spray guns etc although stains etc is a fair amount different technique to acrylic. Although having experience with air assisted and airless guns does help especially when we run up to 100psi through our airless guns. As to system im not 100% on the term but will be a dark base coat then the colour applied with particular attention to not apply heavy (about 3 light coats to get full cover) so the tinter doesn't sink with a final very light coat of colour to keep as much tinter on top of the colour no sanding before applying clear once again to keep the pearl tinter on the surface. There will be a fair amount of learning as I go but I have some very knowledgable people around me that are very helpful and as they know, I am more than willing to listen and learn and if worse comes to worse ill just sand it back and go again lol. $174 for 4 litres of paint I think is more than worth the experience and knowledge. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

24-06-2008, 09:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
pungent And Justice For All...... Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: cowra Ride: VR 5.0L Posts: 1,241	Going to use unicryl, could have applied with a base coat colour which relies on the clear so to speak to give gloss but have used both types of paint and the unicryl is a more forgiving type of paint. Was surprised when they could mix the same colour in both application methods. __________________ Can i just do one more burnout please.

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