Need Some Ideas

[R31Nismoid]

Ok, upto the stage of my rebuild that involves giving things a bit of a colour infusion.

Bayside Blue's have been done to death on RB26's now... whilst its a good colour and would go perfect with my car... i dont wanna use it.

So, i need ideas for the plenum and rocker covers... bearing in mind that my car is Navy Blue so things like orange/red/yellow really dont work too well with it.

Anyone have any idea what colour should could look at?

Im stuck on this one

:sorcerer:

[ix9]

Make it bayside bl.......... oh wait

Make it purple It matches your eyes

[Jamezilla]

Ash, Ash, Ash...

The colour of your covers should compliment and offset the colour of the car.

Purple Golgo with gold motor looked hawt. A midnight purple cover wouldn't have had the same impact.

Gayside blue wouldn't suit at all - too tonally wrong.

I ask this...

What colour are your calipers or other 'hilight' items on the car?

This would be a good colour to match.

Personally, I'd go with a deep red finish on your calipers and engine (similar to an R34 motor) - will stand out against the navy blue and even look good with the green stripe down the side from when you backed into your neighbour's car

You might have a nice car yet.

[KamikazeR33]

lol did he back into another car james? this would b like the 20th car hes hit

[KamikazeR33]

but id go with the red fo sure

[thommo]

i reckon this is the go, looks verrry nice -

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=108457

[Mavric]

I would have to agree with the red as well...

Maybe a pearl or something ... thats the thing you do these days yes???

[CrispyFries]

I'd say gold with a navy blue car, but as James said, should also match the other shiny bits on the car.

[abcent]

I reckon the Champain colour of the NUR spec 34's would look pretty hot

(light gold-almost silver)?

maybe the same mustang red as Al's R33?

or a very light (almost silver) metallic lime sort of colour...?

I'll look around for some colours to post so you know what I'm on about.

[justin911]

you tried a search ?

i rekon though red is the way to go, the pics james posted up looks cool.

[SABBAi]

Monza Red?

over grey?

haha!

How about The Red Crinkle finish?

[R31Nismoid]

Hmm... deep red actually, wouldnt look so bad now i think about it.

Although it wont match with the green rear 1/4 panel for long

Im changing brakes this year anyhow to AP's or similar, so for now i wont worry about colour-matching them.

Although some sorta silver has me thinking over it aswell.

Champagne colour, didnt think of that

Gotta decide by the end of the week too as the motor is nearing completion

[Mavric]

Depends how extreme you want to go ash.... is the engine bay the same colour as the car??? and how much do you want it to stand out when the cops open it up??? i mean when ur showing us all???

[saff_cossie]

Crikey Ash, two threads in such a short space of time that are both useful and are longer than 3 words, now I am lost for words!

Depends if the engine is going to be a focal point of the car, i.e the bonnet spending its days lifted at shows and not because the engine has caught fire. If so, use the engine as the base and use the rest of the body to pick details out. For example door strips/door handles/badges the corresponds with the engine. The red in James' pic is very nice and perhaps a shade even similar to Al's GTST. Metallic Morello Cherry is a personal fave but have no examples sadly. Look forward to seeing the finished product anyway.

[Atreyu]

Crackled silver paint!

[R31Nismoid]

Plan is to have the motor stand out from the engine bay itself.

Im not worried about "un-due" attention at all as the motor is essentially factory so ive got no worries with the law on that one... so it can be a little outlandish and it doesnt matter.

Being the car does attend shows once every so often and ive got some other "things" happening later on to compliment the "show" side of things.

[paulr33]

xr6 puple

[sky^rkt]

honestly do it white! i did my rockercover on my sr20 white with black writing it looks top notch very neat and stands out!

[NateR31]

red, my car is red, red calipers, red motor, black engine bay tho, so the engine stands out, pant it gold if youre keeping the gtsr blue. or red and get a rb26det-R sticker made to compliment the original rofl

[Mavric]

You thinking maybe, chrome to just go look at me???

Or maybe even some outstanding Lime green or a dark green with some kind of swirl...

Maybe even a art image of a flame???