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Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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01/12/2009 23:56
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to this colour. Does anyone know the specific paint code for it?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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don't know the code but should look good!!
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think it's called arancia pearl metallic
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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looking at it again would you say it's metallic or solid, there are quite a few shades of orange
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metallic is - arancio borealis solid is - arancio ymir
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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more or less, looks blummin' gorgeous!! then again I'm biased as I'm in an orange stage myself at the moment too!!
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Those of us who went to SpaItalia 2009 will confirm the Lambo orange is a very good looking colour on the Coupe. Does anyone have any pictures?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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02/12/2009 21:19
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Hmm, an orange LE!
Yum!
Anyway JKD, I thought Porto was the best colour in the world, ever? Thats the impression I've got from your previous posts!
If you do get this done, it will look damn fine for sure!
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Porto is indeed the best standard colour. Orange could turn out to be the best non standard colour. I want to make the Coupe look more exotic and I think that with a Cada or PIU front bumper and black alloys it would work.
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Those of us who went to SpaItalia 2009 will confirm the Lambo orange is a very good looking colour on the Coupe. It looked good, but id stick with a original colour for myself tho. I might have a picture, ill take a look in my Spa folder when i get home. I thought it was a French member JKD, so you might try the french forum?
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very nice (apart from the grill) :-)
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"Porto is indeed the best standard colour.
Orange could turn out to be the best non standard colour."
I concur...both with dark alloys & side repeaters of course. If non-standard colours are a concern, may be a compromise could be to use the Fiat Barchetta orange paint? That's the direction I'm heading in, once the porto becomes too scruffy.
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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JKD you will have to watch the lowering with the cada.
Just been to my garage i use for a pre mot check this morning and can't get it in, I have standard shocks with eibachs on front and fk springs on rear, which I fitted about a month ago, after that picture was taken.
Sure cowboy has a cada but he runs bilsteins and standard springs, I'm pretty sure.
Imo, that would look different but very nice, would like to see it in the flesh, seen an orange one before in Glasgow but it had a bonnet scoop
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Asbo Orange from the Focus ST?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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05/12/2009 20:15
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LOL I'm doing my engine bay asbo orange from the Focus ST but prefer the "Electric orange" name!
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Orange+black = to much contrast , athracite would be nicer. I love that BMW , it looks different in orange
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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07/12/2009 13:33
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Orange is lovely Would like to see it when it is done certainly. I would however go with Anthracite instead of black as a previous post says. It contrasts a little too much for me.
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nothing screams "look at me, I'm an attention seeking " like a bright orange car! good luck with that
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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people in glass houses.... Will have large winter heating bills? Nice idea on a coupe, i like the colour though i suspect we wont see anyone from our forum with it. Realistically speaking the cost is too prohibitive.
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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I think orange is the 'Wendy Craig' of the coupe colours... Only joking - should look nice - although get ready for the "You know when you've been tango'd" comments I have seen a UK orange Coop before - last summer on the M5 at the Exeter turn-off - anyone else seen that one around?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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By saying orange is the 'Daniel Craig' of the Coupe colours what I meant is everyone thought that Daniel Craig would be a crap James Bond and he turned out to be good. In the same way, I hope orange will be a surprise hit! Clever joke eh? Of course if orange does turn out to be crap I think I'll have to make my Coop invisible like the Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day. Problem is... there seems to be a LOT of different types of oranges! I mean look at and compare it to and then with
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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personally i like the first colour the best. It's just flat bright orange and not metallics. flat orange looks better in my opinion!
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also notice that all those cars are photgraphed in sunny countries where you can get away with bright bold colours! on a wet miserable day in the UK it would just look so out of place!
by the way, that Ford GT is such a sexy looking car, I want one...in any colour....
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Seems it will be a few weeks before I am able to get the respray done. Been messing about with different bumper combos Cada - seems this will be too much hassle going over speed bumps, so not worth it. PIU - the bumper itself doesn't look too aftermarket, yet seems to suit the aftermarket nature of the orange. So hopefully, my Coupe should look like this but with honeycomb grill and LE sideskirts.
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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JKD, Out of interest.....if you don't mind me being a bit cheeky how far are you going with this and whats the cost? have you talked to any body shops about quotes? You mention its going to be a few weeks, that soon?
When you get the color change, are you having everything gutted from the car so you can get inside door shuts boot and engien bay area? or is it going to be a glass in doors closed blow over?
Do you plan on taking all the bumpers off and stripping as much as you can before it goes to the paint shop?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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One thing i remember is that the paint can vary in price per litre .
This really can knock you for six when they give you a quote.
Just out of interest what sort of prices have you had for this amount of work ?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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I think it will look excellent in that colour. Esp more so, if it had a full Zender kit, LE alloys, LE fuel Cap, LE mirrors, LE headlights and LE rear lights.
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I think it will look cool, im doing the same with my coop but i have a different direction with mine, im going for a full respray in pearl metalic white and going for the factory abarth look, red mirrors, abarth decals, as the 500 abarth, and red multi spoke aloys, any thoughts!
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I think it will look cool, im doing the same with my coop but i have a different direction with mine, im going for a full respray in pearl metalic white and going for the factory abarth look, red mirrors, abarth decals, as the 500 abarth, and red multi spoke aloys, any thoughts! That sounds very nice indeed Both ideas do
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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Here are some pics that were posted some time ago by one of our Polish friends Orange coupe Another pic Hope he doesn't mind me posting these. How do you get those pop up pics to load on here, btw?
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Here are some pics that were posted some time ago by one of our Polish friends Orange coupe Another pic Hope he doesn't mind me posting these. How do you get those pop up pics to load on here, btw? Correct me if I am wrong but... that's bronze not orange The Lambo/ST Orange will look excellent, but like some other members have mentioned, I would go for anthracite wheels not black!
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Thanks for the photos guys. Have any forum members got any more orange car pictures? I'm trying to pick an orange that is vibrant, that really shows off the Coupe's lines and makes the car look extra exotic. Essentially, I'm trying to get the ''orange version of sprint blue'' - not for the way in which it changes shade, but in terms of the intensity and solidness of the colour, if that makes any sense. What do you think of these?
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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What about the French Orange coupe that crashed at Spa.? That was very nice,i think the guy is a sprayer and coming back to 2010 Spa with another orange one.
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Re: Getting the Coupe colour changed.....
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What about the orange (brunt orange? Bronzy orange) of the 350Z? Actually, I guess its similar to what I posted above. Porsche do a pretty good orange Orange Boxster Another
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I remembered seeing an Orange coupe with black wheels and detailing, i think it might have been a 16V or VT in the Islington area, id say in the last 6 months. I'd looked very sweet, not over emphasized, was a lovely flat but strong colour. What were the older orange FIAT colour codes of the 70's/80's..... would that be more authentic a choice? Best of luck with your colour decision ;-)
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