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Help needed picking a color...
I just bought a project Ghia. It's a '64 body on a '74 pan.
I'm needing some color Ideas, turn signal ideas, and mirror ideas. I don't like the bullet turn signals. Or the Mirror that's on it. I'm looking for something of a bright color, but I'm looking for options. I have 1 option a Green Apple. Original vw paint color in the mid 70's.
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my favorite is ravenna green
then theres cliff green and finally willow green
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If you want a bright green, try the 70 MOPAR Sub-Lime now that is bright.
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i take it you want green? british racing green is one of the few i like. that or it needs to be an obnoxiously bright kind of green. :agree:
move the turns to the bumper. i also saw some nice mirrors on a GL Ghia that is in town here. i will see if i can hunt down the make.
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Maybe I wasn't clear at first, 1 option is a Apple Green. but I'm looking for ANY color option at all! not just green. I thought since I'm short on ideas, surely I can get some Ideas here. Like if you could paint your car over again or your other choices when you built your GL. that type of thing. or just favorite colors... I want a strong color, not blinding.
Basicly just ideas. because i'm short on Ideas. The same with the Mirror and Turn signals. Thanks for the sugjestions though.
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loved that blue PT Cruiser color vujade had on his bug. i think it would translate well to a Ghia. Porsche Blood/Speed yellow is one of my favorites. Bahama Yellow (which is actually orangy) is another favorite. Porsche has some of the wildest and most tasteful colors out there. Corvettes have some great colors too. oh, and dove blue like panelfantastics is also one of my tops.
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Here is a list of my favorite colours:
PT Cruiser Electric Blue Pearl Porsche Blood Yellow Porsche Blood Orange 350Z Daytona Blue 1977 Corvette Yellow these a but of a few of the colors I like... Im also partial to Magenta to, but that was more popular in the 80s
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hmm is it limited to bright colors? are you going with a solid color or how about metalic. I think the PT cruzer blue would look cool. I think it would be better if you go with candy apple blue. That is a Gold base with a transparent blue over it then clear coat. You can also do the same over a silver base. It will look almost like the blue of Anodized blue aluminum. Viper Blue is also very cool if your are in to blue. I am painting my bug silver so go figure
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I managed to upload a picture to some website, I don't know what. Either way, It's uploaded so we can see the color I'm looking at...
Picture of the car It's from august 2002 of Vwtrends page 56. the pictures are better in the magizine. I tried to post on here, but I don't know how Hope the link works.
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Mikey
thats a great color... that car was in VWtrends last year. I remember it was from France :agree:
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you know mike that is the same color as the guys nose in your avatar great color
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Mike, that color green with some gold BBS rims would look awesome. There is a picture of a green super with gold BBS rims that keeps making me think of changing my color choice for my car from red to green, but the "look" wouldn't be right with my silver rims.
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I got a color. But I still need some ideas on Mirrors. I'd like to have driver and passenger but I'd be happy with just a good looking driver side mirror.
Door handles too, but it would be easier to just shave them and use electric. More weight and a little more complicated. but it would be easier because I can't find handles. Thanks...
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Found the color, but can't get it...
I found the color I want, but my painter went to the paint store and they said they can't get that color. I wasn't there, but he said something about they said it was a european color and they can't make it or something like that, they said I'd have to have someone in europe make it and send it to me WTF is up with that?
Has anyone heard of this at all? Just wondering seems like all it takes is mixing certain amounts of paint to make my color. How can they not be able to reproduce it? :help: :shrug:
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sounds like your body man needs to try another paint store.
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