Silkk

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I've been thinkin about repainting the 350Z after this summer since 3 years of wear and tear is showing. The car has been egged and there is a swirl mark left, there are about 100 stone chips over the front end, and I wouldn't mind molding the rear skirt. *If* I do paint the car, however, I'd want it to be something that is not an OEM color, as to allow it to stick out a little bit. I'm not looking to show the car or anything, so I don't want to get too wild, but if I'm paying $3,000 for a paintjob, I want it to be noticably different. Some are going to argue and say that "quote" is low, but I had my previous car painted including jambs, trunk, engine bay, removed windows, etc. for less than $3k because I have a few connections in the small town I live in...

Anyway, I got bored at work today and I just got photoshop from my brother last evening, so I figured I'd find some tutorials online and play around. Here is my first ever photoshop of a color change on the car. The only area I can noticably see I screwed up is the front hood line, but I plan to fix it later tonight. I'm sure professional "shoppers" can tear this apart, but I think it's ok for only working with 45 mins of experience under my belt.

Here are my first two color possibilities. Let me know what you think. I always loved the Laguna blue on the M3, but not sure if I like it on the Z. The green I did is really growing on me.

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My attempt at Laguna Seca Blue (from the M3):


My (generic) dark metallic green attempt:

Silkk

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Please move this to Picture Share, I posted it in the wrong forum...

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NP.

I think a darker charcoal color would be cool. Those wheels are really cool on it.

absoluturq

dont do greeen!
that blue looks good, but i doubt u can get that color....
try smurf blue or baby blue..

Bubble

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metallic green

Silkk

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You can definitely get the color, it is my best attempt at Laguna Seca Blue from the E46 BMW M3s. The color seems to shift a lot from blue to turqouise with lighting, but you can get it and thats a close resemblence.

Silkk

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Smurf blue... looks kinda on a 350?

Bubble

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oh no..that smurf blue. That kinda remind me of the pink ZR.

Silkk

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I like Aviator Grey from the Audi TT as well, but I cannot photoshop it very well as its non-metallic and my paint is metallic...

GTNPU Z

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Dark Metallic Blue!

Silkk

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Here is a sideview of the Laguna Blue:

Silkk

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Or a dark metallic "Inferno" red...

Silkk

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Aviator gray TT below. I'd probably put a pearlcoat of some type over it as it appears to be shiny primer color. Different though.

khyber

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I guess this is a really old post... but I've always loved Laguna Seca blue, and always wondered how it'd look on a Z. I can't see the pics though can anyone possibly do a nice photoshop of it or maybe repost these pics? Thanks
-Max

mich

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ya, laguna seca blue is one of my favorite colors too.

ive actually seen one on a 350z in person, atleast i think it was laguna seca blue.
anyways, it looked pretty good i thought. he had the long nose body kit i think, ings maybe?

iirc, i have seen that car floating on the internet somewhere. i'll see if i can find any pics for you later when i get home.