Now, my car was garage kept before i owned it, and the paint is 90% all there. But the hood and top of the car are blushing, and I know the rest of it will start turning crackled white, too, down the road. There's a tiny spot of rust by the right rear wheel well too.
So I'll be repainting my car at some point down the road. Looking at classes at a community college anyway: so it would be an excellent time to repaint my car and learn while doing it!
SO, colors! My car is a 1990 colony park wagon, wood grain delete (I know many love it, but I'm glad not to have wood grain), and is a dark indigo/ navy blue inside and out.
I could of course just repaint blue. But I feel if I'm going through all the effort of repainting, it needs to be a color that looks custom!
Conversely, I like to think I'm a man of taste, and want to avoid anything terribly garish. Part of the problem with stand-out colors, is that stock colors became stock by being tasteful; no puke "gold" for me.
What do you think might look good with the navy blue interior? I'm thinking a green? I also enjoy purple, but it would have to be carefully selected. A very dark purple, or maybe, a blue paint with a translucent red layered over it to appear purpleish from angles. Keep it subtle. Can't look like a 'pimpmobile' lowrider, not for me.
Maybe a metallic silver?
What are your ideas? What can be done with paints, too, in terms of layering translucent pigments; or are they always just straight solids?
This is the open, brainstorming stage. I won't be repainting for a few months, but want to start mulling over ideas!
Thanks for the input!
-Bernard
So I'll be repainting my car at some point down the road. Looking at classes at a community college anyway: so it would be an excellent time to repaint my car and learn while doing it!
SO, colors! My car is a 1990 colony park wagon, wood grain delete (I know many love it, but I'm glad not to have wood grain), and is a dark indigo/ navy blue inside and out.
I could of course just repaint blue. But I feel if I'm going through all the effort of repainting, it needs to be a color that looks custom!
Conversely, I like to think I'm a man of taste, and want to avoid anything terribly garish. Part of the problem with stand-out colors, is that stock colors became stock by being tasteful; no puke "gold" for me.
What do you think might look good with the navy blue interior? I'm thinking a green? I also enjoy purple, but it would have to be carefully selected. A very dark purple, or maybe, a blue paint with a translucent red layered over it to appear purpleish from angles. Keep it subtle. Can't look like a 'pimpmobile' lowrider, not for me.
Maybe a metallic silver?
What are your ideas? What can be done with paints, too, in terms of layering translucent pigments; or are they always just straight solids?
This is the open, brainstorming stage. I won't be repainting for a few months, but want to start mulling over ideas!
Thanks for the input!
-Bernard
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) - Vicky - 1987 LTD Crown Victoria: 17x8 Gunmetal Gray Coys C-5 wheels, 235/55-17 Falken Ziex ZE-502 tires. 79 LTD Grille, Taillights, and Turn Signals, Blue LED Dash Lights, PI Rear Sway Bar, 140 MPH Speedometer, Dual Exhaust w/ Mustang Headers.
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