Car Colours

[Hatch]

Why can't you get chrome or chrome effect coloured cars?

 

Also, there was a black Ferrari parked outside the office today in matt black, it looked really good.

[Pancake]

Im pretty sure Audi did a special edition chrome paint job a few years back.

[TopGun]

Bling.

 

 

 

They might cause a few crashes at night too.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Talking of 'odd colours' on cars. When I was about 14 we were on holiday in Devon. I spotted a brand new J reg (XXX 123 J) Humber Sceptre which looked like it was a dark, matt, green. On getting closer we discovered it was actually not paint but a baize like material. Presumably a custom job. Looking back, I bet it was murder keeping that car clean!

[gaz]

Its mega hard to get a good finish with chrome paint, one slight (and I mean slight) mistake or imperfection in the preparation leaves it looking like brushed alloy instead of a mirror finish.

 

A lot of people these days are going for vinyl wraps to get camo/matt/carbon effects.

 

 

 

 

http://www.raccoon.co.uk/homepage.php

http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2008/08/color-change-vi.html

[Ponty]

How much is one of those vinyl wraps? That Ferrari looks awesome and I can't help but feel my R26 would look good too

[Ponty]

£1200! Is that right for a matt black wrap? Hell, a respray would be cheaper.

[gaz]

According to Raccoon:

 

How much does it cost?

To determine the cost of wrapping a vehicle, a number of variables need to be taken into account. These include vehicle type, quantity of vehicles, location, graphic coverage, life expectancy of graphics and warranty/guarantee requirements.

To help you determine the viability of a project, below are ‘ballpark’ costs for the most popular vehicles. Please note that these are for a one off vehicle wrap, using customer supplied artwork and the vehicle being delivered to our Edenbridge premises for application. It also assumes full coverage of the vehicle, including any windows.

 

Smart Car - £900

VW Beetle - £1,200

Ford Transit Connect - £1,400

Mwb Transit - £1,700

Mercedes CL600 - £2,000

Double Decker Bus - £7,000

 

exc VAT and they need the car for 5 days I'm sure there's a signwriter nearby that could do it all cheaper than that though.

[Son of Bob]

[bridge too far]

Why :confused:

[Ponty]

You'll never really understand, but you know how you like brightly polished stainless steel kettles, irons and food-mixers...

[bridge too far]

You'll never really understand, but you know how you like brightly polished stainless steel kettles, irons and food-mixers...

 

 

No, no I don't

 

I prefer matte steel appliances but I don't really mind as long as they do their jobs.

 

Which is sort of my point.

 

HTH