Tris
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 06:25 PM |
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Help - I really cant decide what colour to paint !
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]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 06:35 PM |
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Ford ultimate green ?
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pekwah1
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 06:37 PM |
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i quite like the sr8 myself if you're looking to steal an idea....
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westf27
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 06:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pekwah1
i quite like the sr8 myself if you're looking to steal an idea....
very sharp
555
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Tris
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 06:58 PM |
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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 
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Miks15
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 07:11 PM |
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thats green does look good!
Im sure you could recreate in vinyl much easier and cheaper.
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carpmart
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 07:26 PM |
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quote:
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
Tris
I know a man 
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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andyd
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 07:44 PM |
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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
Andy
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belgian2b
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 08:08 PM |
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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]
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Fred W B
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 08:55 PM |
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Please please, consider Martini
Whats not to like?
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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Tris
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:11 PM |
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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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pekwah1
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:12 PM |
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go to halfords, buy some rattle cans and a crap load of masking tape!!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:21 PM |
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quote:
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 ?
Read this, it is really quite easy, FAR easier than painting and about 10%
of the cost. I like the look of the carbon or the gold foil!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Tris
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:33 PM |
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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]
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:05 PM |
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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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Tris
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:25 PM |
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quote:
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...
If someone wouldn't mind spending some time photoshoping some photo's as you suggest, i would be very, very grateful.
There's some high rez photo's here - http://web.me.com/tkipling/GT-R/The_Build/Entries/2011/1/29_It_moves_!!.html
Ideally i suppose (and after spending a few hours trawling the web this evening), i would like something along the lines of the
white/grey/orange/black radical in the photo above, but altered to fit the different shape of the spire.
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dave
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:37 PM |
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Kiwi Green very bright.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 11:25 PM |
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Any chance of a better picture?
 
Black
 
Description
 
SpireOrange
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loggyboy
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 11:27 PM |
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The hi res pics are still a bit blue tinted. get in the sun! if there is any!
[Edited on 11/2/11 by loggyboy]
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Tris
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| posted on 12/2/11 at 08:30 AM |
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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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ianclark1275
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| posted on 12/2/11 at 09:21 AM |
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Description
LMP2
or my favorite:
 
Description
measure twice, cut once, scrap it, start again.
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Lightning
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| posted on 13/2/11 at 06:48 PM |
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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.
 
drive
I must admit I like the idea of the orange stripes. A bit different
[Edited on 13/2/11 by Lightning]
Steve
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Tris
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| posted on 13/2/11 at 10:20 PM |
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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 !.
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