Hi all,

My Spire GTR is almost there now, and ive been trying to decide on what colour scheme to go with.. Ive been going back and forth - do i go with something very graphical ?, motorsport related ?, or somthing plainer ?, and Paint or Vinyl wrap ?

To give everyone an idea, it currently looks like this :-







My current thoughts is to get it painted plain white, and then get a Orange fade vinyl strips, similar to the new Caterham below.



Has anyone got any other ideas ? (open to lots of suggestions).
If i go down the Vinyl Decal route, does anyone know of a suitable source ?

Cheers
Tris

[Edited on 11/2/11 by Tris]

Ford ultimate green ?

i quite like the sr8 myself if you're looking to steal an idea....

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Originally posted by pekwah1
i quite like the sr8 myself if you're looking to steal an idea....

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Oh i do like that Radical (mines powered by a ZX12, so the green is in keeping).

But that also looks expensive to do in paint

thats green does look good!

Im sure you could recreate in vinyl much easier and cheaper.

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Originally posted by Tris
Oh i do like that Radical (mines powered by a ZX12, so the green is in keeping).

But that also looks expensive to do in paint

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If you get it covered in vinyl then at a later date you can rip it all off and recover in a different colour or design

Hello,

if you like the Kawasaki green :


http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=edit&photo=P1030053.JPG

Gerardo

[Edited on 11/2/11 by belgian2b]

[Edited on 11/2/11 by belgian2b]

Please please, consider Martini




Whats not to like?

Cheers

Fred W B

Harvey (carpmart) - is that the same man as you've given me the details for ? (which ive found again btw ) Car's been rescued btw from its trip 'up north'

I like the idea of the vinyl route but ive yet to find anyone who does it without charging the earth. Does anyone have any recommendations ?

go to halfords, buy some rattle cans and a crap load of masking tape!!

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Originally posted by Tris
Harvey (carpmart) - is that the same man as you've given me the details for ? (which ive found again btw ) Car's been rescued btw from its trip 'up north'

I like the idea of the vinyl route but ive yet to find anyone who does it without charging the earth. Does anyone have any recommendations ?

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Oh, after looking through lots of radical pic's, i do like the orange one below. (think ive got a white and orange thing going on )



Having never done any image manlipulation before, could anyone tell me if its easy to take a photo as it is currently and to superimpose such a design ontop ?. If so, what software would i need (that doesn't cost mega bucks like photoshop).

Cheers
Tris

[Edited on 11/2/11 by Tris]

Take some high res images, host them somewhere, and ask people on here to "Photoshop" them for you. I am useless with PC's and there are plenty of helpful people on here that wouldn't mind doing it as a one off!

I need to do it at some point with my Golf!

With regard to your Q above about doing the graphics and it costing a fortune, get yourself on ebay, there's loads of 7 year vinyl for sale as job lots, just follow vid advice on youtube and DIY. If you fudge it up, remove and try again. Simple as...

If you can't find vids on youtube, then follow advice for window tints...

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Originally posted by Steve Hignett
Take some high res images, host them somewhere, and ask people on here to "Photoshop" them for you. I am useless with PC's and there are plenty of helpful people on here that wouldn't mind doing it as a one off!

I need to do it at some point with my Golf!

With regard to your Q above about doing the graphics and it costing a fortune, get yourself on ebay, there's loads of 7 year vinyl for sale as job lots, just follow vid advice on youtube and DIY. If you fudge it up, remove and try again. Simple as...

If you can't find vids on youtube, then follow advice for window tints...

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Kiwi Green very bright.

Any chance of a better picture?


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The hi res pics are still a bit blue tinted. get in the sun! if there is any!

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Yes, sorry - those pic's were taken at about 7am one morning, so sunlight was a little scarce

I will get a couple better ones today.

[Edited on 12/2/11 by Tris]

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or my favorite:


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in my opinion vinyl is the way to do any stripes easy to fit. got the vinyl off fleabay got car painted for £300 and a mate made up the decals as a favour.

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I must admit I like the idea of the orange stripes. A bit different


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Hello Steve,

Yes, i think i will be going down the vinyl route too - £300 for the base paint sounds like a bargain though, ive just had a quote of £1200 to paint it all white !.