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Fifer - 29/12/02 at 02:45 PM

Does any one have information on what type of primer, top coat paint I should use to paint my Locost body ?. I am changing it from green to Orange (also does anyone know the code for the paint used by We******d on their cars ?


theconrodkid - 29/12/02 at 03:01 PM

have a look at chrisg,s site tells you how to paint it properly,as for the colour it is shown on their site but you probly have to go to a paint suplier and have a look at their colour cards


locodude - 29/12/02 at 03:53 PM

I could tell you the nearest match to the orange gel coat colour of the tangerine dream pictured on the left, but there's too many orange cars out there, I think you should go for a nice blue, or perhaps red? Oh oright then, it's a Fiat truck colour, Aranchio Ral 2011.


mdc124 - 2/2/03 at 09:06 PM

OR!

be individual like this man:

http://lb-web.com/locost/klar.htm

Cool or what!


Fifer - 2/2/03 at 09:22 PM

Now that is cool !
Dont think I would have the skill yo do it though.

Cheers


Mark Allanson - 2/2/03 at 10:38 PM

Sounds like an RM colour, go to this site and check out the colours (I like rainbow, I have seen it on a RS Turnip and it is fantastic, it changes from vivid orange to green to blue to red to yellow as you walk around it, from a distance the car looks blue metallic but in bright sunlight, it takes your breath away, TOTALLY STUNNING)

http://www.rmpaint.net/grandbr/accueil.htm


Mark Allanson - 2/2/03 at 10:43 PM

It is a three stager so take the tinter list to your local RM bodyshop, and get a litre of each costed (ground coat and colour coat), the ground and colour coat are 1K, so its only the clearcoat is 2K, you could probably get away with a 1K clear if spraying at home, but it will start to break up in sunlight after a couple of years