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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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Well, my car is getting painted here real soon and trying to pick a color off of the internet is driving me nuts. Any suggestions? I want to stay away from yellow, orange, silver, gray, pink, purple, black, and white. If its a red or blue, I want it to look different than the stock DB and Redline colors from 50 ft. away. I don't care if its a factory color off of another car or a BASF or Hot Hues, or anything else of that nature as long as it looks good. Pictures don't hurt either . Thanks in advance for any help.
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BMW estoril blue




in the sun its a light blue, but at night its darker blue

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Toyota RSP.
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BMW estoril blue




in the sun its a light blue, but at night its darker blue
I take it thats different the the Laguna Seca Blue? I was thinkin of that color. The first an last pics look a lot like our Daytona Blue though.
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Toyota RSP.
What color is that?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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its different from laguna blue, laguna blue is more of a flat colour..

its darker in person than daytona blue... u should go check it out at a BMW dealership
probably the nicest blue IMO
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its different from laguna blue, laguna blue is more of a flat colour..

its darker in person than daytona blue... u should go check it out at a BMW dealership
probably the nicest blue IMO
I will have to do that. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by 350ZNV
I want to stay away from yellow, orange, silver, gray, pink, purple, black, and white. If its a red or blue, I want it to look different than the stock DB and Redline colors from 50 ft. away.
from what's left out of ROYGBIV you pretty much only have only Green, Blue & Red. There's alerady plenty of Blue and Red Zs on the forum.. but only 1 green which was that puke Milano Drift Z...

so why not 'save' green...

AstonMartin DB9 racecar green

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^^^Thats sick as hell Cheston. Good idea. I like the green, but truthfully it scares me unless I get a piant code and know exactly what color its going to turn out to be. I did some bad photoshops and I liked the green one best, but that Austin Martin color is way better.




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Royal Sapphire Pearl
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EVO METALLIC GREY. I always loved that color, or that G35 blue.
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EVO METALLIC GREY. I always loved that color, or that G35 blue.
I have an metallic gray evo lol. Anyways, I want to try for a brighter color that stands out more. If I were going to do a monochromatic color or a darker color I would do flat black. Don't like the Carribian Blue on the G35 either, sorry.
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Royal Sapphire Pearl
Can't find a good picture of that one, but I will keep looking. Thanks
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yea. no Yellow cuz then everyone will think it's your Megan Z that plowed into the tree down in San Diego.


hm. yea. i dunno what's the color code for the DB9.. the aston martin websiteucks ***.
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It was a 97/98 Supra color.
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yea. no Yellow cuz then everyone will think it's your Megan Z that plowed into the tree down in San Diego.


hm. yea. i dunno what's the color code for the DB9.. the aston martin websiteucks ***.
hahaha true. Plus James Chen's Time Attack Z is yellow. Thats the reason I am going to be really picky with reds too so I make sure and look different than Steve Mitchell's M-Works Z.
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Originally Posted by THE TECH
It was a 97/98 Supra color.
This the right one???
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How about the lambo mercialago anniversay tealish color....it's pretty badass...and it would have a nice story behind where it came from.
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^Nope. Lemme see what I can find.
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Originally Posted by 2005daytonaZ
How about the lambo mercialago anniversay tealish color....it's pretty badass...and it would have a nice story behind where it came from.
Hmmm, I will have to search for pics of that one too.

EDIT: Nice!!! I bet that one looks a lot better in person too.



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